Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] be [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ?
2 I really think that first and foremost this one 's down to the board .
3 How different it was all to be , and the marvel of it is that the plans prepared in the period after 1945 proved as robust as they did for so long .
4 If he was at all interested it was up to him to make the first move .
5 ‘ I 'm afraid it 's no to that , too .
6 By the time he was 22 he was down to a 9 handicap and was off 2 when he turned professional at the start of last year .
7 more news on the ERM now … that 's the Early Return of Mansell … no return I 'm afraid he 's off to America …
8 And you have n't seen half what 's here to be seen yet .
9 So article 7(5) of the Leasing Convention , which provides that nothing in article 7 is to affect the priority of any lien creditor , does not mean that lien creditors are to have priority over the lessor , merely that article 7 itself is not to be treated as dealing with the issue , so that resort must be had to the applicable law .
10 They 'll be convinced you 're off to the Lake District today .
11 Convinced she was on to something , she felt emboldened .
12 In December 1991 it was down to 3,816 .
13 A lot of people have said we killed off Tony Jacklin in 1972 , but I 'm not convinced it was down to Lee Trevino .
14 If there 's anything at all promising I 'm off to Deptford . ’
15 ‘ You do n't know how lucky you are not to be part of the system . ’
16 For those of you having withdrawal symptoms from patch-based working , consider only how lucky you are not to be on the other kind of patch .
17 How glad we were soon to be of this memory .
18 And number thirty three we 're on to .
19 He went and denounced the wicked city , saying that like all other wicked cities of the Eastern Mediterranean it was about to be annihilated .
20 That something was about to be revealed that she did n't want to see .
21 After that we 're down to emergency lighting , just the aisle lights and not much else for about four hours , then we 're in the dark . ’
22 There 's no fee involved , it 's a completely free service , all I 'm here to really do today is to have a chat with you , find out what you 're interested in and see if we can situation , is that alright ?
23 ‘ You are sure I am up to it ? ’ she remarked a little naughtily ; it would help if he underrated her — another of Papa 's precepts she had found worth following .
24 ‘ I 'm not sure I 'm up to this , ’ she protested .
25 I 'm not sure I 'm up to them . ’
26 ‘ You sure you 're up to it ? ’
27 ‘ Are you sure you 're up to it ? ’ he asked sharply .
28 ‘ Are you sure you are up to this ? ’
29 It had been a difficult afternoon , and she was not sure she was up to an evening of trying to extract information from Jamie Baird .
30 To dismiss what happened as the Labour Party merely showing its true colours , does not explain why Labour actually supported legislation which was immediately condemned by many who were considerably to the right of Labour 's quite-right-enough Deputy Leader , Roy Hattersley .
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