Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker has said he does not now believe it would be right to continue with the proposed closures because of the entirely unacceptable numbers of prisoners held in police cells . |
| 2 | Would it be right to conclude from the Prime Minister 's remarks about the limitations on deficits that he completely rejects the 3 per cent . |
| 3 | But of course it would be possible to go through the behavioural motions of requesting without having any of the requisite beliefs and intentions . |
| 4 | It used to be possible to skate over the frozen water from Ulvik right out to the Hardanger Fjord , but now the hydro-electric station discharges gallons of hot water into the fjord , and it no longer freezes in winter . |
| 5 | If standard steps are followed on each occasion , it should be easier to prevent mistakes occurring and ensure that the terms are incorporated into all contracts ; in addition , if the normal procedures do break down on a particular occasion , it may be possible to rely on the previous course of dealing . |
| 6 | It should not be possible to get at the dangerous mains wiring without using a screwdriver or other tool . |
| 7 | ‘ Within these criteria I have so far ensured that buildings have not suffered closure , but in the future this may not be possible owing to the shrinking budget , ’ said Mr Eyton Jones . |
| 8 | Should you say , ‘ Unless you stop quarrelling with your sister I wo n't be able to finish my work and there wo n't be time for a story ’ , you must be prepared to see through the planned , but logical , consequences . |
| 9 | Now I 'm not gon na be prepared to go through the whole business and then find them say oh sorry you 're wrong . |
| 10 | I should also be prepared to include in the appropriate sections , committees which , though not Cabinet Committees , in fact perform closely similar functions . |
| 11 | You also need to be prepared to listen to the other person in return and allow them to tell you things . |
| 12 | Oh and yes … a chap from Conservative Central Office rang up to say they 'd like to know if you would be prepared to stand for the European Parliament . |
| 13 | All language is morally loaded ( one campaigner 's unborn child is another 's clump of cells ) but those who would trick the public by the term pre-embryo should be prepared to concentrate on the moral status of the early embryo , not on dreaming up a new vocabulary . |
| 14 | On the other hand , traders buying sterling with dollars will be prepared to trade in the forward market at a rate that is also less attractive to them when compared with the expected future spot rate ( in this case f t will be less than ) . |
| 15 | I I 'm grateful I I I 'm winding up that we on this side we do believe that these additional six seats are very important because we believe that the European parliament elections are going to be very important and fighting them on these new boundaries with the minimum of delay in spite of the delay that had been caused by the government' incompetence , we regard as very important , we regard this debate tonight as very important to approve these orders because we can not so far work out whether the government will be fighting the er the whole campaign on the basis of back to basics while the E P P will be doing it on the basis of some other manifesto , vorsprung durch technik or whatever it might be , and they 'll be trying to merge those into two slogans of o of er vorsprung durch basics or or whatever it might be and this we do not know at all whether the government want to be part of Europe and whether their back benchers are gon na be willing to cooperate with the European peoples party or they take the money from the European peoples party but they do n't want to participate with them in the manifesto . |
| 16 | Where a book is not in a library , the librarian may be willing to apply to the National Central Library for a copy on loan . |
| 17 | The purchaser is unlikely to be willing to pay for the gross value of debtors less gross creditors in full on completion . |
| 18 | would you be willing to scan in the famous ( Fantasy Football League ) page(s) from the telegraph ? several scans ( files ) may be necessary but most of us got tape on the desk … |
| 19 | The basic characteristic feature is still the lamellar-like crystallite with amorphous surfaces or interfaces , but the way these are formed may be different based on the careful investigation of melt crystallized polymers using neutron scattering techniques . |
| 20 | In that case , there was nothing in the circumstances to justify the implication of any term in the agency between the assured and the brokers that the brokers should be free to act for the opposing party , the insurers . |
| 21 | It would be interesting to speculate on the legal position of the European flag if any prosecution for failing to fly the correct British ensign were to be appealed to the European Court . |
| 22 | Perhaps the most useful distinction is to think of other disciplines as studying something else through discourse ; whereas discourse analysis has discourse as its prime object of study , and though it may take excursions into many different fields , must always be careful to return to the main concern . |
| 23 | ‘ He told me it would be easier to get to the underground railway from the side street . |
| 24 | As and when the experiment finished , it would be simple to revert to the original set-up . |
| 25 | With the new season now on top of us , it might be appropriate to expand on the new laws and to try to give the intentions behind the changes in certain areas . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm thankful it was n't finished or it would be impossible to maintain with the small congregations we have . ’ |
| 27 | For example , if it were shown that the reduction of through-traffic was the principal reason for the reduction in accidents , then it would be efficacious to dispense with the expensive street furniture and speed-reduction measures . |
| 28 | It has been found in practice to be easy to explain to the lay client and easy for such a client to comprehend . |
| 29 | It could n't be easy to cope with the emotional strain of a missing husband and do his job at the same time . |
| 30 | In that case , it would be easy to attribute to the chemical action of the sea the chemical decay already caused by subaerial weathering . |