Example sentences of "be [adj] and [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For despite their other shortcomings , most of the major brewers have been able and willing to cross-subsidise many less profitable houses . |
| 2 | Conduct sufficient for a dissolution This sweeping provision is nearly always found in agreements although if the expulsion powers have been properly drafted it should always be possible and preferable to invoke some more specific ground . |
| 3 | His belief that compromise might be possible and necessary had few followers in the ruling United National Party ( UNP ) . |
| 4 | However , in order to do this , it follows that you must be versatile and able to assume many different roles . |
| 5 | However , we do n't have to be exact and precise to enjoy this very fine group of roses with their large bunches of fragrant bloom . |
| 6 | He can be deft and funny describing such varied personalities as Cecil Beaton , J. Carter Brown , and Joan Whitney Payson , an unusually sharp , no-nonsense trustee ( informed of Wildenstein 's role as the Met 's auction representation in buying the Velasquez , she remarked , ‘ What if they cheat ? ’ ) . |
| 7 | And after scoring four for the first time in a European game , he said : ‘ I 'm proud and privileged to break such a great player 's record . |
| 8 | Journalist Victor Guzev , who travels with CSKA , said : ‘ In our society the players are considered to be wealthy and able to afford most things in life . |
| 9 | It would be inefficient and uneconomical to avoid such terminology when it can be used to crystallise a concept . |
| 10 | When it is suggested to him that it may be necessary and unavoidable to kill those who oppress mankind in the same way as it is necessary and unavoidable to hill a homicidal lunatic who threatens society , his reply is that no man is so evil as to be beyond redemption , and no man so perfect as to be justified in killing these whom he considers to be evil . |
| 11 | To assist at the pre-tendering stage all contractors invited , need to be aware and able to question any aspect on the contract . |
| 12 | But I flatter myself that I can meet this danger more calmly and securely than most philologists ; my philosophical seriousness is already too deeply rooted , the true and essential problems of life and thought have been too clearly shown to me by the great mystagogue Schopenhauer … " ( 1869 ) ; " I love the Greeks more and more … [ but ] … the philologist 's existence … seems to me more and more anomalous " ( 1870 ) ; " For me , everything that is best and most beautiful is associated with the names Schopenhauer and Wagner , and I am proud and happy to share this feeling with my closest friends " ( 1870 again ) ; and from the close of the same year , " Let us drag on in this university existence for a few more years ; let us take it as a sorrowful lesson … I realize what Schopenhauer 's doctrine of university wisdom is all about … |
| 13 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |
| 14 | The fact that so many were willing and able to combine these demands with keeping the house reflected highly on their adaptability . |
| 15 | No doubt human settlers , moving into these forests for the first time , were delighted and surprised to find such fertile meadows in the heart of the dense forest and built their homes beside them . |
| 16 | Provided that all solicitors were competent and willing to make this judgement of themselves it would appear that the scheme had finally settled on a principle which would successfully serve the potential criminal client . |
| 17 | If such research is indicative of UK research effort in geology as a whole , then the figures suggest that in the early 1970's , the numbers of students entering the field increased substantially , whilst at the same time , the universities were able and willing to support such an increase . |
| 18 | Furthermore , after the Allied victory in 1918 , Germany and the former Austro-Hungarian Empire were bankrupt and unable to make any significant purchases for a long time . |
| 19 | We hope that by employing non-discriminatory usage in this book we have shown that it is possible and easy to adopt another style . |
| 20 | The diagram uses only an eight point compass : it is possible and preferable to construct such a diagram with finer divisions . |
| 21 | Within this chapter our concern is with those , both Marxist and non-Marxist , who have taken as given the particular direction in which technology has developed , and with those who , while accepting that it is possible and desirable to exercise some social control over technology , have taken the view that there is no fundamental conflict at the work-place and that the system of organisation there can be optimised in the light of a set of objectives to which they assume all would be able to agree . |
| 22 | It is interesting and important to note that , even when Piaget 's views on a child 's conceptual development are still accepted , the danger of omitting theology from the young child 's RE is becoming more widely appreciated . |
| 23 | It is unscientific and wrong to draw any qualitative conclusions from it whatsoever . |
| 24 | Since the economic advantages are overwhelming and a greater and more expert level of service can be expected it is appropriate and justifiable to spend some time on supplier selection . |
| 25 | Why should the fact that she 's ill and helpless make any difference ? |
| 26 | It is tedious and wasteful to repeat this group of instructions every time you wish to see them . |
| 27 | BRITAIN now has 30,000 naturists — people who believe it 's healthy and good to bare all . |
| 28 | By section 114 of the Act , the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry is empowered to transfer many of his functions under the Act of 1986 to a body corporate which is able and willing to discharge those functions . |
| 29 | And you agree that two hundred pounds a month is available and affordable to implement those recommendations ? |
| 30 | Despite the fact that some anxiety is necessary and normal to perform any task , in coping with anxiety and stress problems clinically we are usually dealing with levels which are too high . |