Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] so [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My greatest impulse was to hug them — but you are afraid to do so because they are so fragile , you are frightened they might break . ’ |
| 2 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 3 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back , and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 4 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 5 | They have high costs which are likely to remain so because of the need continually to upgrade facilities and amenities for spectators to retain Test match status for their grounds . |
| 6 | If she had , she would have been sure to say so when she was blaming Joseph for the murder . |
| 7 | By effectively refusing to consider a particular type of ball for Category A tournaments , the Association would appear , in Mr MacCaughey 's words of response , ‘ … to treat us equally with other companies , when it comes to paying over the proposal fee and the contribution of free of charge tennis balls ( another condition of the Agreement ) , but are unwilling to do so when it comes to exposure at major events . ’ |
| 8 | Firms may want to produce more at point B but are unable to do so because of insufficient resources . |
| 9 | ‘ . When the signatories said that he or she would be prepared to enter into a deed to formalise the situation , they were not postponing the legal effect of the document or reserving a final view but merely saying that they would be willing to do so if required , ie record in a more formal way the transactions which had already been made . |
| 10 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |
| 11 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |
| 12 | Thus , although section 49 states that the seller can sue for the price in certain circumstances ( see Chapter 12 ) , he will nevertheless not be able to do so unless he is also ready and willing to deliver the goods . |
| 13 | You will only be able to do so if you keep them raised . |
| 14 | They agreed to extract oil quickly , but argued they would not be able to do so if hindered by trifling safety regulations that applied to on-shore industries . |
| 15 | Whereas Hitler might hesitate before invading a fellow-member of the Anti-Comintern Pact , he would be unlikely to do so if liberalism returned to Spain , aided and abetted by his enemies . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) The London Stock Exchange may , at the request of the Panel , withdraw temporarily the facilities of the market from an offender ( for instance , a bidder which wishes to issue its own listed shares as consideration for the bid will be unable to do so if the London Stock Exchange refuses to admit them to listing ) . |
| 17 | Subject to that , an expert is not prohibited from following these litigation-style procedures , but he would be unwise to do so because the reference may subsequently be held to have been an arbitration and will in any event take longer and be more costly . |
| 18 | Although one suspects that the extreme rural and intermediate rural areas would be reduced in area if the same exercise were repeated for the 1981 census ( unfortunately it has n't and anyway would be difficult to do so since local authority boundaries have changed since 1971 ) , the analysis did allow Cloke ( 1978 ) to compare degrees of rurality between 1961 and 1971 , and to produce a three-fold typology of rural areas that were becoming increasingly non-rural , were static or becoming increasingly rural , and to produce maps of these three types for each of the four rural areas shown in Figure 5.5 . |
| 19 | The carriage doors were all made so as to be interchangeable , the doors being first of all pressed together in a compressed-air jig , and then panelled up . |
| 20 | In it he recounted the farcical activities of a couple who wished to divorce but were unable to do so unless one partner committed , or pretended to commit , an act of adultery . |
| 21 | This article suggests that the British hoped to create an international civil aviation environment favourable to their interests , but were unable to do so because of American opposition . |
| 22 | For the poll tax the Government gave councils 18 months to get their computer software in order , but the councils were unable to do so because they did not have the resources and the rules and complexities kept changing . |
| 23 | Will the Minister confirm that he has no intention of taking meaningful action , but that he is afraid to say so because an election is coming up ? |
| 24 | ( It is easier to do so if you have friends who can own up to feeling the same way . ) |
| 25 | Mr Newman added that ‘ you do n't need an accountant to prepare your cash flow statements every month ; indeed I would suggest that it is dangerous to do so as it is your business , your livelihood . ’ |
| 26 | This is why much of philosophy has been barren for more than 2,000 years and is likely to remain so until philosophers learn to understand the language of information processing . " |
| 27 | You think the whole blooming world 's all arranged so as everything ought to be your way . |
| 28 | Unless the inviting church can show that it has the capacity within itself to attract and retain the outsider , it is unlikely to do so as the result of a brief visit from an itinerant evangelist , no matter how gifted . |
| 29 | It is necessary to do so because training resources are limited and because the morale and motivation of the teaching force depend on satisfaction with what is offered — indeed , on opportunities to negotiate what is available with course providers . |
| 30 | Basically , it is necessary to do so because interpretation and experience inevitably interact . |