Example sentences of "[adj] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole raison d'être of these devices and software is to enable copy-protection to be overcome . |
| 2 | The canapes were under tin-foil to be produced later , the Assistant Manager paced the floor decorating the Office with leaflets , as if by some quirk of fate this evening might well be the making of his career . |
| 3 | A student of mine in a Spenser class which read A Present View suggested it seemed peculiar to be reading a piece by an author commonly hailed as one of the great writers of the English Renaissance putting forward views which makes him a type of war criminal within a twentieth-century perspective . |
| 4 | Double-breasted to be fastened up to the collar , or left open , the reefer quickly ceased to be only navy blue and became a double-breasted tweed ‘ casual ’ coat , a direct ancestor o f the modern double-breasted suit . |
| 5 | These steps into new territory were too big and too risky to be undertaken by individual merchants . |
| 6 | ‘ Love Lies Limp ’ was a hoot in its day , ‘ Life ’ impressed as a deranged protest anthem and ‘ Vibing Up The Senile Man ’ is still prone to be namechecked . |
| 7 | ‘ Love Lies Limp ’ was a hoot in its day , ‘ Life ’ impressed as a deranged protest anthem and ‘ Vibing Up The Senile Man ’ is still prone to be namechecked . |
| 8 | This can be a critically important action as the human memory is notoriously selective , and loose-leaf and logbook notes are prone to be separated from the project plan . |
| 9 | This uncertainty is prone to be interpreted as " woolliness " by parents who prefer to trade in certitude " ( Briault and West 1990:21 ) . |
| 10 | For a start , opponents he had skinned last season were wiser men second time around and less prone to be dismantled by the quickest feet in the Premier League . |
| 11 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 12 | There 's nothing manly to be expected from Silvio , unless that English witch knows something the rest of us do n't . |
| 13 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 14 | Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games . |
| 15 | His time of 46.55secs was a second slower than David Grindley ran in Rome on Wednesday and Grindley is now favourite to be picked for the European Cup later this month . |
| 16 | Other areas can also be quoted , like Winchelsea in Sussex , which was destroyed by storms and the French to be refounded in 1288 by Edward I on a hill nearby . |
| 17 | It was a terrific grind with all the work at the College to take first place , and Greek and French to be squeezed in somehow . |
| 18 | The Unemployment Act 1934 introduced a national assistance scheme for the unemployed to be managed by the Unemployment Assistance Board under the direction of the Minister of Labour under which allowances became payable to assist unemployed persons . |
| 19 | We believe it is morally wrong to be taking away residential accommodation , when there are so many people homeless in our society , and we should do something about it . |
| 20 | In S 987 , a writ from 1035 , Cnut declares that he will not permit wrong to be done to Canterbury no matter who may be reeve ( presumably of Kent ) — a clear indication that it was still suffering from the attentions of his men . |
| 21 | BE prepared to be dazzled by the Pale Saints when they play in the North-East next week . |
| 22 | ‘ I have always been tested before or after competition and I am prepared to be tested any time by the IAAF . ’ |
| 23 | It was several months before anything significant happened in Edward 's life — by which time he was so sick of the stagnant war that he would have been prepared to be parachuted into the heart of Germany wearing a kilt . |
| 24 | Whereupon Mr Gamage himself appeared and stated that he was fully prepared to be shot in the hand from close range , in the full view of the court , in order to defend his honour and his business interests . |
| 25 | The magistrate was having none of this , however , believing that it would lower the dignity of the law , although the prosecuting counsel had a better idea and asked Mr Gamage if he was equally prepared to be shot in the face . |
| 26 | However , she was not prepared to be led by the nose to the altar . |
| 27 | Be prepared to be insulted . |
| 28 | So I said I know what he 's like , comes back and he turns up he says we 're just off now , I said oh you 've come back then I thought you were a bit rude just storming out of the funeral and not saying cheerio to everyone , he said I 've been insulted long enough by your family , I would n't be , I was n't prepared to be insulted any more |
| 29 | The British people are not prepared to be conned by the bogus political asylum seeker . |
| 30 | Lord Cumbermound was quite prepared to be diverted , for a bit anyway , with thoughts of his handsome cousin . |