Example sentences of "[adj] to be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These steps into new territory were too big and too risky to be undertaken by individual merchants . |
| 2 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 3 | Other areas can also be quoted , like Winchelsea in Sussex , which was destroyed by storms and the French to be refounded in 1288 by Edward I on a hill nearby . |
| 4 | Similarly , when Gould says he is prepared to be persuaded about electoral reform , he needs to say what it would take to persuade him . |
| 5 | The casual labour problem was too sizeable to be solved by these means and it was unsuited to the temporary needs of unemployed skilled men . |
| 6 | early adopters — the next 13.5% ; these people are critical in the process , since they tend to be influential , and are the people willing to be influenced by external information ( such as advertising ) . |
| 7 | He had clearly learned a thing or two from his family 's entrepreneurship , and was not willing to be confined to any form of anonymity such as overtook some would-be poets . |
| 8 | If things are really bad , you are getting nowhere and you feel that an argument is developing , the best action is to state politely that you are not willing to be interviewed in such a manner , that you are clearly wasting one another 's time and you have decided to leave . |
| 9 | Not all of the ‘ helpable ’ were willing to be helped by such means . |
| 10 | In the absence of any stated preference it will be assumed that the candidates will be willing to be considered for either appointment . |
| 11 | It seemed typical of previous British offers : so vague as to be almost meaningless or free to be interpreted in innumerable ways . |
| 12 | Of course he was too old to be married to that young girl . |
| 13 | My understanding is that he will try to find half-a-dozen wood processing / wood craft companies whose adverts would feature within the eight pages of editorial to be supplied by COED CYMRU . |
| 14 | Ontario 's Attorney-General , Roy McMurtry , says he stands by the CDC report and Digoxin expert , Alois Hastreiter of the University of Illinois says post-mortem levels found in some of the patients were ‘ far too high to be explained by any naturally occurring substance ’ . |
| 15 | Knowsley Council is preparing a planning application for Prescot Comprehensive to be consolidated on one site . |
| 16 | The defeatists felt that the power of the torturers was too great to try to combat ; the purists were too busy discussing semantics to take up the real problems ; the perfectionists thought that the data on human rights was too imprecise to be used for high quality research ; the paradigm thinkers believed that massive political and social changes would be necessary before torture could be stopped ; many other concerned persons were involved in other cases , such as environment , ecology , animal rights , etc . |
| 17 | Offiah is fortunate to be blessed with great natural ability and he is certainly the most marketable asset in Rugby League . |
| 18 | Arthur Benjamin and Ira Dilworth became close friends , and I was fortunate to be associated with both . |
| 19 | Although the [ draft ] FRS requires appropriations of profit over and above the dividends payable to be made in some circumstances in respect of non-equity shares it does not affect the total amount of distributable profits . |
| 20 | Before you are allowed into the room in which the regalia are kept , you have to put on felt overshoes , as though the treasures were subject to being disturbed by excessive scuffling of feet . |
| 21 | It 's terribly uncomfortable to be trapped in this situation in the first place . |
| 22 | There are no general regulations in the UK governing the type of medium to be used for archival recording , although some regulations stipulate additional conditions for electronic records ; and certain authorities have the right to require that their approval is obtained before a company relies exclusively on electronic records , for example : |
| 23 | The difficulty with so many problems in materials science has been that the algebra and arithmetic , though theoretically soluble , are too laborious to be done by traditional methods . |
| 24 | Roger : I 'm delighted to be involved at this early stage , especially in Community Action . |
| 25 | Speaking after the settlement , Mr King said : ‘ I am delighted to be vindicated after this prolonged action . |
| 26 | Delighted to be taken for another ride in another car , the little boy chuckled . |
| 27 | Locally-born actress Rhian Morgan said she was delighted to be surrounded by such an ‘ ocean of Welshness ’ at the festival , but realised how empty it would seem after the festival was over . |
| 28 | I am delighted to be associated with such a far-reaching project that will act as a clearing house for many people 's activities across the world through a service dedicated to the needs of an unrestricted membership . |
| 29 | ‘ So all in all we are delighted to be associated with this prestigious world event ’ , concluded Matthew Gloag . |
| 30 | You are too honest to be trusted with some secrets . |