Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does he agree that those people in the House who advocate expenditure without saying how much they are prepared to spend are entirely unconvincing ? |
| 2 | An order-driven system is one in which prices at which buyers and sellers are prepared to deal are displayed ( the existing system is quote driven ) . |
| 3 | Whether we think the high price P M charged by a monopolist is a rip-off or the just reflection of what consumers are prepared to pay is a pure value judgement about equity . |
| 4 | Usually the most that governments have been prepared to do is to publicise their activities and/or to seek voluntary undertakings . |
| 5 | ‘ Although the sales force is relatively small ’ , Harris said , ‘ one of the things that Adams has been careful to do is to focus the activity so that it would actually compete with the majors in its field of respiratory medicine ’ . |
| 6 | This we must do , we 've got ta help our unemployed members because some of those who are unemployed have been some of our best fighters and they 're still in there fighting despite the fact they have n't their jobs . |
| 7 | No thank you very much , Miss you are free to leave is you wish |
| 8 | this is , this is sad I am and how worried I 've been this has been round my neck ! |
| 9 | The hazards to which spectacles are prone include being lost , broken , ill-fitting , dirty , put on crookedly or rejected as an aid to better seeing . |
| 10 | Although he had been fortunate to have been sitting at the back of the coach he received a fractured spine . |
| 11 | The conductor and pianist Myung Whun Chung , director of the Opéra-Bastille , writes : We have all been fortunate to have been touched by the spirit of Olivier Messiaen through his music and I , personally , also by his human qualities . |
| 12 | … a person who has been fortunate to have been connected with Guiding for the past 18 years . |
| 13 | It ca n't have been easy to have been a good Muslim in Cheltenham , thought Robert ! |
| 14 | Well , nothing is real , we are fortunate to have been reminded by Candy Flip , so who was that quote referring to ? |
| 15 | We are fortunate to have been able to offer opportunities to Scottish Amicable staff as a result of setting up the dedicated administration unit . |
| 16 | We are fortunate to have been Grant Aided by the Sports Council for a period of two years , during which time growth must be shown in all areas of our operation . |
| 17 | However , we think an exception should be made with regard to the Face-to-Face article with a Pensions Secretary , namely Mr Ian W Ferrier , who we are delighted to say is still a pensioner . |
| 18 | We are delighted to have been awarded the contract . ’ |
| 19 | " We are delighted to have been awarded full Order off Merit status on the European Tour , and the fact that we are coming to Fulford and thereby preserving an unbroken record of 20 years championship golf in this region , is equally pleasing , " said Paul Vaughan , Sponsorship Director of Whitbread & Company . |
| 20 | Mike Queen , director in charge of the public sector , said : ‘ We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious £4 million contract . |
| 21 | They 're funny looking are n't they , though ? |
| 22 | You could follow my example and hitchhike out of Miami airport , but only if you 're prepared to risk being picked up by a religious maniac , or dropped off in an impenetrable jungle of freeways close to the cocaine-dealing centre of America , or both . |
| 23 | a lot about it and sha n't be , frankly I 'm relieved I do n't actually know a lot but when the meeting to discuss what we 're supposed to do is on December tenth yo so I 'm a bit torn cos I in a way that 's what I ought to be doing even though the welfare business in a way that 's wh that 's what I ought to be doing cos it 's entirely . |
| 24 | The only problem you 're likely to encounter is jerkiness of movement as the nodes grow too far apart . |
| 25 | ‘ The only blow job you 're likely to get is a bike pump up your arse . |
| 26 | Among the ones they 're likely to tout are the MicroSparc 2 , 3 and 4 that they are working on . |
| 27 | Among the ones they 're likely to tout are the MicroSparc 2 , 3 and 4 they 're working on . |
| 28 | I suppose you 're lucky to have been happy , though , even for a short time . |
| 29 | Ooh well they 're all gone are they ? |
| 30 | They 're all skiving are they they 're all wagging off Lesley . |