Example sentences of "[prep] [be] successful " in BNC.
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| 1 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 2 | The race has been won in the past two years by a Gold Cup winner-The Thinker 12 months ago after being successful at Cheltenham the previous season , while the 1985 Gold Cup hero Forgive ‘ N ’ Forget won here in 1987 . |
| 3 | At the end of the year , or at any time , there is a small selection of pieces that represent stages in their progress towards being successful writers , including types of writing they 're best at and types they have more trouble with . |
| 4 | Yet there is something you can do , and the earlier you start the more chance you have of being successful . |
| 5 | The more successful the town and country is the more chance we as individuals have of being successful . ’ |
| 6 | Whether you are out of work and applying for a lot of jobs , or in employment but looking to change , there is only any point in applying for positions where you have a real chance of being successful . |
| 7 | Most experts advise that if you have made up your mind to stop smoking , you will probably stand a better chance of being successful if you can go ‘ cold turkey ’ — in other words , stop smoking all at once . |
| 8 | Clearly , those businesses that foresee the critical changes that will affect plans , and are flexible enough to do something about them , will have a far better chance of being successful than those who can not or will not . |
| 9 | Erm , it became very clear that that , that bid erm , was in fact , at an early stage , that that bid was not , did not have a realistic chance of being successful , so as , as you know Chairman , when you went on the delegation to see er , Mr in London , actually at that meeting , er , the members of the delegation said to the Secretary of State , well , we recognize , Secretary of State that it 's the wrong area , what we 'd like to really argue for is a bid for the urban core out in Browsley , erm , in , at the end of the day , we did n't even quite get that , but what we did manage to get was objective two status for the urban core of Telford still , and I think that was probably against the odds . |
| 10 | And he rarely complained during his recuperation from the first back operation , to repair a number of fractures , which looked like being successful when he returned for Middlesex at the start of 1991 and took four for 60 against Somerset with a performance which particularly impressed his own wicket-keeper Paul Farbrace . |
| 11 | If it is only our climate which would prevent an expanded leisure industry from being successful , we should surely look at ways of doing something about it . |
| 12 | But Branson was not interested in being a gardener for art ; he was interested in being successful . |
| 13 | Look , do n't hold out too much hope that you 're going to be successful in this . |
| 14 | Giving up smoking together too is much more likely to be successful than if you have to struggle alone . |
| 15 | ( By 1988 the Italian Railways had produced a tilting train — the Pendolino — which appears to be successful . ) |
| 16 | It emphasises , too , man 's primitive belief that if his real life task is to be successful , then it must first be enacted in the magic made by dance ( see page 15 ) . |
| 17 | The distinction is useful because companies that seize an opportunity in markets outside their domestic base are more likely to be successful than those that react in response to an external factor . |
| 18 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 19 | In his address , Sir Thomas Kennedy spoke of the enormous communications gap that had to be bridged if the Appeal was to be successful , and sought delegates ' help in publicising the Fund and the Appeal especially through the medium of provincial and local newspapers . |
| 20 | If the agent knows that a publisher , a record company and a manager have all invested , at least he or she can feel there are a number of people needing this act to be successful . |
| 21 | Design is about the way a product not only looks , but also functions , and for anybody in manufacturing industry or retailing to say they do n't take an interest in it would be perfectly ludicrous , because at the end of the day it is design that causes a product either to be successful or unsuccessful . |
| 22 | For the project to be successful it was essential for each stool of the tripod which supported it — the government , the livestock owners and the Bank — to have an equal commitment to its success and to perceive the project in roughly the same terms . |
| 23 | And if first-night reaction is any indicator , Prince Of The Pagodas will also prove to be successful . |
| 24 | They actively seek to expand their influence and would appear to be aiming to cover most of west London … the group can be expected to continue in their attempts to undermine the police , but are unlikely to be successful except in conditions of widespread disorder , general strike , etc , when they might have a potential for destabilisation . ’ |
| 25 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 26 | The Doaks have found a number of friendly gestures to be successful in communicating intentions to dolphins and engaging them in gamesplay . |
| 27 | ‘ Such a man , with a good track record can fight for his plant and his people on the very strong grounds that investment in his region has been proven to be successful . |
| 28 | This plan 's only going to be successful if they do n't suspect anything , and if they see her around they 'll suspect lots . |
| 29 | For the Labour Party , the inter-war years proved to be successful ones . |
| 30 | And it was expected to be successful . |