Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got certain rules that say all children must sit certain exams at certain times , it has n't been possible to do it in the labs |
| 2 | The wall opposite the sink and the window was covered with an oak dresser , very old and probably valuable , if it had been possible to remove it from the wall without its collapse , and the original row of bells still hung over the door each with its Gothic script ; drawing room , dining room , study , nursery . |
| 3 | It has not been possible to exempt her from a third politics module , 7605 , but rather than delay her Stage II entry it has been agreed that she may ‘ trail ’ it in that stage , i.e. she will include it along with her advanced modules as 1 of the 2 basic modules which may also be counted . |
| 4 | ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’ |
| 5 | As you will have realised by now this is not a fish for the person with a small community tank , but as long as you are prepared to provide it with the correct conditions , it is perfectly feasible for the novice to keep and breed the fish successfully . |
| 6 | 1001 Ways to Save the Planet deserves to experience the irony of being consumed in vast quantities — and it 's interesting that Penguin has been willing to launch it towards a mass readership sheathed in a determinedly dowdy recycled cover . |
| 7 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 8 | My members are willing to assist you to the best of their ability . ’ |
| 9 | I am delighted to welcome you to the University of Ulster . |
| 10 | Well good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen I am delighted to welcome you to the R Y A's Annual General Meeting if I may call the meeting to order and may I propose that for those who 's convening the meeting printed on the front page of the annual report and accounts ninety , ninety one ninety two to be taken as read . |
| 11 | They are content to leave it to the building society , or they rely on their own judgement . |
| 12 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 13 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 14 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 15 | The tight-lipped reply : ‘ We 're supposed to protect you from the IRA , not the voters . ’ |
| 16 | He goes , no , you 're not supposed to do it like that you 're supposed to get her on the floor and step on her head ! you 're not doing it right ! |
| 17 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 18 | And they 're glad to share it with the visitors : |
| 19 | They 're apt to incapacitate us in the present if we do n't vigilantly sweep them away . ’ |
| 20 | He 's only groggy , not out , but you 're able to secure him to the bed with the other set of handcuffs and the leather straps from the same drawer the hood came from . |
| 21 | " I expect they 're anxious to chair me around the hall , " thought the Collector triumphantly . |
| 22 | They 're liable to confiscate it for the further entertainment of customs officers . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you want a power-sharing executive , you are likely to blow it with the council , I said . |
| 24 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 25 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 26 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 27 | Only 40% are likely to pass it to the child . |
| 28 | I am privileged to count you as a dear friend . |
| 29 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 30 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |