Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want to use condoms — nine out of 10 agreed it was sensible to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ — but half those surveyed said they would be to embarrassed to buy them . |
| 2 | Anathema as it may be to Welsh Rugby Union ears , this was something they realised at Twickenham at least five years ago and we have all seen the felicitous results . |
| 3 | If I send one to grandma , one to you and Amy , and then I 'll write one to grandma Lincolnshire , but I 'll wo n't send it off , it 'll be to expensive wo n't it ? |
| 4 | Yet , writing half a century later , Sir John Fortescue recognised that Henry V had been right : ‘ though we have not alwey werre uppon the see , yet it shalbe nescessarie that the kynge [ Edward IV ] have alway some ffloute apon the see , ffor the repressynge off rovers , savynge off owre marchauntes , owre ffishers , and the dwellers uppon owre costes ; and that the kynge kepe alway some grete and myghty vessels , ffor the brekynge off an armye when any shall be made ayen hym apon the see ; ffor thanne it shall be to late to do make such vessailles ’ . |
| 5 | If a distribution to shareholders was classed as a form of spending by a company , such payments would be taxed as now , leaving the undistributed profits to accumulate free of tax ; what an encouragement it would be to foreign manufacturers to start business here , with all the advantages to us of new jobs created and a resulting trade improvement . |
| 6 | ‘ I felt I needed advice about the base unit because I was n't sure how easy it would be to mass produce from the prototype which had hemispheres studded into it . |
| 7 | Where there is coverage of such systems as potential IT-based contributors to improved corporate strategy , the reference will be to systems that are not normally the province of librarians and information scientists ( such as financial market systems , credit-rating services ) ; or it will be to videotex-based systems which most librarians and information scientists would n't be seen dead using ! ( cf. Prestel ) . |
| 8 | That in itself emphasised what value he can be to United — his sheer danger and menace forces the opposition to follow him , which inevitably creates space for others . |