Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was important to respect the independence of older team members who had been used to me as a competitor and find the right balance between coaching and friendship . ’ |
| 2 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 3 | also accompanied the group and special thanks are due to him for his organisation and for looking after the Grantham pensioners welfare . |
| 4 | ‘ The thanks of everyone in the company are due to them for really pulling out the stops when it was needed ’ . |
| 5 | Mr. Spearing : Is the Leader of the House aware that those who are concerned about this matter are grateful to him for referring to the Select Committee 's report of two years ago and that we look forward to the Government implementing the intention that they stated at that time ? |
| 6 | But a wider public , both inside and outside the University , are grateful to him for the windows he has opened up to them , through his recent chairmanship of the Friends of the Welsh National Opera , through his talks and articles , and above all through his learned , wise and witty discourses on Wagner . |
| 7 | ‘ We are grateful to them for helping to liberate Belgium , ’ he says . |
| 8 | It was made for Barclays Bank and we are grateful to them for allowing us to adapt it for our own use . |
| 9 | ‘ If you are grateful to me for what I did in my childhood , I hope you have improved your way of life now . |
| 10 | The amounts as well as qualifying ages have been altered several times since 1986/87 , so any rebate would only apply to allowances that would have been due to you at the time . |
| 11 | I am grateful to him for gentle handling . |
| 12 | I am grateful to him for drawing my attention to that . |
| 13 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 14 | I am grateful to him for pausing for a second , at the end of a busy day , to take note of and observe the great benefits to his constituents and those of my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) as a result of the establishment of the new trust . |
| 15 | My hon. Friend has made the point clearly and I am grateful to him for doing so , in view of which I do not think a debate is necessary . |
| 16 | On his first point , I am grateful to him for his confession . |
| 17 | I am grateful to him for what he has just said . |
| 18 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 19 | I am grateful to you for the information . |
| 20 | Sir , — I am grateful to you for having given me a right of reply to the article which appeared on p 20 of the October issue of ACCOUNTANCY , IoT campaigns for rejection . |
| 21 | I am grateful to you for your prayers , fellowship , cards , letters , flowers and the many practical ways in which you have surrounded me with God 's love . |
| 22 | As always , I am grateful to you for helping with our recruitment leaflet , a copy of which I have enclosed . |
| 23 | I am grateful to you for agreeing to ensure my interest is expressed to the relevant Appointments Committee . |
| 24 | Excuse me for that er actually erm and I am grateful to you for pointing out really an area which is always going to cause erm a degree of difficulty . |
| 25 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 26 | The beauty of this method is that it makes you aware of the most harmonic choices that are avaible to you on any chosen scale degree . |
| 27 | ‘ You mean you 're grateful to her for sending someone with an ulterior motive ? ’ |
| 28 | You know they 're , they 're opposed to it in principle erm so they do n't have an income tax , they do n't have a sales tax either er I 'm not quite sure how they finance public services in New Hampshire , it 's a mystery to me . |
| 29 | One important lesson I learned early on ( which had not been obvious to me in the past ) was that you do n't have to give everything away , do n't have to reveal yourself completely to people . |
| 30 | While the buyer is also anxious to ensure certainty , his desire is to surround the contract and impose upon the seller as many express warranties as possible to ensure that the goods supplied under the contract are satisfactory to him in every way . |