Example sentences of "[adj] to be [vb pp] at [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Roger : I 'm delighted to be involved at this early stage , especially in Community Action . |
2 | When he died , when they found out what he had done , he would be lucky to be buried at all . |
3 | Although marriage is likely to be prescribed at some stage of life as a remedy for all kinds of life problems , the images people have of marriage will be different . |
4 | Static or declining firms are likely to be valued at less than the book value of their assets , while rapidly growing firms can be priced at many times the book value of their assets , reflecting the fact that growth adds value to the initial investment outlay . |
5 | It 's so important to be seen at these things and — I know it sounds very philistine — to show people that you have money . |
6 | Amabel , torn between sympathy for Linnet who had loved and lost and this poor little jewelled bride who was unlikely to be loved at all , had suffered a severe headache that day . |
7 | The Xedos is due to be unveiled at this week 's Frankfurt Motor Show , and no details have been given yet about price or its date of arrival in the UK . |
8 | Some are so widely separated that their motion relative to each other is too small to be measured at all , and all we can really say is that they are travelling through space together , at the same rate and in the same direction . |
9 | These included the resolutions that Parliaments not only " ought to sit frequently " , but that " their frequent sitting be secured " , that there should be " no interrupting of any sessions of Parliament till the affairs that are necessary to be dispatched at that time are determined " , that the militia acts were " grievous to the subject " , and that judges should hold their commissions " during good behaviour " . |
10 | Gen Noriega 's provocations may simply have accelerated a plan that had been ready to be unleashed at any time . |
11 | I left that meeting with the phrase , ‘ I am a lesbian , ’ ready to be spoken at any moment . |