Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] to the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within twenty-four hours Washington told Sullivan that the Shah would be welcome to come to the United States . |
| 2 | Goalkeeper David Seaman damaged a shoulder against Stockport but is expected to be fit to report to the England squad tomorrow . |
| 3 | Such a strategy would undermine EC initiatives for sweeping global reductions in CO2 emissions , but would be likely to appeal to the US Administration , which has thus far failed to set any formal targets for reducing carbon output . |
| 4 | Vodac , Vodafone Group Plc 's largest service provider , has signed an agreement with Kingfisher Plc 's Comet electrical retail chain to service 230 stores UK-wide : Comet customers that come out with a mobile phone will be able to connect to the Vodafone network immediately , subject to a credit check . |
| 5 | This announcement met with considerable antipathy from Fine Art Investment and Display , and it rapidly became clear that the company would be unlikely to sell to the Barclay brothers . |
| 6 | This money would go to the Finnish construction company Rauma-Repola Offshore , whose large oil drilling rigs would be unable to go to the North Sea in a fully assembled condition when the bridge was finished . |
| 7 | The Herald spoke to Patricia Routledge and found her to be keen to return to the Yvonne Arnaud , where the audiences recently warmed to her in Alan Bennett 's Talking Heads . |