Example sentences of "[be] all [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are all right to travel through . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They 're all right to take me to the pictures , ’ she said . |
| 3 | To make sure they were all right to eat them |
| 4 | Part of the task of the modern tobacco promoter is to make the smoking habit appear clean and healthy , and to imply that it is all right to smoke if we take plenty of exercise . |
| 5 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose it is all right to talk ? ’ |
| 7 | It is all right to tell a whopper on an answering machine ( ‘ We 're sorry that we can not answer your call right now ’ is either a lie or a statement of the obvious ) , but no one will forgive you for not ‘ getting back ’ to him later . |
| 8 | Caller : Well , I just wanted to ask the manager if it is all right to bring my poodle with me ? |
| 9 | They are going to give the children the idea that it is all right to change the facts to suit your way of thinking . |
| 10 | We must face the problem of possible rejection and realize it is all right to show our true feelings and that it is all right to be rejected . |
| 11 | Facing the realities of the background that has moulded their early life and finding forgiveness and understanding for those who , in the name of love , have moulded this type into submission , and learning that it is all right to show feeling and emotions will ultimately bring release and freedom to follow as their hearts dictate . |
| 12 | Perhaps the Minister could clarify the impression given by the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who believes that it is all right to buy from the public purse something for £2 million and then to sell off a fraction of it for £4 1 million a fortnight later as long as the proceeds of the sale go to buses . |
| 13 | Stay in your chair until you are told it is all right to get up — the camera may still be on you . |
| 14 | ‘ You mean it 's all right to sleep with you under your own roof with your mother there although it 's not quite the done thing here ? ’ |
| 15 | Sean said : ‘ It 's all right to sell off confiscated goods such as videos and TVs but not equipment for breaking into cars and houses . |
| 16 | The one journeyman pro it 's all right to like , John Daly , came third from last in the US PGA . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's all right to ask for other people . |
| 18 | Here is Collimore Phillips down the right flank he was offside that was unlucky from Forest 's point of view and Collimore dumped to the ground when he played the ball away then and er he 's just holding er his shin just above his ankle there and Cooper is still in trouble from that er shoulder he injured moments ago Cooper 's all right to continue and the Forest physio Graham Myers busy treating Collimore . |
| 19 | ‘ And it 's all right to visit him now ? ’ |
| 20 | I mean it 's all right to say if you 're nice to them they 'll be nice to you erm it should come the other way round , that they should sort of respect other people 's property . |
| 21 | Always explain what you are doing , and if they can understand you , ask if it 's all right to do it . |
| 22 | Right , no it it 's all right to stuff the elephant , but but we thought we 'd better not stop the human being as well . |
| 23 | If children witness a quarrel , but then see that you still love each other , they will realise that a row is not the end of the world and will learn that it 's all right to fight — as long as we make up later . |
| 24 | It 's all right to build bridges with South Africa , but if bridges are falling down in Wales something must be done about it . ’ |
| 25 | Apparently it was all right to receive money from the Treasury in neat health authority allocations , but not for cheques or , worse still , cash to appear over the hospital counter . |
| 26 | Taken in with his bottle of National Dried Milk and vitamin drops that it was all right to kill . |
| 27 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |
| 28 | But he was all right to work with if you knew your job . |
| 29 | He told us that it was all right to study the evolution of the universe after the big bang , but we should not inquire into the big bang itself because that was the moment of Creation and therefore the work of God . |