Example sentences of "[adj] to be [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was fortunate to be shown only the yellow card . |
| 2 | But if they were supposed to be keeping up the fiction about being happily married — a second honeymoon , indeed ! — then it was going to look a bit odd , if not downright peculiar , if he did n't spend his nights here in the cottage . |
| 3 | If the offer is likely to be contested then the offeror will not be able to use the target 's board as a barometer to help it set the price . |
| 4 | He said decisions were likely to be taken on the treaty in the New Year . |
| 5 | Cases of unsuitable placements were common , but there was very little to be done once the assignment had gone ahead . |
| 6 | Following the retirement of Frank Whitehead ( 1982 ) and the early retirement of Alan England ( 1984 ) neither of the posts left vacant has still been filled ; they are unlikely to be filled in the foreseeable future . |
| 7 | It was strange to be filling in the two forms at the same time . |
| 8 | He seemed almost disappointed to be handed back the wad of notes . |
| 9 | Obviously for the average electrician , stockbroker , or humanities-trained academic to be laying down the law un the value of a human blood substitute from cows or the spread of BSE would , as things stand , be foolish . |