Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It would also be preferable that the Bank of Ireland would discuss the situation with IBOA as the representative of the majority of their staff . |
2 | It must be preferable that the original action proceed rather than being convoluted into a negligence action . |
3 | In many ways the latter approach would be preferable since the essential question is whether the charge was intended to secure some new value and the requirement to register it within 21 days of its creation would suffice to protect those dealing with company . |
4 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
5 | bound to be , bound to be awful when a woman ca n't talk it must be terrible |
6 | An instructor Karen Gardner , 21 , was said to be stable and the other instructor , Anthony Mann , 23 , stable and comfortable . |
7 | Such an order has inheritance tax advantages ( if dissolution of the marriage has taken place ) , a saving in the HM Land Registry fees is available ( see Chapter 3 and generally ) and , as any financial provision can be expressed in the order to be in full and final settlement of the wife 's claims ( see Chapter 11 ) , it is less likely to be upset than an agreement between the parties not carried into a " consent order " ( see for instance Dinch v Dinch [ 1987 ] 1 WLR 252 where the court refused to make a further order on the grounds that the consent order had conclusively determined the rights of the parties in the matrimonial home ) . |
8 | Nevertheless , the transaction might be upset if the debtor had acted as agent for the lender and had been guilty of misrepresentation or undue influence . |
9 | It would be cruel if the daughter could be evicted and left to find another home for herself and for her belongings simply because of the accident of the untimely death of the parent within one year . |
10 | ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’ |
11 | ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year , ’ said Lillywhite after holding on to his 20 seconds lead over Norway 's Ole Simensen . |
12 | It faces the lost of its major sponsor , but Lillywhite said : ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year . ’ |
13 | Translation here must be indeterminate because no amount of evidence will guarantee that the translation we offer will be uniquely correct . |
14 | If it is too strong , the soil will be dry before the animals have had a chance to move out of it and they will die in the soil . |
15 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
16 | However , he said patients should also remember they are calling a private home and the doctor will often be asleep when the call is made . |
17 | If he chose to be asleep when the lollipops were handed round , that was his lookout . |
18 | Paragraph 3.1.5 could be annoying if the landlord is of an interfering disposition , and could be preceded by the words : ( in the last 6 months of the Term ) The optional words in respect of convenient hours and reasonable prior notice in paragraph 3.2 are of course preferred . |
19 | Finally , below a few hundred feet , if no definite field has been chosen there can be little or no choice , and an accident is almost certain to happen . |
20 | At some point in training , then , the loss of effectiveness of the inhibitory association occasioned by a change of context will counteract the reduced effectiveness of the excitatory association more or less exactly and the outcome will be little or no net change in the observed CR . |
21 | But there can be little or no dispute about the appalling state of agriculture as a result of forced collectivisation and the fact that millions of farm animals were slaughtered by the peasants rather than allow them to be collectivised , nor can the starvation and deaths be disputed . |
22 | But , as ambient water temperature falls , they will need food that is easily digestible so that , should a sudden cold snap occur , there will be little or no waste matter to decay in their gut . |
23 | If one of the piezo blocks is not touching the saddle , there will be little or no noticeable output from that particular string . |
24 | Regarding the question of pole pieces , there should be little or no difference in performance between pickups ( of identical specification ) fitted with Allen head screws , compared to those fitted with slot head screws . |
25 | There may be little or no hope of finding those particular items , but there are many others to be collected , some as yet unrecorded . |
26 | Hence , there may be little or no incentive for a low paid worker to strive for a higher income , whether by gaining promotion or by working overtime , if the welfare benefits previously received disappear rapidly as income rises . |
27 | There may , however , be little or no change in the practices followed by individual schools . |
28 | They are free to rotate and the brakes work , so if for any reason a wheels-up arrival is made there should be little or no damage to the airframe . |
29 | If the manager had no commitment , there would be little or no training aspect . |
30 | In the grouped update areas there will be little or no effect , as the hit rate is already high . |