Example sentences of "be [adj] to [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any one network junction has topological neighbours , that is , junctions connected to it along a common chain , but it also possesses spatial neighbour junctions — junctions which may in fact be nearer to it in the continuum space but which belong to other chains . |
| 2 | You ca n't expect a man to walk around thinking he 's got to be grateful to them for the rest of his life — it 's ludicrous . |
| 3 | It was his own fault for having been conceited enough to be pleasant to her on the morning of the read-through . |
| 4 | ‘ Why could not an entity that had no extension be visible to us under the appearance of … extension ? ’ |
| 5 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 6 | It must be accessible to everyone at the start . |
| 7 | Many of the herbs Chris uses for treating his fish would be accessible to them in the wild . |
| 8 | I also knew that experience in working with other birds would be useful to me in the long term . |
| 9 | Linfield chairman , David Campbell said today : ‘ This is a fantastic capture for us — an experienced player who will be invaluable to us in the European Cup . ’ |
| 10 | Various aspects of the parties ' life , resources , and activities will be helpful to them in the conflict , but many of these are resources and activities that they will have possessed or engaged in or wished to posses or to engage in in any case , even if they did not take part in the contest . |
| 11 | There were no significant differences between the total , autonomic , and neuroglycopenic scores reported by subjects to be important to them at the beginning of a hypoglycaemic attack or later during its progression . |
| 12 | The surveyor will be responsible to you for the stated purpose of the report . |
| 13 | the resources which he could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and |
| 14 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 15 | Apart from dealing with the matter of the will if one was made , it may be agreed , if your parent wishes , that he should also take on the responsibility for contacting various persons and organisations : the bank , to arrange for money to be available to her pending the settlement of her husband 's affairs ; her husband 's employer and Trade Union branch secretary , or the secretary of any professional association to which he belonged ; his insurance company ; the Department of Health and Social Security , to obtain forms for claiming the death grant and the widow 's pension ; the Inland Revenue , if her husband was still paying income tax ; the Building Society , the mortgagor ( or landlord if she and her husband lived in rented property ) and any other person or organisation concerned . |
| 16 | The three other prints will then be available to you on the same basis and each may be paid for in the same way . |
| 17 | This point should be familiar to you from the discussion of long-wave , world-system and regulationist theories in Chapters 1 and 2 . |
| 18 | There was anguish in thinking of the anguish felt within the overcoats ; and in the hearts of people from the office with some substance and standing , like Gareth Holmroyd and Laurence Evenden ; and in the heart of one whose face would be well-known to anyone in the front pews from their television screens , if they happened to turn round … |
| 19 | He does n't realize it fully yet , because he 's trying to be nice to me at the moment . |
| 20 | Dance is firstly a physical activity and if it is obscured by complicated costumes , props , machinery , lighting and stage effects , it ceases to be relevant to anything but the cleverness of the producer . |
| 21 | It was Mike Nichols 's point of view that you should always be close to yourself in the most personal way to convey not only truth but humour . |
| 22 | To juxtapose such sequences in natural conversational contexts , participants must be sensitive to what to the outsider may appear as quite subtle perceptual cues ( Gumperz ( 1982 : 85 ) . |
| 23 | To juxtapose such sequences in natural conversational contexts , participants must be sensitive to what to the outsider may appear as quite subtle perceptual cues . " |
| 24 | Well erm I 've just come off holiday and so I wo n't be entitled to none for the first four days . |