Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we 're confident that you can afford to take on the extra commitment , we 're quite happy to agree a second loan . |
| 2 | ’ With this in mind , we believe conditions are now right to make a second issue of preference shares to raise a further $110m , which will again enable us to repay some short term debt and provide the flexibility we need to benefit from available opportunities . |
| 3 | A television turned off by remote control continues to use a quarter of normal power because it needs to be electrically awake to receive the next remote signal to switch back on . |
| 4 | As she curled up in bed once more she reflected that it would be very nice to have a third person in the house , quite apart from the fact that Gay was her best friend . |
| 5 | Leith was sorry she 'd missed seeing him , but resumed work , realising that since she was only a very small cog in a big machine Mr Massingham would be too busy to make a second visit , or remember , should he be interested in numbers , that there was one member of staff he had n't met yet . |
| 6 | There were a number of clues available to Robson : if West had still held the guarded queen of clubs he would almost certainly have kept and exited with his last spade ; if he had held both the king and queen of clubs he would have been equally likely to win the first club with the queen ; and , from what had happened so far , it looked as though West had started with more clubs than his partner . |
| 7 | But once families are committed to at least one child and all the disruptions of career and household which inevitably follow , they are then inclined to have the second child that most expect , and are expected , to produce . |
| 8 | Her looks were sufficiently unusual to attract a second glance in spite of an aloof and rather intimidating expression which she cultivated as a form of defence against being the recipient of too much male attention . |
| 9 | There seems to be no logical reason for ignoring some and then picking on one , but one can only suppose that , having missed , for whatever reason , their first opportunity of causing trouble , the authorities were just glad to get a second chance . |
| 10 | Jess was one of the many who were very pleased to reach the 19th hole . |
| 11 | It is obviously helpful to make the first flights in smooth weather , with a clear horizon . |
| 12 | But it is still unlikely to survive a second reading . |
| 13 | Despite these traditions , analysis of student results does not indicate that it is more difficult to gain a first in arts than it is in science subjects . |
| 14 | If the substrate S can be used for something else , it is clearly efficient to control the first step in the synthesis , S→A , rather than , say , the last one , E→P , because in the latter case E would accumulate . |
| 15 | It is also possible to recognise a third sequence of general affinity : mosaics which have diagonal or rotated , linear arrangements , in the form of saltires ( e.g. pI . |
| 16 | He is also ready to deliver a second snub to France by naming a new public holiday Trafalgar Day in celebration of Admiral Horatio Nelson 's defeat of the French and Spanish in 1805 . |
| 17 | And in these matters it 's often helpful to have a third party present . |
| 18 | Whether we like it or not , and I must admit I do , Britain is back to two-and-a-bit party politics and Labour is now favourite to win the next election . |
| 19 | So er it seems to me that it 's particularly invalid to take the last three years . |
| 20 | Because , for reasons mentioned earlier , the itching may persist for some time , an just in case the first application was not exhaustive , it is quite common to advise a second treatment one week after the first . |
| 21 | It is then possible to start the next day 's turning a bit earlier than would otherwise be possible . |
| 22 | So many things happened over the last two rounds , it 's sometimes hard to remember the first two ; I just know it was Trevino versus Jacklin again in the third round and , of course , they were playing together once more . |
| 23 | The reason for this policy is that it is relatively easy to obtain the first few marks ( say 10 per cent ) for an examination question . |
| 24 | Alan Duncan , of the GMB , said : ‘ It is absolutely irresponsible to waste the next year on a debate of no interest or concern to the people we represent . ’ |
| 25 | The method is clearly convenient and cheap ; for instance , it is very easy to sample every tenth new patient passing through a hospital clinic even though the population of patients is gradually changing . |
| 26 | It is very important to distinguish the first from the subsequent bleeding episodes because associated mortality is different and this may lead to biases in studies when pooling the two types of episodes . |
| 27 | Many , of course , are too young to remember the last Labour Government . |
| 28 | Frankly , I was quite pleased to leave the 11th , for all fighting was over , and a regular outfit is very boring and narrow-minded when not in action . |
| 29 | All Marr really knew was that Morrissey had written a book about The New York Dolls and was quite prepared to spend the next hour talking about them if nothing else was to stem from the meeting . |
| 30 | At midday , with the tent and kit packed in the wheelbarrow , I was almost ready to begin the second day 's walk . |