Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dutch might have been willing to see a world without territorial empire , if only it had been possible to keep up a trading system on that basis . |
| 2 | Manager Mickey Duff has had talks with Coetzer 's management who are prepared to set up a deal . |
| 3 | We are prepared to offer either a time based fee or a fixed fee . |
| 4 | Yes , well that 's their er stipulations and that 's what they 're supposed to do once a year ! |
| 5 | The television commentators are quick to say when a referee penalises the attacking team for collapsing in their opponents ' 22 metre area : ‘ Why would the attacking team want to collapse scrummage ? ’ |
| 6 | Now , instead of a day walking on the estate 's 50,000-acre grounds or picnicking on the heather-clad hills , the Queen and the duke are likely to send out a summons to Andy and Fergie , who are staying close by . |
| 7 | How could she tell him that Peter 's ‘ intervention ’ had only been supposed to take up a week of her time ? |
| 8 | erm We have n't as yet , erm the problem is I do n't normally deal with the sub- committee , the person that 's that should be dealing with it is not here today , so I 've been unable to track down a copy of this letter . |
| 9 | In such a situation , ruling bodies , be it the WBO , WBA or WBC , are reluctant to take away a champion 's title when it has been so close . |
| 10 | Into this imaginary world of people unable to learn from their market experience let us now introduce a group of outsiders who are themselves neither would-by sellers nor would-be buyers , but who are able to perceive opportunities for entrepreneurial profits ; that is , they are able to see where a good can be sold at a price higher than that for which it can be bought . |
| 11 | Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped . |
| 12 | Support staff , numerically increased in some areas , but threatened with further reductions in others , are able to reach only a minority of the estimated number of children in need of special attention . |
| 13 | So you are able to print out a section of the design that is 45 squares wide , and 38 squares high . |
| 14 | The idea is to join the words from the books with the pictures , although even children who cant read are able to call up a word list so they can join the words and pictures by association . |
| 15 | He may have been reluctant to give up a conquest of his illustrious forbear , Julius Caesar . |
| 16 | She had not been able to hold down a job because of her phobia — no one is really willing to employ someone who will only come into the office on fine days , particularly in England ! |
| 17 | One reason is that owners are often stronger than intruders , which are animals too weak to have been able to set up a territory . |
| 18 | Bob has even been able to sketch outdoors a couple of times . |
| 19 | Your list of questions will be a considerable help in these cases as there will be obvious gaps to come back to if you have not been able to fill in a percentage answer . |
| 20 | Now I 'm a governor of two schools and from this perspective in particular , I 'm very pleased to see that as a result of the legacy of previous Conservative administration and the generous S S A proposals for this year , that the Conservative group have been able to put forward a budget which enables schools budgets to be increased fully for demography and inflation and certainly I know that was a great worry this year in many of our schools that that might not be possible so it 's good to see that it is possible . |
| 21 | The Committee have been able to smooth out a lot of anxieties on this item , although it is impossible to make everyone happy on such a diverse subject . |
| 22 | Well I hope you 've been able to pick up a bit of something but I 'm not very good at it myself cos old days and old times . |
| 23 | Even in the sudden rush from the Store the nomes had been able to bring quite a lot of stuff . |
| 24 | There were other reasons for insecurity , too : no matter how much material prosperity had come a family 's way , there was still every chance that illness or a premature death might send them all back down a snake at a much faster speed than they had been able to climb up a ladder . |
| 25 | ‘ — but if Ross had n't twisted Owen 's arm and made him take the money we would n't have been able to afford even a shoe-box . |
| 26 | By studying numerous manuscripts , textual critics have been able to work out a set of principles which can be applied to many different sorts of document . |
| 27 | Detetives still have n't been able to build up a description of the attacker but they believe he may have worked with horses in the past . |
| 28 | He was a hard worker , but Jane marvelled at how he had been able to build up a business while remaining practically unintelligible . |
| 29 | I have been able to offer only a summary of the GR-1 's facilities , knowing that the curious amongst you will want to seek one out and demand a ‘ hands on ’ demo at your leisure . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry to bring up a thing like this , Stevens . |