Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long-term aim is to develop a network of groups and individuals who are prepared to speak out for democratic rights . |
| 2 | But my guess is early retirement too , unless you 're prepared to go back to divisional work . |
| 3 | We 're happiest driving around in beat-up old cars . ’ |
| 4 | A survey has revealed nine out of ten properties in the area are unfit to live in by modern standards . |
| 5 | Unlike the national services , which are likely to go out to competitive tender , these local and community services are expected to be awarded on the basis of their planned services and financial viability . |
| 6 | The difficulty with this result is that advertising is usually only one part of a marketing strategy , and that agreements on advertising are likely to spill over into other elements of that strategy including prices . |
| 7 | In Britain we are likely to come up against similar , if not identical , perverse incentives as the NHS reforms alter the way in which services are funded . |
| 8 | Complicated family inter-connections are all trotted out in pointless detail , designed , presumably , to show just how very ‘ in ’ is Lady Colin Campbell . |
| 9 | But , he maintains , if you do n't throw up a lot of worthless ideas you are unlikely to come up with sensible ones either . |
| 10 | There are , however , many other situations in atomic and nuclear physics where there is some kind of barrier that particles should not be able to penetrate on classical principles but that they are able to tunnel through on quantum-mechanical principles . |
| 11 | In comparison to the way in which fraud , obfuscation and inanity have been able to hold out in other fields — from politics and religion to scholarship and law — it is an impressive record . |
| 12 | ‘ I still have n't been able to find out for sure . |
| 13 | Very anxious to promote the Wales in Europe scheme because it 's been very important to us , including the links that er we have been able to build up with other regions of Europe in Catalonia , , Lombardy and Battenberkaburg above all er which our our sort of strong erm er neighbours which can teach us a lot about industry and these are the areas that we will want to link up with by having this extra seat in the European parliament , er and obviously I mean there are sorts of areas where we have some sympathy with the occasional point that is made by the anti-Europe speakers on the other side . |
| 14 | In the past , fisheries have been able to start up without adequate information about either the target stock or its role in ocean ecology . |
| 15 | They are happy rooting around for Fly Agaric toadstools in a farmer 's back garden until he sets the dogs on them , and would be miserable if you dragged them up anything taller than a caravan . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , the Government are busy opting out of industrial policy . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the Government are busy opting out of industrial policy . |
| 18 | ‘ There will obviously be some slimming down in certain areas , which is regrettable but necessary . ’ |
| 19 | And at training Paul Gascoigne upstaged that prank after being warned there could be some standing around in chilly weather . |
| 20 | As we have seen , some prior harmonization of standards of authorization and supervision will be necessary but , those limited conditions having been met , banks will then be free to set up in other states . |
| 21 | For the same reasons , it would be easy to end up with different versions at different locations , especially if the users themselves have the capability to modify the expert system . |
| 22 | ‘ It can be dangerous to drink out of strange bottles , ’ she said . |
| 23 | People who did not know how to be useful dropped out of Good Neighbour schemes . |
| 24 | The indentured labourers hoped to be able to set up as independent farmers once they had worked off the costs of their passages , but the islands soon became so crowded that they were unlikely to be able to do this . |
| 25 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 26 | ‘ It must be hell having a woman like Gwen and not to be able to strut around in public possession . |
| 27 | Employees will no longer be able to opt out of cashless pay systems . |
| 28 | Novices who learn quickly will find this a most satisfying resort ; by the second week they 'll be able to move on to intermediate classes . |
| 29 | Business travellers could use the morning and early evening flights to the City Airport in London 's Docklands , while holidaymakers would be able to link up with international flights , particularly to North America , from Gatwick on a midday flight from Liverpool . |
| 30 | If non-farming activities reach the VAT registration threshold , farmers will be required to register for all their activities , farming and non-farming , and will not be able to carry on as flat rate farmers . |