Example sentences of "[subord] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except to be thankful for the strength it had given her . |
| 2 | Agnes disliked rings on men , although to be fair to Husband — which she had no intention of being — she had little trouble in finding something to dislike about everybody from Six . |
| 3 | If a client proposes an asking price which appears unrealistic or unreasonable , it may be preferable to withdraw from the engagement rather than to be involved in protracted negotiations which are likely to have little prospect of success . |
| 4 | I will quote you from long ago if you doubt it : ‘ Life holds no greater sadness than to be blind in Granada . ’ |
| 5 | I think that 's true what Yona says you know it it is Cos you know I the sort of the political people of the town tend to be councillors who are er men mainly and set in their ways and think that because they 've got the label councillor behind you know b front of their name that they 're they are for life you know it 's And they 're sort of respectable inverted commas members of the community and you know and I mean I hope that out of out of all this I mean it 's it 's a shame it has to happen in such a desperate situation you know because I mean none of us can really feel glad that Because to be on strike is I mean each day is is hard I 'm sure for well I mean I can only say because to be close to people on strike it 's quite a unique thing really for me and i you become so involved and close to people and you realize how hard it is for them . |
| 6 | My application to join the RCAF was refused with thanks , and I had no choice but to be content with that ruling . |
| 7 | She wondered wryly whether to be thankful for small mercies , or to feel insulted . |
| 8 | But Welsh and English alike took care to put their valuables and their armour , if they had any , safely under lock and key , for if the returning troops were to be billeted in the town , even for a few nights , there would certainly be some looting , and no sane burgess was so loyal a king 's man as to be complacent about losing goods and gear without a struggle to preserve them . |
| 9 | A reviewer of a hangman program recently suggested that the detail was so gruesome as to be unsuitable for young children ! |
| 10 | In confirming the terms of appointment requiring us to act an expert , the engagement letter should be carefully worded so as to be protective of our position . |
| 11 | Leith gathered up her bag , her thoughts already on getting home and trying to get a full eight hours ' sleep so as to be sharp for work in the morning . |
| 12 | Forward of the deckhouse are four more cabins , two on each side of a passageway wide enough to allow a sailbag to be dragged through but not so wide as to be dangerous at sea . |
| 13 | He/she must walk a tightrope too : interpret a tentative remark too directly and you may sound rude — but reproducing it too closely to the original may sound so tentative as to be confusing in the other language . |
| 14 | and it is usually necessary to remove it by flocculation with alum or alum with sodium aluminate , followed by filtration ; the final pH should be adjusted so as to be close to neutrality on the alkaline side . |
| 15 | In addition , the spurs between the meanders preserve the general height of the plateau surface away from the river , except where they are so narrow as to be subject to general lowering by the formation of the slopes on either side . |
| 16 | While the Panel does not fall squarely within this category of body , its activities are considered by the courts to be sufficiently similar so as to be subject to judicial review . |
| 17 | It was the saloon-bar cliche ; so obvious as to be apparent to the least sophisticated political intelligence . |
| 18 | Not only may viruses incorporate themselves into our DNA , but there is now a suggestion that some viruses at least may have arisen from bits of our own DNA which have escaped from our cells and become so modified as to be capable of independent existence . |
| 19 | The washers must be correctly aligned , filled with fluid and be otherwise correctly maintained , so as to be capable of cleaning in conjunction with the wipers . |
| 20 | The ROK armed forces were to be developed so as to be capable of handling internal dissent but the issue as to its capacity for reacting effectively to North Korea was side-stepped . |
| 21 | A covenant may very well have reference to the land , but , unless it is reasonably incidental to the relation of landlord and tenant , it can not be said to touch and concern the land so as to be capable of running therewith or with the reversion . |
| 22 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 23 | Merton 's proposals for the sociology of science are so limited as to be unrecognizable in terms of Mannheim 's formulation of the sociology of knowledge . |
| 24 | Even knowing that I shall never be so stupid as to be vain about it , but be grateful , be terribly glad ( especially after this ) to be alive , to be who I am — Miranda , and unique . |
| 25 | Or put another way , the economic growth objectives are planned so as to be practicable without recourse to that part of oil and gas production which has been designated a foreign currency earner . |
| 26 | What machinations might not his rivals — other MPs and would-be MPs in his constituency — engage in behind his back if he allowed himself to be so absorbed in parliamentary affairs as to be negligent in the continuous wooing of his voters ? |
| 27 | Detailed documents may be produced and these will need summarising so as to be usable in the later stages of planning and prioritising . |
| 28 | I can not imagine how it could be revised so as to be suitable for publication anywhere . |
| 29 | Sections of the Grid which were expected to carry increasingly heavy loads ( such as those between the coalfield power stations in the East Midlands and load centres in London ) were to be constructed with wide clearances so as to be suitable for conversion to even higher voltages later should the need arise . |
| 30 | The chords in the left-hand part can be extended upwards , and thus enlarged and enriched so as to be suitable for the whole of the brass . |