Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They argued that existing maps and digitized files from them are unable to meet these needs at global or regional scale and only remote sensing could help in the short term : the availability of stereometric data from the French SPOT satellite has already led to proposals for automated creation of global digital elevation models with a spatial ( XY ) resolution of about 30 m ( Muller 1989 ) . |
| 2 | A possible change , still to be approved by the Committee and the AGM , is that Vic Smith and I are likely to do this job jointly in future . |
| 3 | The President accepted his scrap of twisted limb with a gracious smile and said , on Susan 's advice , ‘ I am delighted to receive this gift which I see as a symbol of the cultural and commercial interdependence of the planets . |
| 4 | Because I am delighted to report that education standards in Wales have been rising over the last few years following the introduction of the national curriculum and our other reforms . |
| 5 | I am delighted to accept those congratulations , not least on behalf of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary , who have spearheaded the campaign . |
| 6 | I am delighted to commend this booklet to you which I hope will give you a flavour of the variety and interest available to solicitors in local government . |
| 7 | I am keen to support any initiatives aimed at discussing ways of encouraging the economic regeneration of the area . |
| 8 | Our lifts are overworked , and as well as being very mindful of the cost I am anxious to rectify this situation in order to keep the lifts free for more needy passengers , such as the postroom boys with trolleys , etc . |
| 9 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 10 | Therefore , I am pleased to support this plea . |
| 11 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 12 | I am pleased to report that care in the community has in general , been successfully introduced . |
| 13 | Despite the tougher trading conditions I am pleased to report that Healthcare has yet again had a profitable year , and we are poised for further expansion of our business in the coming year . |
| 14 | I am pleased to hear that Sir . |
| 15 | I am pleased to announce this afternoon that since the last Welsh Question Time , there have been 13 new industrial projects — supported by £6 million of regional selective assistance which had been announced — 500 new jobs and the safeguarding of 300 others . |
| 16 | South African tour manager Abie Malan , preparing for the tourists ' first game with England since 1984 , said : ‘ I am disappointed to hear such news on the eve of the last important match of our tour , one which the ANC publicly approved . |
| 17 | Being an ex-Hamble aircraft , I am glad to say that G-ARJU , the example flown for this article , has civilised elevator and rudder trims . |
| 18 | I am glad to confirm that fact . |
| 19 | As chairman of probably the oldest and certainly the noisiest of the Institute 's technical committees , I am able to reassure such doubters ; indeed , the Technical Advisory Committee 's advice is still the foundation of most Institute responses on accounting and auditing matters . |
| 20 | Luckily I am able to correct these mistakes , which is just as well because we face prosecution from the Trading Standards Office after complaints about our programme for the Clansford clash . |
| 21 | If you 're willing to go down the route to drag hunting I am willing to support any hunt that wants to go down that route and I am sure this authority would . |
| 22 | I am willing to fail any dope test be it verbal , non-verbal , as long as it 's after this year 's London Marathon . |
| 23 | ‘ I am likely to need another goalkeeper for next season if Marples joins another club and I want to see if Key fits the bill . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I am free to make some phone calls , am I ? |
| 25 | Asked if she agreed , he said : ‘ I am supposed to direct this operation . ’ |
| 26 | I am prepared to criticise that action when taken by a Conservative council . |
| 27 | However , conditional on the points raised below , I am prepared to render this fee only if you are successful in receiving a formal offer of funding . |
| 28 | Of course this would be easier for you — a middle-aged man is more likely to find someone attractive than a middle-aged woman — but if I am prepared to accept this disadvantage , why should you grumble ? |
| 29 | I think that a good job has been done by the ITC , but I am prepared to consider any representations that are made to me about the future determination of licences . |
| 30 | I am happy to discount that possibility , together with many other stories which appear in the education press and which are represented as the Government 's view . |