Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warm thanks are due to my many colleagues within the information industry and to those organisations who have been so helpful in providing guidance , views , information and explanation . |
| 2 | In as much , however , as the cultural forms thereby produced become the external environment through which emerge other groups whose interests are not identical , and indeed may be contrary , to their own , we are faced with the situation described in the discussion of building styles above , where the dominated group is forced to attempt to invest itself in the domain of culture represented by the built environment in terms of a set of objects whose initial meanings are antagonistic to its own interests . |
| 3 | Her success had been due to her own qualities ; and she had even received national recognition for some of her work . |
| 4 | The lack of communication to others has only in part been due to our own ineptness at salesmanship ; it more likely lies in a fairly deeply embedded resistance to drama being anything other than a community art — not just a performing art , a community art . |
| 5 | The fact that they had contentious articles written with a fearless pungency seems to have been due to his joint editorship of both . |
| 6 | ( Part of Arnold 's failure had been due to his poor delivery as few could actually hear his mumbled address . ) |
| 7 | The Parkinson 's Disease Society has been in touch with me , and I am grateful to its chief executive , Mrs. Mary Baker , both for information and for helping me understand the problems . |
| 8 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that helpful and cheering response . |
| 9 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that exceedingly full and comprehensive reply — the type of reply that we have come to expect from this Minister . |
| 10 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his opening remarks , after which perhaps I should be brief in answering his supplementary question . |
| 11 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 12 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his remarks . |
| 13 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend and agree that the measures taken in respect of drift netting will boost salmon interests in Scotland . |
| 14 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his view of the position south of the border . |
| 15 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 16 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for drawing that excellent report to my attention . |
| 17 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that example , which I had not previously come across . |
| 18 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that good news and for the justifiable concern that he expressed earlier about late payment of debt . |
| 19 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I am pleased to be in a position to answer his question . |
| 20 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 21 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 22 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend . |
| 23 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his invitation . |
| 24 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his offer to defend increasing traffic in his immediate neighbourhood . |
| 25 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that answer . |
| 26 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his best wishes . |
| 27 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the kind remarks at the beginning of his question . |
| 28 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments . |
| 29 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his kind comments , and for the continuing interest that he takes in this subject . |
| 30 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that reply . |