Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] and [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 2 | A waterfall does not have to be prefabricated to be successful and in certain circumstances it is desirable that it is not so . |
| 3 | The Ego wants a loving relationship with the sole aim of feeling ‘ special ’ to someone — not from a desire to be loving and to be truly intimate . |
| 4 | The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . |
| 5 | Honourable but brief mentions must also go to Annie Lennox and Sinead O'Connor , for their uncompromising attitudes , bravery , outspokenness , passionate commitment to their music and because they prove it 's OK to be strong and to be vulnerable . |
| 6 | While the memorandum should highlight the positive points and potential of the company it is important for the information to be accurate and for opinions expressed to be reasonable . |
| 7 | It is no good the Minister , whenever he is found to be wanting and to be wrong , starting to hurl abuse across the Chamber or making allegations that have absolutely no substance . |
| 8 | Because I know when I feel happy I feel quite well ’ , while a 74-year-old farmer 's widow stated ‘ I 've reached the stage now where I say is n't it lovely and good to be alive , seeing all the lovely leaves on the trees , it 's wonderful to be alive and to able to stand and stare ! ’ . |
| 9 | KUNDULUM To be well and in bed with two pretty sisters |
| 10 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 11 | More exceptionally still , Parliament may endeavour to prevent judicial review and may wish the decisions of the tribunal to be final and beyond the supervisory jurisdiction of the ordinary courts . |
| 12 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |
| 13 | made me laugh cos we 'd gone up to house tonight , he said he was making a real effort to be good and to and he , when he got up to house today he goes I was doing a really gentlemanly thing and saying oh thank you for a really nice evening , I started laughing well what was I supposed to ? |
| 14 | Three committee members drove from Geneva to be present and in all some 17 Members and Friends of the Swiss Branch gathered at Sussexdown in the late morning of 1 August . |
| 15 | What that points to , minimally , is a developmental process in which students are enabled to be critical and to be self-critical in an informed way . |
| 16 | ‘ Ought to be married and at home , but nobody wants her , I suppose , ’ jeered the overseer . |
| 17 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 18 | I do not want matriarchy to replace patriarchy as an interim measure because I retain unshakeable faith in women 's ability to organize , to be caring and to be , just in so many ways , superior to men . |
| 19 | The Enterprise Centre 's staff development activities aim to be innovative and to be both proactive and reactive . |
| 20 | So he decides to be cautious and for the first few laps , he just sits and waits . |
| 21 | When someone dies , then , there is a vast range of practical decision-making to be done by people who , as we have said , are likely to be shocked and in a state of indecision . |
| 22 | ‘ When I go to a party I feel there 's an expectation for me to be witty and to be a ‘ party gal ’ , says my friend Alison . |
| 23 | The subject turned out to be vast and in one year I barely scratched the surface ! |
| 24 | To be poor and to be honest , especially with a young girl , is the hardest struggle of all . ’ |
| 25 | It is therefore clear that the distinction between the different ‘ pillars ’ of the Maastricht Treaty is at best intended to be temporary and at worst is wholly meaningless . |
| 26 | The only time he seemed to be bold and at all resolute was in contradicting Joe 's apparent errors . |
| 27 | It declared that " No privilege attaches yet to a statement on a matter of public interest believed by the publisher to be true and in relation to which he has exercised reasonable care . " |
| 28 | To advise on the possible staging of the introduction of assessment , including testing to reflect the need for the process to be manageable and for teachers to be adequately trained . |
| 29 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
| 30 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |