Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when they were returning home in the dusk did James say , ‘ You 'll be right not to come back to Bewick . |
| 2 | Extreme circumstances may arise when it could be right so to hold : see Halsey v. Esso Petroleum Co . |
| 3 | In short , it is that it offers a way of by-passing ‘ the awkward corner ’ , Nearly twenty years ago Professor Joan Robinson observed that the predictable consequences of the attainment of near-full employment must , if institutions and attitudes did not accommodate themselves to the new circumstances , be so far to strengthen the power of the trade unions as to prompt a vicious spiral of wages and prices ; and that it would become chronic . |
| 4 | William could see the village where they lived and the smoke from the fires rising straight up into the air and the dark tower of the church rising above a cluster of stark trees , and because he was nervous he wanted to work his way in that direction , so it would not be so far to run , but because his father was beside him , smiling his reassuring smile , he did n't . |
| 5 | It would n't be fair not to consult her . |
| 6 | We 'd be better off to save the money . |
| 7 | You would be better off to install a deterrent device , of which there are several types ( all advertised in PFK ) . |
| 8 | You 'd be better off to wash it tomorrow morning . |
| 9 | I said you 'd be better off to book into a guest house |
| 10 | She said a nurse would be along soon to change her bandages , and I said that was good . |
| 11 | Quite where Ireland will go from here is impossible to predict ; it will be enough just to avoid the maulings at Wales — as Triple Crown winners — suffered in New Zealand on their ill-fated two-test tour in 1988 . |
| 12 | It must be enough here to point to four main areas of debate , each of which has its political , economic , medical , and moral ramifications . |
| 13 | Gee , there must be enough here to buy say , a cup of tea … or insulate the loft . |
| 14 | Ruth Grigg of the Family Planning Association , said : ‘ The temptation for women who have their Pills changed will be just not to bother with contraception at all or to use something that 's less effective . ’ |
| 15 | If you want a mixture of species and colours , grow individual bulbs separately in plant pots and then plant up an arrangement using bulbs which have reached the same stage of development and look to be just about to flower . |
| 16 | We are paddling at 45 degrees to the sea so on every wave the paddle must be just so to stop the boat going over . |
| 17 | This minor cooling , in itself , is unlikely to be sufficient to precipitate an ice age but , where other circumstances are favourable , may be just enough to tip the balance . |
| 18 | At the very least , the assailant may be made to pause for a moment before attacking , and this may be just enough to allow the prey to escape . |
| 19 | The data we have at the moment suggest that we should reach our targets about 80% of the time , but our aim over the years will be not only to reach the targets in a higher proportion of cases but also to make the targets more difficult . |
| 20 | This will be not only to gain a first impression of the infrared sky but also to check that the satellite is functioning properly . |
| 21 | Good subjects are large cichlids or catfish , since the camera needs to be further away to capture the whole fish , making it easier to focus and giving greater depth of field . |
| 22 | At four I must be home again to instruct the daughter of the house … |
| 23 | ‘ It probably has to be close up to do … whatever it is it 's doing , ’ said Masklin . |
| 24 | All you have to do is phone , and I 'll be straight down to fetch you . |
| 25 | Somebody must be up there to take over when Rudolfo came down … |
| 26 | It would be wrong not to draw attention to the grave problem which is being created for the future by the production of large numbers of council houses at such rents that , if a fall occurs in building cost , difficulty will be experienced in letting them , despite the subsidy . |
| 27 | I would be wrong not to mention bulbs which may not always be hardy in all winter weather conditions . |
| 28 | It would be wrong not to move in that direction . |
| 29 | It would be wrong not to acknowledge the allegation that that educational philosophy had , in practice , many damaging results in modern European higher education , for example the separation of students from professorial staff , so that the students were often left too much alone by professors who were much more interested in their own inquiries ; the free movement of students across universities and its impact on the coherence of the students ' programme of studies ; and the slow completion and very often non-completion by students of their courses . |
| 30 | Fleck should be back soon to sharpen that attack , but for today Stringer names an unchanged squad of 13 to meet a side which has Sutton back in goal after five games ' absence at the expense of Crossley . |