Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can this properly be said to be the case with a play such as Doctor Faustus ? |
| 2 | Another Mitchell got his nickname for always having his head stuck in a boys annual of the twenties — he became known as " Pill Box Annual " but this eventually was shortened to Annal Mitchell , by which he is still known . |
| 3 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 4 | The valley of the Allt a' Mhuillinn can be followed to its head in Coire Leis and the ridge linking Carn Mor Dearg gained , this then being climbed to the summit . |
| 5 | any of their rights to participate in a surplus in a winding up are limited to a specific amount which is not calculated by reference to the company 's assets or profits and such limitation had a commercial effect in practice at the time the shares were issued or , if later , at the time the limitation was introduced . |
| 6 | In his view , it was the Resident , and the Resident alone , whose task it was to guide the emir along the path of material progress — if such indeed were deemed to be desired . |
| 7 | No , the Ebony Throne is lost to us , as so much else is lost to us , ’ said Oisin . |
| 8 | Robert Spence 's Swordfish C-GEVS ( see the August issue ) had not gained its Permit to Fly on August 31 so was restricted to taxi-ing at Muirkirk , Ontario , during the Labour Day fly-in . |
| 9 | I mean maybe there 's an issue about how to cope with war , but that probably is related to fundamental aspects of what a person 's all about in their psychological make up . |
| 10 | However , on 4 October 1987 , Barrie Penrose , a very experienced journalist with the Sunday Times , identified these two as Michael Randle and Pat Pottle , members of the left-wing radical group , the Committee of 100 , not CND , and in February 1962 both were sent to prison for 18 months for offences under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 11 | A neighbour who made an emergency telephone call for an ambulance between 1 a.m. and 1.15 a.m. was connected to a recorded message asking her to wait until someone was available to answer her call . |
| 12 | So the old faithful customers do not have the chance to compare the new rates with those currently being paid to them ’ . |
| 13 | Macmillan played on Kennedy 's political instincts by suggesting that a failure to honour Eisenhower 's Polaris pledge could sink the Macmillan Government and lead to the election of an anti-American alternative , either Conservative or Labour — anti-Americanism not being confined to one party . |
| 14 | He says having two children close together is bound to be hard work . |
| 15 | The two together are referred to as Le Tube , though the papers sometimes call it the French Connection . ’ |
| 16 | That specifically is referred to in Ord. 29 , r. 6 , and is supported by the decision of this court in Sofroniou v. Szgetti [ 1991 ] F.C.R. 332 . |