Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 2 | Firstly , during the negotiations the purchaser will naturally be concerned to be reassured as to what it saw at the outset as being the merits of the proposed acquisition . |
| 3 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to subsections ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) , a fishing vessel shall only be eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel if — ( a ) the vessel is British-owned ; ( b ) the vessel is managed , and its operations are directed and controlled , from within the United Kingdom ; and ( c ) any charterer , manager or operator of the vessel is a qualified person or company . |
| 4 | A child whose mother has just started full-time employment may only be likely to be disturbed by this event if he has also recently lost his father . |
| 5 | By the time the permissive climate of the late 1960s had come to allow boys and girls to admit tender feelings for one another , the first faint notes of anti-sexist protest ensured that girls would no longer be content to be victims awaiting rescue by dauntless boys . |
| 6 | I must no longer be ashamed to be fanatical . |
| 7 | Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens . |
| 8 | The projects must generally be gigantic to be cost effective . |
| 9 | Although it can not be worked on , it will still be available to be used as the basis for a new DC ( at least until it has been hard copied ) . |
| 10 | Even if scientists could demonstrate such a correlation , it would still be difficult to be certain whether the effect were the result of social or genetic transmission . |
| 11 | Falkland 's intervention can in part be seen as a delaying tactic , in the hope that by forestalling the offer of the Crown to William and Mary some arrangement more in accord with Tory principles might still be able to be worked out . |
| 12 | ‘ The children will still be happy to be with animals when they are parents . |
| 13 | Over the five years of operation of the National Certificate employers and providers have indicated that , whilst the flexibility of the modular system is of great benefit , it would also be useful to be able to provide an additional separate certificate for a student who successfully completes a group of modules designed to meet the needs of a particular occupational area . |
| 14 | SNMP information from intelligent hub systems will also be able to be forwarded to IBM 's mainframe host-based NetView management environment . |
| 15 | He was to add that the French should also be glad to be allied to the Scots , ‘ for from Scotland we may repulse the English , and from thence enter easily into their country , which gives no great odds against them , and thus enables us to curb and check them . ’ |
| 16 | So it will often be impossible to be entirely sure , in advance of litigation , whether any particular applicant has a sufficient interest . |
| 17 | It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it . |
| 18 | ‘ We believe we are making our financial statements more understandable , and that they will now be able to be read by people other than actuaries . |
| 19 | We believe that our financial statements will now be able to be read by people other than actuaries . |
| 20 | In my opinion HMG must now be prepared to be definite or accept the consequences . ’ |
| 21 | Yesterday , however , Peter Price , deputy chairman of the council and a member of the board , said that they would not now be likely to be available before Easter . |
| 22 | However , environments are usually so variable that even if the conditions are good where the animal is now , they probably will not be in a month 's time ; it may then be better to be a hundred miles south . |
| 23 | If you are expecting to hear tracks from their ‘ Ptooff ’ or ‘ Disposable ’ classics here then be prepared to be mightily disappointed . |
| 24 | This really is committee work but I , it does occur to me that mention it that erm , if in our advertising we point out that we have a car park attendant and if that car park attendant were to let one slip through his fingers me were , we may well then be liable to be sued by the person who |
| 25 | The judiciary are an estate of the Crown and the servants of statute , and may therefore be supposed to be under a duty to reflect the public will . |
| 26 | Thirdly , there is a concern to explain to the Community that if there are to be compensations , we can not create a whole new system of compensatory payments which will last for ever at a price which will never be able to be paid . |
| 27 | So , yes , the United States Air Force may be able to destroy cities , plants , installations and people , but it will never be able to be decisive in concluding the battle . |
| 28 | So when that research becomes available , we 'll actually be able to be much , much more specific about where we 're targeting , because I agree it 's , you know , some of these are somewhat surprising . |