Example sentences of "sort of [noun sg] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He intends to get other unions to lobby the government for some sort of taxation to be levied on the hotel industry , which is all we need . ’ |
| 2 | No doubt he slept soundly at night — Josh was n't the sort of man to be tormented by bad dreams . |
| 3 | ‘ Certainly , it would be extraordinarily clever if it were true — and if one had ever thought you were the sort of man to be manipulated . |
| 4 | It was a relief to attend to his words and not his presence , although he was not the sort of man to be easily put from the mind . |
| 5 | It would seem , therefore , that there is some sort of life to be eked out in the dark world on the periphery of the EEC even before the foundation , hopefully in 1993 , of the European Economic Area by which 380 million people of Efta and the EEC are to join forces to provide one ‘ home market ’ . |
| 6 | It is normal procedure for this sort of evidence to be made available to defence lawyers , although in a civil case it is not a legal requirement . |
| 7 | ‘ In my book , that 's the sort of response to be expected of an honest , decent , upright citizen . ’ |
| 8 | It takes a very special sort of relationship to be able to withstand constant absences . ’ |
| 9 | Mr Walesa has now apparently decided to stress the more open-minded traditions of Polish patriotism — Poland was once a central European melting pot — and to distance himself from the foreigner-hating sort of nationalism to be found among some Polish politicians and churchmen . |
| 10 | ‘ Fenella and I would set out a day later , ’ he said , looking at Fenella and thinking that she was rather a nice sort of companion to be having on a journey . |
| 11 | ‘ He was not the sort of person to be involved in drugs . |
| 12 | Christie believes his buddy is in the sort of shape to be crowned the overall men 's Grand Prix champion at Crystal Palace next Friday and collect the £87,000 that goes with the title . |
| 13 | It ought never to happen that firms with incompatible ideas as to the sort of service to be provided for their clients should ever come together with a view to merger . |
| 14 | I suppose it takes a pretty special sort of screw to be able to work in those conditions , to choose to work down there , but they were totally inhuman . |
| 15 | Despite her desolation , Nora Simpson was not the sort of woman to be beaten by a twist of fate . |
| 16 | However , Miranda , who could n't stand indecision , was n't the sort of woman to be fobbed off for much longer . |
| 17 | It was remarkably easy because she was n't the sort of woman to be star-struck so easily and quickly . |
| 18 | I could go on , but this is enough to prove my initial statement that there is a sort of safety to be found in your average school playground . |
| 19 | Would nt it be better for clubs in this sort of situation to be able to loan young players on an extended basis . |
| 20 | Since he has shown this sort of network to be discernible in a wide range of different kinds of poetry , and since it is hard to imagine that it could also be found in non-poetic language , there seems to be a strong prima facie case for accepting his argument that the principle of equivalence provides an objective criterion for identifying the poetic function . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's really not at all a bad sort of office to be in . ’ |
| 22 | While we 're down this area and we 've got the cranes sited in here to do these tanks this way and the pipes coming in this way and the tanks construction going on , we need to release this sort of area to be able to get everything so there 's more work to do . |
| 23 | Home : Sunninghill Park , Windsor , which is n't quite one 's sort of thing to be honest , and Buck House , SW1 |