Example sentences of "to be [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall fail to get the best out of the European Community , because our leaders will continue to be afraid to tell us that shared success in the Community means sharing sovereignty too . |
| 2 | Freud seems to be willing to put it this way , and then to want to insist again that it was an actual deed , otherwise the impact is immediately lost once we allow ourselves to think that it did not happen . |
| 3 | I do n't expect you to be able to give me all the time in the world : that would be unreasonable . ’ |
| 4 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 5 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
| 6 | Well , ladies and gentlemen , I 'm very pleased to be able to tell you that with me this morning is Dr Brian Smith who is Managing Director of Smith Acoustiphonics International . |
| 7 | Yet , too keenly aware of his own different failings , to be able to outface them all . |
| 8 | It is in fact the privilege of dramatic poetry to be able to show us several planes of reality at once . ’ |
| 9 | As one of our valued customers I am delighted to be able to make you this exceptional ‘ Saint and Greavsie ’ offer : |