Example sentences of "'s [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It 's possible to be sad about your babies becoming children , and yet accept the fact that you wo n't have any more .
2 As it 's possible to be backward compatible but not forward compatible , you ca n't blame the program for being unable to correctly identify a processor introduced after the program was written .
3 Sibling rows can be beneficial because they show that it 's possible to be angry with someone you love , but there 's a vital difference between that sort of infighting and the division that favouritism can cause .
4 One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international .
5 She 's right to be upset .
6 M. You seem to think it 's right to be wrong .
7 I want to turn this right round because a couple of people have mentioned guilt and er I I suspect that one of the reasons that women are a bit worried about talking about depression or or campaigning for changes in policy , or more funding , or or whatever , is that for a long time women have been thought of as the weaker sex , more emotional , more nervous , by a , a a male establishment , I 'm talking about past centuries , is n't there a case for saying there 's actually we have a right to be depressed , I mean , obviously it 's normal , ninety three of you get depressed from time to time , the majority of you do n't think you clinically depressive if it is , if it 's normal to be depressed should n't the services to cope with depression , if we need outside help , be there and there 's no shame in it ?
8 Whether anyone 's willing to be receptive to a music that is not as seriously , purgatively ‘ innovative ’ as the post-punk noise that veers towards the Rough Trade arena , not quite as vulnerably half-original as the music of this year 's Gig Of The Century bill ( Ratio , Teardrop , Echo ) .
9 He 's afraid to be alone with her .
10 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 .
11 You tell me that it 's wrong to be happy .
12 ‘ I suppose it 's wrong to be glad someone 's dead . ’
13 The Fabian Review , a good way to eavesdrop on thoughtful Lefties ' ruminations , leads with ‘ What 's Wrong With Being Middle Class ? ’ by Mo Mowlam , MP .
14 ‘ What 's wrong with being trendy , ’ snaps Dmitry , ‘ if it 's a positive trend ? ’
15 What 's wrong with being patriotic ? …
16 What 's wrong with being gay ?
17 ‘ It 's easy to be critical by watching television and they may feel that they can just pick up where they left off .
18 It 's easy to be friendly to nice people .
19 ‘ Except that it 's easy to be indifferent to money when you 've never been short of it . ’
20 It 's easy to be tidy , just carry a plastic sheet or bag upon which your excavated earth is placed .
21 Now I realize I should have told her , should have explained , talked it out with her , but it 's easy to be clever afterwards .
22 ‘ It 's easy to be wise in retrospect and to throw stones at those who negotiated the lease in 1974 .
23 I think it 's easy to be glib about this , there are clearly an awful lot of landlords and landladies around who provide an excellent service and merely want a reasonable rent in return for offering a decent service .
24 It 's easy to be aware that things need sorting out but to be too preoccupied with the routine of living to do anything about it .
25 It 's easy to be frank and to hell with convention when you 're our age .
26 It 's natural , because peace drives have come and gone , so it 's easy to be doubtful about the success of yet another one .
27 ‘ It 's easy to be frightened , ’ Frick said as he walked round the table , behind them , their eyes following him .
28 I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive .
29 I 'd say he was dead by eleven but it 's impossible to be accurate about these things .
30 There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine .
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