Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] [verb] [pos pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The self-employed have long been able to make their own pension arrangements . |
| 2 | Following the elapse of a mandatory three-month period after notification of the cancellation , Czechoslovakia would henceforth be able to fix its own exchange rates . |
| 3 | The Poll Tax Register will be held on a computer and each person will only be able to see their own entry . |
| 4 | They have generally been free to regulate their own affairs , sometimes with statutory backing , and have been specifically exempted from the scope of competition laws . |
| 5 | She would soon be free to go her own way once more , and that was what she wanted , was n't it ? |
| 6 | Outstanding institutions like Napier will soon be able to confer its own degrees and from September Napier 's students will be able to claim with pride , on completing their courses , that they are graduates from Napier University . ’ |
| 7 | The menu selections provide a basic guide but as you become more familiar with the fat content of all foods by studying the tables in Chapter 10 you will soon be able to formulate your own . |
| 8 | A star may or may not be able to generate its own cash to provide for its own investment . |
| 9 | Ah well not be able to buy her own . |
| 10 | Be aware , then , that he simply will not be able to proof-read his own work , because he may think , for instance , that latter is the correct way to spell later . |
| 11 | Two blocks away from the house of her childhood it suddenly occurred to her that her mother might have left , that there might be strangers in the hallway , a different set of curtains hanging at the windows ; her father 's study might have been turned into a playroom for a new generation of North Oxford children , so different from herself in her prim Clark 's T-bar sandals that she would not be able to recognise her own infancy in theirs . |
| 12 | If it were , it would not be an association of equal citizens but of members with differing status ; subjects would not be free to pursue their own purposes but would be required to perform particular roles ; government would be a matter of management rather than rule ; and government would also be provisional rather than unconditional and non-retractable . |
| 13 | For the first time in my life I was made conscious of not being able to control my own situation . |
| 14 | Although the UN Resolution adopted in December 1989 holds great promise as a major step towards ending the use of large-scale drift-nets , the drift-net nations may still be able to manipulate their own data to ‘ prove ’ that drift-nets , if not harmless , at least have no greater effect on marine mammals than other fishing methods , such as purse-seining for tuna . |
| 15 | They will probably be able to respect their own tears and if they have children they will be able to respect their tears . |
| 16 | Those of you who were inspired by paintings on the surface of bottles at the recent Magritte exhibition will now be able to create your own masterpieces , once you have emptied the bottles ! |
| 17 | Industrial spies may even be able to plug their own personal computers into confidential data-networks . |
| 18 | However , do n't be afraid to use your own initiative and approach individual firms and organisations . |
| 19 | Do n't be afraid to add your own items to the check-list ; every meeting is different . |
| 20 | There 's no reason why they should n't be able to develop their own dishes . |
| 21 | This is simple concept , but it may initially be difficult to grasp its many ramifications . |
| 22 | Brenda knew that she would never again be able to wear her own panties , their prettiness contaminated for ever by the memory of this dead unknown girl . |
| 23 | This habitual restraint produces a docility which woman requires all her life long , for she will always be in subjection to a man , or to man 's judgment , and she will never be free to set her own opinion above his . |
| 24 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |