Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be heartless to deny her the pleasure of feeling that she is making a useful contribution to the preparation of meals , but it would be equally unkind not to make it clear to her from the beginning just who will be in charge and wearing the chef 's hat ! |
| 2 | In an ideal world , your knees should be straight throughout the exercise but , to start with , it might be simpler to bend them a bit . |
| 3 | The company selling you a new machine should be prepared to give you the names of others who are using it . |
| 4 | ‘ I might be prepared to give it a try . ’ |
| 5 | Do n't be afraid to ask the tutor if he or she would be willing to give you a reference . |
| 6 | ‘ It would be sensible to tell me the truth . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Roger looks as if he 's running well , so it will be interesting to see what the selectors will do . ’ |
| 8 | it will be interesting to know what the Police Band costs , which the ratepayers never hear , and what did the rodeo , performed by the Mounted Section , cost the long-suffering ratepayers ? |
| 9 | do n't be afraid of P M you 're right there you 'll find do n't be afraid to give him the C C Q , it 's no big deal . |
| 10 | ( Yet some instinct told me that I must be careful to give her no cause for having a grievance . |
| 11 | The grading should reflect the actual responsibilities of the job , and any additional qualifications and experience you bring to the job : follow the advice given on contracts and job descriptions generally and be careful to establish what the parameters of the contract are before you agree to it . |
| 12 | It would be entertaining to see what the fellow would try to do next . |
| 13 | He indicated that , without specific application to children 's hearings , the nature of the children 's hearings system ‘ leaves [ it ] outside the benefit of this Bill ’ , and he added : ‘ It would be wrong to deny them the benefit of the Bill when , if they had committed serious offences and appeared before the courts , they would have had its protection . ’ |
| 14 | But it 'd be easier to give him a work-card . |
| 15 | And I 'd be interested to know what the masses of London think . ’ |
| 16 | I 'll be interested to hear what the teachers have to think about that and like you . |
| 17 | It would not be appropriate to make it a condition of sale , as is required by new clause 4 , that new companies should participate in the existing pension scheme . |
| 18 | Some adjectives — notably superlatives , comparatives , and ordinals — appear to give a grammatically acceptable result when they occur in predicative position accompanied by an article : ( 16 ) Larry 's answer was the rudest Waddington Junior was a third [ e.g. boy caught cheating ] the rat was the other [ e.g. animal which solved the maze ] Analogous sentences with most adjectives would be quite ungrammatical , even though it would sometimes be easy to see what the sentence " ought " to mean , as in the first case of ( 17 ) for instance : ( 17 ) Larry 's answer was the rude [ e.g. out of those we received ] a red coathanger was the noticeable The reason for these facts is , ultimately , that the superlatives , comparatives and ordinals are unlike other adjectives in being inherently restrictive , and always presupposing what we may call an extraction set , within which the restriction is exercised . |
| 19 | It would be easy to tell him the truth but that would mean throwing Dana to the wolves , and that she could n't do . |
| 20 | Or make some patronising remark about her cute rear end and how he would be delighted to give her a lift over ? |
| 21 | He was her friend Maura 's brother , who lived in Dublin , and who , Maura assured her , would be delighted to show her the town . |
| 22 | It would be pointless to teach him the effect of the e-marker if he 's not clear about which symbols represent which sounds . |
| 23 | A local health and safety inspector may be glad to give you the benefit of his professional expertise on these exacting requirements , |
| 24 | Let the pie rest for 5–10 min before serving , or wait until it is cold , but be sure to serve it the day of making or the meringue may begin to weep . |
| 25 | Guido simply winked back at her and told Silvia with a smile , as he headed off across the garden , ‘ Be sure to show her the games room while you 're at it . |
| 26 | Ah , ah , I wonder if we 'll be able to choose who the model is ? |
| 27 | ‘ Daft of me not to be able to remember who the girl was , ’ he said , ‘ but I tell you what I do remember . |
| 28 | And so I decided that this was rather an unfair situation — why should n't women be able to do what a man did ? |
| 29 | So you , you 'll be able to do it every Monday , but you 've planned for it on Monday , you know who 's going to do it , and they , you know , it 's set up . |
| 30 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |