Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of express provision to this effect , the person responsible for determining the new rent will not be able to include rent reviews , nor will he be able to fix a stepped rent ( National Westminster Bank Ltd v BSC Footwear Ltd ( 1980 ) 257 EG 277 ; Bracknell Development Corporation v Greenlees Lennards Ltd ( 1982 ) 260 EG 500 ) . |
| 2 | As a close friend of the ANC president , Oliver Tambo — with Mr Mandela the three were seen as the organisation 's ruling ‘ troika ’ — he is certain to become a leading force in South African politics . |
| 3 | He is due to get a comprehensive view of the country this week , from watching marines train in California and visiting the 82nd Airborne Division in North Carolina , to a touch of military tourism on the site of the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg . |
| 4 | He is unwilling to accept a long-term back-up role and is likely to be traded during the off-season . |
| 5 | There are also other provisions to prevent a party claiming he is entitled to render a contractual performance substantially different from that which was reasonably expected from him , or rendering no performance at all , of the whole or part of the contract . |
| 6 | Moreover , the whole business of disclosing interests is a nonsense , since a dishonest man will disclose every interest except the relevant one that he is prone to accept a large bribe . |
| 7 | Sociologists may , however , note that if God is converting someone to a particular belief , past experience indicates that He is likely to use a social means to achieve His end . |
| 8 | But without the support of the other big two , he is likely to face a humiliating rejection . |
| 9 | But he is likely to have a frustrating time of it as Industry Secretary until the economy recovers , wanting cash to fund his ambitious regeneration plans that will simply not be available in the next year or two . |
| 10 | The result of this is that , when he becomes an adult , he is likely to experience a considerable amount of difficulty in standing on his own two feet — let alone taking responsibility for his part in the bringing up of a family of his own . |
| 11 | But his beat is often sluggish and lifeless , and when he does move things along he is apt to produce a coarse effect with his punched-out accents ( listen for example to ‘ Cease to beauty ’ or ‘ The flocks shall leave the mountains ’ ) or his aggressively pushy rhythms ( as in ‘ Happy we ’ or ‘ Love sounds th ’ alarm ’ ) . |
| 12 | As he grows older he is naturally nearer to the world outside school ; he is ready to demand a good reason for doing whatever he is asked to do ; and he is extremely easily distracted by the problems and dramas of his own life and hard times . |
| 13 | Property ( other than a legal estate in land ) may be transferred , and binding promises may be made to an infant , but in general he is unable to make a binding disposition of his property or to make binding promises to others . |
| 14 | Or else he is able to interpose a living screen between himself as a sinner and God the holy One . |
| 15 | Now Mr Laurentius travels about with an antiquated set of hospital X-ray equipment with which he is able to take a detailed picture within seconds . |
| 16 | Even if he is able to negotiate a minimum fixed term before the landlord 's power to break can be exercised , once that period has expired a notice can come at any time . |
| 17 | Once he is able to execute a few of them , he tests them on a punching-bag , which will give him an indication of the impact power each technique possesses . |
| 18 | So as well as joining Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene on Going Live ! , he 's busy filming a new five-part sci-fi series for TV . |
| 19 | And the police wo n't give Mr wisson their address , so he 's unable to launch a private prosecution against their parents . |
| 20 | What I 'm not prepared to accept is that he 's entitled to lead a charmed life while others struggle and falter and fail . |
| 21 | Yitsak Shamir looks set to form Israel 's next government ; he 's likely to take a hard line . |
| 22 | So he was right to drive a hard bargain . |
| 23 | In addition to the $400 million which he had already paid into an SEC disgorgement fund , he was due to provide a further $500 million to be contributed in tranches over five years . |
| 24 | He was delighted to report a good response from the students : ‘ They were very attentive and asked some informed and thoughtful questions , ’ he commented . |
| 25 | He was delighted to receive a good price for me , especially as he felt sure I would not live longer than a month . |
| 26 | He says he was keen to try a new crop , and dwarf sunflowers ripen in time to harvest in late summer . |
| 27 | Signed two seasons ago from Dunwick Pressed Steel Reserves where he was unable to sustain a second team place , he has found his perfect football niche here at Whaddon . |
| 28 | His chief failing was a habit of cracking heavy pedantic jokes ; he was unable to let a good idea drop , and remarked several times during the course of the film that the heroine looked like she ought to be playing the horse . |
| 29 | But he said he was unable to accept a permanent transfer from stage to the Brandywell turf . |
| 30 | In the early 1770s Sulivan promoted the career of Warren Hastings [ q.v. ] as a reforming governor of Bengal , but he was unable to prevent a major loss of the Company 's autonomy when the government took powers over it in the Regulating Act of 1773 . |