Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 2 | Thinking and perceiving , which might naturally be attributed to an incorporeal mind , are simply complex motions in matter . |
| 3 | While the decision can not be impugned on the facts , it undoubtedly confirms the difficulties which inventor employees face where the employer 's sales can only be traced to a single main purchaser of the patented product . |
| 4 | So , in French , ( 45 ) is ambiguous as to whether there is one or more addressees , but ( 46 ) can only be addressed to a single addressee : Vous parlez francais ? ( 46 ) Vous etes le professeur ? |
| 5 | The release included statements that ‘ the discovery will be relatively easy to make into a usable technology for generating heat and power ’ ; and that ‘ this generation of heat continues over long periods and is so large that it can only be attributed to a nuclear process ’ . |
| 6 | A person ‘ knowingly concerned ’ in a transaction entered into in contravention of section 3 can only be subjected to a restitutionary order under subsection ( 2 ) if and to the extent that the person received money or property under the transaction in question . |
| 7 | Similarly , the obligations of one counterparty under the contract can not generally be transferred to a third party . |
| 8 | This was a tolerably painless process since they could generally be provided to a clerical living in their retirement . |
| 9 | But language , because of its complexity and its technicalities can not easily be revealed to a wide audience . |
| 10 | By the middle of the Devonian the lobe-finned fish had acquired a suitable set of bones and muscles , and a stumpy fin arrangement that could easily be adapted to a four-footed locomotion . |
| 11 | A curly style can easily be changed to a swept back look by brushing curls through and drying with firm hold mousse . |
| 12 | In the widest sense , a survey consists of a number of organizational steps which need not occur in the order given below , which may often need to be retraced and which must usually be related to a preceding sequence of research or to comparable contemporaneous studies . |
| 13 | Even if you are buying a home in darkest Snowdonia , you will still be treated to a personal service at the hands of David Paul & Partners . |
| 14 | The patient who is suffering from alcoholism should preferably be admitted to a specialized treatment unit , if there is one available locally , so that expert help can be provided . |
| 15 | The Trislander can rapidly be converted to an all-freight configuration , but it is more normal for seats to be removed towards the rear . |
| 16 | When the product is packed in a container with a screw cap the cap should always be applied to a predetermined and measured torque . |
| 17 | Wood can always be stained to a darker shade than its present state , but can not be lightened other than by bleaching . |
| 18 | Instead , what we have are literally thousands of measures in educational testing , social surveys , attitude research or statistical analysis , with little or no idea as to how any of them could conceivably be reduced to a few dimensions or compared with agreed-upon standards . |
| 19 | But Indian naan , he regrets , can never ever be compared to a good Parisian baguette : |
| 20 | Reference must also be made to a brief but important statement by the Privy Council , in the course of an elaborate opinion , largely concerned with other matters , in Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 21 | General SA ( see also ) references may also be made to an entire group of headings as an economy measure , for instance , |
| 22 | Every week you 'll also be invited to a welcome cocktail at the new hotel bar . |
| 23 | The Ronseal varnishes used here can also be applied to a painted or previously varnished surface that has been rubbed down with a fine abrasive paper . |
| 24 | A CO band above 1900 cm -1 is therefore almost certainly due to a terminal CO ; a band below this frequency may be due to a bridging ligand , but it could also be ascribed to a terminal ligand with some unusually severe reduction of the CO bond strength through back-bonding . |
| 25 | As well as losing weight , you will also be changing to a better quality diet and monitoring food intake . |
| 26 | Distaffs may also be attached to a spinning wheel or be floor standing . |
| 27 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 28 | A film is made up of a series of shots that may be photographed over various periods of time ; a ‘ take ’ that may have originally started out as three or four minutes in length may eventually be edited to a ten second shot . |
| 29 | Faults can range from the merely inconvenient , when water spills out of sagging or blocked gutters on to unsuspecting people underneath , to the more serious problem of penetrating damp , where peeling decorations and damp patches inside the house can often be traced to a leaking gutter or downpipe outside . |
| 30 | But you could have er , be er could now be referring to a different row that happens to have the same numbers in . |