Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most likely surmise is that the hardliners are now more powerful than the reformers , but are unable to press home their advantage . |
| 2 | It would be interesting to know exactly what preparation Mr Brunner ingested . |
| 3 | As for Williams , who had an English father , it would be easy to explain away his hostility to England ; but the sorrier likelihood is that he saw quite justly the baleful mixture of timidity and arrogance which characterized literary London in his lifetime . |
| 4 | But there are things you would be ashamed to tell even your doctor , things so vile they can only be confessed to the lowest , most contemptible functionaries of all . |
| 5 | If ‘ Sonnet ’ did n't happen , he would soon be able to afford neither his apartment nor his girlfriend . |
| 6 | They need to be able to measure accurately their blood glucose and test the urine for ketones when unwell . |
| 7 | Cicely Harris had her second hip operation in October and was delighted , at Christmas-time to be able to throw away her stick ; by February she was dancing again and in April was back on the bowling green ; she participated in the May competitions at her club and managed to win a cup — which you see her holding here . |
| 8 | But since this is sometimes exceedingly difficult , he would be unwise to say exactly what sort of traces they should be ; for he would then be vulnerable to the criticism that in some capitalist formations these are simply not to be found . |
| 9 | This was apparently reasonably well received by the offenders involved , as even this basic standard of education would be sufficient to improve considerably their potential for employment and thus for higher earnings after their release . |
| 10 | It did not touch as many people as it does today and it would have been difficult to see precisely what kind of partisan gloss could have been put on the matter . |
| 11 | So that much of ICI 's opportunity comes from being able to bring together its manufacturing skills in each area to get into less competitive markets . |
| 12 | ‘ We judged we were able to fight double our number of any troops that could oppose us . ’ |
| 13 | While a few voices , mainly from the safety of universities , call for their abolition , the majority of practical opinion recognises that examinations are inevitable and that three tasks are necessary to improve both their efficiency and their effect on the school curriculum . |
| 14 | It is important to establish exactly what degree of dissonance we want in our music , and how frequently it should occur — in other words to ensure that the harmonic style and atmosphere are consistent . |
| 15 | It is important to file away your classwork notes carefully so that you are able to find them again when you need them . |
| 16 | Because Hexamita parasites are present naturally in many healthy fish , it is important to distinguish just what level of parasites , if found , constitutes a real problem . |
| 17 | Well I think that it 's difficult to say exactly what kind of an institution the European Parliament will turn out to be . |
| 18 | Jacobitism was a continual destabilising force in British politics under the later Stuarts , so it is vital to consider precisely what impact it had on partisan strife during this period , and exactly how widespread sympathies for the exiled Stuarts were amongst the general population . |
| 19 | It is difficult to say exactly what impact — if any — this shift is currently having on undergraduate curricula , but its future importance can not be doubted . |
| 20 | Soon the fog of freedom is so thick that it is difficult to remember just what song they were supposed to be playing in the first place . |
| 21 | Men are frightened to put forward their opinion . |
| 22 | There are some people who think that I was wrong to give away my crown . |
| 23 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 24 | Before the Bill came before the House , we decided to make a change so that an authority with very enlightened policies — such as East Northants — which was able to reduce both its community charge and that which the county imposed should be permitted to continue doing so under the council tax . |
| 25 | I might have learnt to like Stephen Fry 's version of Jeeves on television , if I had not read those maddening articles in which he was eager to give away my money in order to soothe his conscience . |