Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | But there has been some attempt also to undercut the basic level of the defenders ' case . |
2 | Mentally there may be marked anxiety even to fear of death and suffocation . |
3 | There will be another token tomorrow to complete your voucher . |
4 | It would be good practice never to accept a referral without the knowledge and consent of the client , but issues of risk and protection with vulnerable elderly people sometimes lead to a decision to override that principle . |
5 | Well , firstly the decision 's the Councils , obviously , not mine personally , erm there would be less pressure certainly to do that erm because , as I 've said earlier , the charges will allow us to protect the Home Care Service . |
6 | ‘ Forget the picnic — there must be enough food here to feed an army ! ’ |
7 | Well there wo n't be any time tomorrow to watch anything . |
8 | To reduce the benefits of the new staff may be constructive dismissal yet to have staff doing similar work but on different terms will cause friction within the purchaser 's workforce . |
9 | Well I did n't tell him it he can wind it just erase it I mean I do n't I said I 'm alright love just to do all that , I 've got twenty tapes ! |
10 | She tried to banish the thought that Zambia attracted trouble like a magnet , knowing it to be bad magick even to think that , but it was difficult not to . |
11 | Given the central objective of this category of public interest immunity as ‘ the maintenance of an honourable , disciplined , law-abiding and uncorrupt police force , ’ given the grave public disquiet understandably aroused by proven malpractice on the part of some at least of those who served in the now disbanded West Midlands Serious Crime Squad , given the extensive publicity already attaching to the documents here in question following the appellant 's successful appeal , it seems to us nothing short of absurd to suppose that those who co-operated in this investigation — largely other police officers and court officials — will regret that co-operation , or that future generations of potential witnesses will withhold it , were this court now to release the documents to C.N.L. to enable them to defeat if they can an allegedly corrupt claim in damages . |
12 | Most remarkable of all , Karl , Barth , having been unable to serve as an observer , later published his reflections ( 1967 , 1969 ) , asking himself such questions as ‘ How would things look if Rome ( without ceasing to be Rome ) were one day simply to overtake us and place us in the shadows , so far as the renewing of the church through the Word and Spirit of the gospel is concerned ? ’ |
13 | There is little reason therefore to prefer one to the others , e.g. : . |
14 | First of all , is high unemployment here to stay do you think ? |
15 | I think that the computer presents exactly that challenge and amongst the sorts of things I 'm thinking of is that erm it 's one thing to play with a computer toy , a game of some sort — we 've all seen them in the bar and elsewhere — it 's another thing entirely to devise your own game , to program your own rules in and then to bring your friend along and have them challenge it . |
16 | It is common practice nowadays to introduce guard–operated level crossings on rural freight–only lines . |
17 | Is Conservative criminology here to stay ? |
18 | There is enough overdrive here to suit some people for a lead sound , let alone crunch rhythm . |
19 | She feels there is enough evidence now to take Captain Meredith to court . |
20 | But there is enough evidence now to show that the bad image is totally justified . |
21 | I do not suggest for a moment that I have described every interesting object within binocular range , but I think that there is enough variety here to satisfy most people . |
22 | Although there is enough food there to feed 800,000 starving people for one month , most of it can not get through because of looters and bandits . |
23 | There is enough area there to call for a two-person crew , so launching is rarely a problem . |
24 | Reg Akehurst 's charge was a firm favourite for that contest and gave his backers not the slightest hint of a scare when leading at the furlong pole to score by a length-and-a-half. way off the pace makes an accurate assessment of his progress very difficult for the handicapper , but this observer is convinced there is significant improvement still to come . |
25 | Though , parenthetically , I might note that there is plausible evidence enough to convince the most liberal of minds that such policies do operate ( see for instance , Lee and Wrench , 1981 ) . |
26 | Yet it was some relief just to speak . |
27 | There was better recognition still to come , adding professional achievement to a period of happiness in his private life . |
28 | So that there was good consideration there to meet that contingency , which was a real contingency and not a fanciful one at that time . … |
29 | Whether or not , as some allege , food supplies were deliberately run down by the authorities , by autumn there was plausible reason enough to deploy troops to urban and rural areas to assist in food distribution and ‘ relieve bottlenecks ’ . |