Example sentences of "[adj] to [be] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Where they repairing client , where there is hopefully an extremely good relationship , we felt that that was a bit dangerous to be sending out a form to the Chief Executive of saying what er do you think of the service .
2 He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card .
3 But if they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction about being happily married — a second honeymoon , indeed ! — then it was going to look a bit odd , if not downright peculiar , if he did n't spend his nights here in the cottage .
4 They were supposed to be carrying out an arms search .
5 If the offer is likely to be contested then the offeror will not be able to use the target 's board as a barometer to help it set the price .
6 By the age of seven , differences between boys and girls have emerged , with boys being more likely to be smacked once a week than girls .
7 He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year .
8 This group , under the chairmanship of Dr Toni Eden , has been drafting standards for every service that is likely to be piped down a British cable system .
9 Cases of unsuitable placements were common , but there was very little to be done once the assignment had gone ahead .
10 Were these to be hit then the extra cost could be passed on to shoppers , causing higher inflation and putting even more jobs at risk .
11 I was not unhappy to be sitting opposite an attractive lady from Coll and there was only one person I knew of who lived on Coll .
12 Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future .
13 It was strange to be filling in the two forms at the same time .
14 He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes .
15 It seemed far too insignificant to be holding back a lake large enough to stretch from London to the Scottish borders .
16 Obviously for the average electrician , stockbroker , or humanities-trained academic to be laying down the law un the value of a human blood substitute from cows or the spread of BSE would , as things stand , be foolish .
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