Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst other nations wrestle with the complex problems of a modern democracy , the questions of press ownership , the funding of political parties , wire-tapping , privacy , freedom of information , the control of the security services , and so on , Britain has been content either to stand aside altogether or to legislate for continuing trust and deference . |
| 2 | Since the argument ended , Mr. Beloff has been good enough to send us , by agreement with the other parties to Miss Calder 's application , extracts from the works of two legal historians who venture to express opinions on the legal position after 1873 . |
| 3 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 4 | ‘ Mr Hobden , this is Robert Sheldrake , who has been good enough to come with me , so you 'll have the benefit of two opinions . ’ |
| 5 | This will be a far easier task if the initial advertisement/job description has been accurate enough to attract people with the right qualifications and experience . |
| 6 | The dubious research is that in which it is clear that the author has been disappointed not to have certain hypotheses upheld and is trying to talk ( or rather write ) his way round the evidence . |
| 7 | Emmanuel Levinas , for example , whose career has been long enough to have introduced Husserl to Sartre in the thirties and to have been able to reply to Derrida in the seventies , proposes a rather different critique of such models of knowledge to those which we have encountered so far . |
| 8 | *It is only in the last 15 years that the accumulated evidence has been strong enough to conclude that the regular consumption of up to four standard drinks a day may reduce the risk of coronary disease by as much as 50 per cent . ’ |
| 9 | Fortunately the London Union has been strong enough to keep them entirely out but these London houses , as soon as they get beyond the sphere of the … |
| 10 | Building licences are difficult to get and the developer who has been fortunate enough to obtain one is often willing to pay a much inflated price for a piece of land upon which to build . |
| 11 | Very recently David Davis ( 1982 ) has made a scholarly contribution to this field and has been fortunate enough to have the chance to put theory into practice at Birmingham Polytechnic where under the leadership of Brian Watkins a specialist course of considerable merit and vision for P.G.C.E. students has been introduced . |
| 12 | Sheena Easton has been shrewd enough to ride Prince 's coat-tails just so far and no further , without letting her identity be submerged . |
| 13 | She is the only pop star of any sex who has been shrewd enough to re-invent herself successfully at 18- months interval since David Bowie in the Seventies . |
| 14 | While it is clear that both institutions have been concerned about their disappointing financial results , neither has been able correctly to identify the causes of their distress , let alone face the facts . |
| 15 | Despite careful inquiry of BUPA and the BMA , no one has been able satisfactorily to explain the astronomical rise in the premium , especially in comparison to the benefits . |
| 16 | With the aid of measured drawings and a 1:10 model of the room in the Alcazar Palace in Madrid , destroyed by fire in 1734 , in which Velazquez painted ‘ Las Meninas ’ ( now in the Prado ) , Philip Troutman , director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries 1958–80 , has been able convincingly to show that the figures seen in the mirror at the far end of the room in ‘ Las Meninas ’ are those of the king and queen as painted by Velazquez on the canvas propped on the easel , and not , as has been suggested , of figures peering through the doorway behind the viewer . |
| 17 | For us , even as an Anglican church , it has been important not to wear robes in these new churches . |
| 18 | Because of Nicaragua 's dependence on agricultural produce and agro-exports , it has been important not to let production levels fall . |
| 19 | Mr Balladur , aware that these accusations may have contributed to the suicide on May 1st of the former prime minister , Pierre Bérégovoy , has been careful not to repeat them . |
| 20 | But Olten , in common with so many small Swiss towns , has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of damage to its character . |
| 21 | Many of us have thought of doing similar studies , but none of us has been brave enough to incur the wrath of the establishment . |
| 22 | I have argued that company law in its attempt to establish the legitimacy of corporate managerial power has been concerned also to show that the power conferred on managers is subject to controls which prevent it from being used arbitrarily . |
| 23 | I have listened in vain to hear anyone , in any political party , who has been courageous enough to face up to the crisis in the social services . |
| 24 | Ask any player who has been unfortunate enough to fire a ball into the thick marram grass of a dune on a links and he 'll tell you there is only one way out — pick it up and start again . |
| 25 | In this we will meet the desires of your good father , who has been gracious enough to give permission for my suit and endow his future son with the means withal to be worthy of your hand . |
| 26 | None of ICI 's board members , however , has been ungentlemanly enough to express differences in public . |
| 27 | He said that when he was very young , he 'd made up his mind to marry her , but that it was a crazy idea and he 'd been stupid ever to think of it and Alice had been quite right when she told him so . ’ |
| 28 | They 'd been delighted therefore to renew acquaintanceship at the beginning of the tour ; and thereafter had spent many an hour together , talking about old comrades they 'd known — those who 'd come through , and those who had n't … and reminiscing about some of the ‘ local talent ’ the GIs had been only too happy to discover , in Oxford itself and in some of the surrounding towns and villages . |
| 29 | Lord C had said she 'd borne them with stoicism , but looking back she realised she 'd been disappointed not to receive the whole dozen . |
| 30 | When he did n't come , I told myself I 'd been foolish even to hope . |