Example sentences of "be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be preferable to be silent regarding the date for expressions of interest until such time as a number of parties have expressed such interest . |
| 2 | So now I 've got to be cruel to be kind . |
| 3 | You have to be cruel to be kind |
| 4 | You have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 5 | As the neck of the pigeon clears the neck of the suit , I grab it , double it back and pinch the bend as hard as I can — remembering you have to be cruel to be kind — scratching my own neck quite badly in the process . |
| 6 | ‘ Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind . |
| 7 | Sister will always be remembered for her words , You must be cruel to be kind . |
| 8 | George did not like being firm with Lennie but he knew that he had to be cruel to be kind . |
| 9 | I suppose I should be grateful to be a white man . |
| 10 | If site 194 is released for extending the area I would be grateful to be advised as soon as is practical so that I can discuss details with the Forestry Commission . |
| 11 | Every dancer has got a different job to do on the road — as if dancing were n't difficult enough — but you know what most people would say : ‘ It 's art , it 's dance , it 's Britain , you should be grateful to be doing it at all ’ . |
| 12 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 13 | ‘ But being a woman and not able to inherit , I suppose she might be used to being a second string . |
| 14 | Put him in a coach now and by morning Russell might be used to being close to white people again . |
| 15 | The thought that it might be right to be a monk kept coming back . |
| 16 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 17 | It must be strange to be the object of my affection , she thought idly , especially if all you 've had is hard-chested men doing their best but never sure . |
| 18 | I take the opportunity of the publication of your paper to draw attention to these small details , with respect to which I have never moved myself , because until they interest others in the neighbourhood i should be sorry to be supposed to move in them for any interest of my own . |
| 19 | She sounded doubtful , but McLeish decided it would be possible to be frightened of Giles Hawick . |
| 20 | If we were to seek an explanation in the fact that Gandhi , as we have seen , does not equate ahi sā with non-killing and notes the distinction between ahi sā and hi sā by indicating that hi sā means killing from motives of anger or selfishness and ahi sā means refraining from so doing , then it might be possible to be a believer in ahi sā and yet kill , provided the killing is not prompted by angry or selfish motives and is performed with detachment as one 's duty . |
| 21 | I do n't think it would be possible to be busier than I was when I was permanent under-secretary . |
| 22 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 23 | ‘ In that case , it must be possible to be violently attracted to someone on sight . |
| 24 | erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time . |
| 25 | What the child reader must be alive to is that the questions are in Carrie 's mind . |
| 26 | Aside from the fact that Jill is quite capable of carrying her own books , her glumness could easily be due to being a young lesbian forced to suppress it and wishing Jack would take his stupid pick-up lines elsewhere . |
| 27 | The National Toxics Campaign Fund , a US-based charity says the unexplained illnesses of hundreds of Gulf war veterans may be due to being exposed to radiation from weapons tipped with depleted uranium . |
| 28 | That is , it will be due to be paid by the acceptor . |
| 29 | It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do . |
| 30 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |