Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally , we should not need others to point this out to us , but be alert to our own capabilities and ready to use them in another context . |
| 2 | Ignoring these rhythmicities may be perilous , and some of the symptoms of jet lag , shiftwork , ageing , insomnia , and affective disorders may be due to their temporal disorganisation . |
| 3 | She felt she could no longer trust her own ideas , the disagreements she had had with Clare , Bryony and Sue must be due to her own ignorance . |
| 4 | However , other workers who studied the effect of gliclazide in diabetic subjects have felt that the beneficial effects of gliclazide on platelet function were likely to be due to its hypoglycaemic action rather than to any direct effect on haemostatic function ( Paton et al , 1982 b ) . |
| 5 | If we are indeed a unique species then many of the behaviours which differentiate us from other animals are likely to be due to our genetic make-up rather than to cultural conditioning ; but the difficulty is to know just what these animal-human characteristics might be . |
| 6 | In this paper , we identify a number of conditions that seem to be conducive to their optimum level of functioning . |
| 7 | The partners are personally responsible for all the affairs of the firm so that whatever system of management is put into place must be subject to their overall supervision . |
| 8 | Major changes in job descriptions must always be subject to our Equal Opportunities Policy . |
| 9 | Generally , a local authority will aim to cover the full cost of fees and a living allowance ‘ although this can be subject to your personal circumstances and will vary depending on whether you will live with your parents during term time , or in rented accommodation . |
| 10 | It is well known that teachers undertake a number of tasks which appear to be additional to their contractual duties and so voluntary . |
| 11 | The contributors all came from the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England , but their shared aim was to assist the re-expression of the central Christian doctrines in a way that would be appropriate to their own time , and that would take account of the historical character both of the Bible and of subsequent theology . |
| 12 | There are radical implications in these challenges , and Marshal Ogarkov 's departure in 1984 , as well as his return to favour in 1985 , may not be unrelated to his keen awareness of them . |
| 13 | Cordelia , like Coriolanus , is being forced into a ceremony in which she would have to be false to her own nature . |
| 14 | I know that that will be welcome to my hon. Friend . |
| 15 | Leese distinguished between the ‘ Kosher Fascists ’ and the ‘ British Jewnion of Fascists ’ elements in the leadership of the BUF and possible allies within the membership of that organization who would be useful to his anti-semitic campaign . |
| 16 | The terms should therefore be comprehensible to their intended users , and the desirability of clarity is even greater where the terms are to be used in transactions involving consumers . |
| 17 | It is to the hon. Gentleman 's credit that he wishes to raise a matter that may be embarrassing to his hon. Friends . |
| 18 | She could cook them now and reheat them , but that , she believed , would be deleterious to their nutritional value : it would perhaps be best to entrap them , with their vitamins and trace minerals , in a china bowl enveloped in clingfilm in the coolness of the fridge , taking care that the film did not touch them lest some cancer-inducing chemical should migrate from the one to the other . |
| 19 | I want to stress this connection between searching for home and finding a tongue , a writing voice , because I believe it to be fundamental to your own writing development . |
| 20 | The drives that bind one person to another are primitive and intense , and can be disturbing to our normal perceptions if we allow ourselves to see what is going on . |
| 21 | One , one of the most common question of the last weeks are we yes last weeks Sunday visiting that I was involved with in my ward was from people who were perturbed , not about means testing because that is not the word that it was about , but about something that is on the same kind of sphere and that was about whether erm East Gates which decided to be their own managers would also be able to their own tenants and keep the ones that were less suitable away from the ones that knew that they were suitable . |
| 22 | ‘ Another Clerk ’ wrote the next day to say the first writer must be blind to his own interests . |
| 23 | The £2 million centre , sponsored by Cellnet , is part of the LTA 's five-year £60m effort to revive British tennis and will be available to our top players and promising juniors all year round . |
| 24 | It turned out that much of Wood Walton would be inaccessible to us that day . |
| 25 | Doctors have been concerned that requests for repeated medical examinations , while justified for the purposes of forensic evidence , might be detrimental to their primary responsibility for the child 's health and well-being . |
| 26 | For others the wearing of nightclothes may be contrary to their normal practice . |
| 27 | It might indeed be contrary to their best interests to travel back to their island home . |
| 28 | This is a remarkably brief document , providing so far as service of documents is concerned for letters of request to be addressed by a diplomatic or consular officer of the requesting state to the competent authority of the requested state , and for the execution of any request the authenticity of which was not in doubt unless the requested state considered that this would be contrary to its public policy . |
| 29 | Because that would be contrary to our statutory duty . |
| 30 | Hinduism , Buddhism and other groups such as The Hare Krishnas and those who engage in Transcendental Meditation all recognise Yoga to be essential to their religious philosophies . |