Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the odds were not grossly unfavourable , it should be possible to hold it for several hours . |
| 2 | Nor would it be possible to refer him to any works of literature ( before the present one ) from which he could gain enlightenment . |
| 3 | He questioned whether it would be possible to prosecute them with any chance of success with the present rules of evidence and he would be against proceeding if it meant changing the way in which the courts worked . |
| 4 | And it should be possible to apply it to any available material , without the need of programmes specially constructed for the purpose . |
| 5 | ‘ Prost should be prepared to race anybody in any conditions — everything has been laid on for him . ’ |
| 6 | We hope that many practitioners will be willing to support us in this effort . |
| 7 | It would be impertinent to say that to N C V er , to I B M , but it might be appropriate to say it to some of the less enlightened firms , or , should John be taking a similar line , in other words , how interventionist would you like either government or N C V O speaking on behalf of the vol voluntary sector to be , in pressing the business sector to have an overall and agreed strategy rather than the individual and enlightened strategy you put forward . |
| 8 | When you consider that we have a mortgage book of roughly £50 billion , you can see that it would be impossible to offer it to all our borrowers . |
| 9 | We will be glad to assist you with any special requirements you may have and to offer you our hospitality and advice throughout your visit . |
| 10 | They are the same size , have the same green skin , and overall it would be hard to tell one from another were it not for their distinctive styles of dress and skin painting . |
| 11 | Once they 've joined in the Pirates Club , you 'll be lucky to see them at all , as they go through their paces for the junior cabaret ( where a lot of hidden young talent come to light ) , or as they enjoy the treasure hunts and fancy dress parties . |
| 12 | It would be terrible to hurt her in any way . |
| 13 | I must say it 's , it must be good to have somebody like that er |
| 14 | Though this derives from psychological studies of covert actions types , it would be waste to leave it at that . |
| 15 | One thing you can be sure of is that the panel will know the words of these characters very well ( they will probably be able to prompt you at any given moment should you ‘ dry ’ ) but each and every time the lines are spoken by a new voice they are different in their texture , humour , drama and music . |
| 16 | You could see his brain working I must be able to do something about this , he was thinking , but there was no rule against hair colour , only length . |
| 17 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 18 | Which he may not be able to do anything for that week but it will ring a bell loud and clear the following weeks . |
| 19 | Or you 're likely not to be able to do anything at all . |
| 20 | you might be able to do it off that , you wo n't be able to listen to it at the same time |
| 21 | ‘ So I wo n't be able to see you for those two weeks . |
| 22 | MIDDLESBROUGH football fans unable to get to Wednesday 's Rumbelows Cup semi-final second leg tie against Manchester United at Old Trafford will be able to see it after all . |
| 23 | — You might be able to reach him with that ! ’ |
| 24 | Besides , he 'd never be able to sustain it for more than a minute or two . |
| 25 | Although some could do this through using their savings or drawing on insurances , many could not , with women much less likely than men to be able to support themselves by these means ( Roebuck and Slaughter , 1979 ) . |
| 26 | For example , we might draw the inference that a child who is able to name a picture of a boat , while looking at a picture book with her mother , will be able to name it on any other occasion ; the child ‘ knows the meaning of the word boat ’ . |
| 27 | Clearly prey need to be both sprinters over short distances and marathon runners over longer ones , to be able to defend themselves against both types of pursuers . |
| 28 | And surely any dramatist ought to be able to move us with that final night of Holly 's life , when his musicians ( including Waylon Jennings ) gave their places on the ‘ plane to the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens . |
| 29 | Gary became aware of YWAM as an organisation and that God might be able to use him in that organisation . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I suppose one hopes the day will come when he will be so old his urges and fantasies will leave him and he will be able to conduct himself without these things having the effect they do . ’ |