Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You should be able to do quite a bit of useful contemplation about whether you actually love this boyfriend of yours . ’
2 Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do .
3 Republicans say Mr Bush 's win on capital gains suggests that the White House might be able to put together a majority of its own for budget restraint , with or without the Democratic leaders .
4 who turned out to be able to read quite a lot .
5 Parents vary in the quantity they expect their child to be able to eat so a food diary can help the therapist determine appropriate quantities with the parents .
6 Too often she had seen her mother frowning with anxiety as she divided the contents of her father 's wage packet up between the jars labelled ‘ Rent ’ and ‘ Electric ’ and ‘ Coal Money ’ , too often at the end of the week she had watched her count out the pennies for a pound of sausages only to be able to buy just a half-pound , two for her father , one each for Paula and Sally , and only the scrapings of the pan to go with her own potatoes .
7 The government should be able to get quite a lot of the new indirect tax money it is counting on .
8 TV comedienne and writer Victoria Wood will be happy to have just a walk-on role when she appears at Sunderland 's Empire Theatre later this year .
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