Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had some faint ideas about releasing , but David was able to give me some valuable advice on how to go about it . |
| 2 | By the end of the 1960s the CNAA was able to review its own substantial experience in establishing and maintaining degree level standards . |
| 3 | As premier earl , Harold was able to secure his own election to the throne , but was forced to defend it almost immediately against Scandinavian and Norman claimants . |
| 4 | Joseph was overjoyed to have his own cassowary . |
| 5 | In the view of his friend , Hoccleve is unwise to trust his own judgement rather than the friend 's , but a programme of translation , with patronage in mind , is drawn up . |
| 6 | Davide was walking now down the street which intersected with the woman 's shop ; she still gave sheets of pink blotting paper for change , and a photograph of her son was pinned up on the shelf behind her till ; the news was that he was in the army , but Davide was ashamed to inquire what that report concealed . |
| 7 | Leonard was keen to assert his own lead in that movement , for it was during this time that he was compiling his second book ( five years after the first ) The Spice-Box Of Earth , which was published in 1961 to great critical acclaim . |
| 8 | Mrs Goreng was able to volunteer them some ( absolutely correct ) tourist information . |
| 9 | Thus , while the French economy ( as well as that of West Germany ) was clearly pulling ahead of the British , de Gaulle was eager to go his own way and even defy the United States ( not least in economic matters ) wherever it seemed appropriate . |
| 10 | Just as the dominions of Canada , Australia and New Zealand were able to conduct their own economic policies while belonging to the sterling area — having their own Chancellors of the Exchequer operating their own fiscal policies , and raising their own tax revenues — so Britain will retain a wide freedom of action , while enjoying the benefit of belonging to a currency and economy underpinned by what will undoubtedly be the strongest currency in the world . |
| 11 | By the end of the 1970s , however , Champagne had no need to transport the boues de ville from Paris since the city of Reims was able to provide its own . |
| 12 | Member States of the EC are free to determine their own policies towards competition within their national boundaries . |
| 13 | The Fontanellatesi had a good sense of humour , which helped us to keep up our morale ; one rather large , well-educated lady called Fiora Gandini was able to make us all laugh . |
| 14 | ‘ I think perhaps Mr Beckenham is anxious to protect his own interests , rather than yours . ’ |
| 15 | Nina Clarey was the only one at OBEX who knew that her sister had once been engaged to the medical officer , and Rachel was anxious to keep it that way . |