Example sentences of "be [prep] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 2 | Those products of reproduction — children — that are best adapted to the current circumstances will generally survive until they are of a suitable age to reproduce , passing on at least some of the characteristics favouring survival to their own children : those who are poorly adapted to the current circumstances will , in general , either die young or be unable to find a mate . |
| 3 | These four volumes are of a convenient size to fit on an average-sized desk . |
| 4 | He will need to decide whether the planning issues raised by the proposals are of a sufficient scale to warrant the cost and delays which a public inquiry would entail . |
| 5 | I mean it depends er whether you 're in a fearful hurry to start the training you know , t and get |
| 6 | Protection is given to the malicious and the reckless as the price of protecting from the threat of vexatious litigation all who are under a powerful duty to state facts and opinions frankly . |
| 7 | To what extent they are under a legal obligation to do so will be the subject of the following section . |
| 8 | Leaving aside the possibility of the parental duty being satisfied by the child being efficiently ( and so on ) educated ‘ otherwise ’ than at school , in view of its relative practical insignificance , parents are under a legal obligation to ensure both that the child receives a proper education and , if registered at school , that s/he attends regularly ( Education Act 1944 , section 39 ) . |
| 9 | The Chair is obviously referring to the fact recently in the courts , there was consideration of the closure of old persons ' homes , and you know that you are under a legal requirement to consult in respect of those otherwise any decision , to close without consultation can held to be invalid , and that has impinged on some authorities who were going down that route , so there is a duty there . |
| 10 | Insiders are in a privileged position ; they are under a moral duty to act responsibly , and not to profit from information which they receive but do not own . |
| 11 | It follows that the British courts are under a statutory obligation to apply to Community legal texts the Community methods of interpretation as developed by the European Court ; they would be under Community law even without the statutory provision . |
| 12 | Justices who exercise this delicate jurisdiction are under a statutory duty to carry out the inquiry expected of them by the Children Act 1989 . |
| 13 | I suppose I am in a good position to weigh up the prospects of the major contenders in today 's race , at least , and I have no hesitation in declaring my delight at being on Docklands Express . |
| 14 | Your Royal Highness , ladies and gentlemen , as a minister , judge and professor , I feel I am in a good position to speak about the history of marriage , its importance in society , and the duties of the married couple to each other and the wider community . |
| 15 | It suffices to say that under it , once black Rhodesians had acquired a sizeable number of seats , but far less than a majority , they would have been in a powerful position to form a coalition with any breakaway group of whites . |
| 16 | The survivors can scarcely have been in a strong position to demand territory from the Romans . |
| 17 | Davidson 's party political position may make him a more objective source than those more closely involved , and he appears to have been in a good position to know what was going on . |
| 18 | If Cullam had been in a fit state to observe behaviour he might have thought the chief inspector bored or preoccupied . |
| 19 | Historically the BBC has been in a privileged position to negotiate coverage with the ‘ gentlemen amateurs ’ of the MCC , the Committee of the All-England Club , and the four rugby unions . |
| 20 | The measures are designed to improve competitiveness and to help ensure the businesses within Chemicals are in a strong position to take advantage of the eventual upturn in the market . |
| 21 | Where trade unions have joined Compacts they are in a strong position to ensure that young people in Compact schools are fully informed about the advantages of joining and supporting the trade union movement . |
| 22 | Our market share continues to grow and we are in a strong position to make further progress in 1993/94 and as the economy recovers . |
| 23 | Family health services authorities are in a pivotal position to develop a research and development strategy which ensures that commissioning decisions are based on best available knowledge , that primary health care workers are adequately resourced , skilled , and motivated to participate in the research and development of the services they provide , and that evaluation of current and new patterns of care becomes routine . |
| 24 | With an annual rate of 5,000 unsolicited manuscripts , 90 per cent of which are turned down for publication , the editors are in a good position to choose exactly what is required for ‘ the rose of romance ’ brand-name . |
| 25 | ‘ We are in a good position to help strong management teams take advantage of this , ’ he said . |
| 26 | But since we are working very closely with the local telecommunications companies in those countries , we are in a good position to help . ’ |
| 27 | As a junior nurse new to the surgical ward you are in a good position to understand how uncomfortable a person can feel in a strange place with unfamiliar people . |
| 28 | Bureaucrats , on the other hand , are in a good position to distort information about costs because of their dominant role as interpreters of both governmental outputs and the relationship between government action and social outcomes . |
| 29 | Practitioners , therefore , are in a powerful position to argue for the adoption of the kind of needs-led comprehensive approach to assessment exemplified in this paper . |
| 30 | May I als also ask her to bear in mind that none of us are in a great hurry to go through again the expense and the dislocation of the relocation of the British Library , and if this land is not made available to the Library , that might happen rather sooner than we wish . |