Example sentences of "[noun prp] [is] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After passing each other silently in their analyst 's waiting room for years , Deirdre and Scooper — weird and immature , respectively — get together , though the man-hungry Deirdre is disappointed to learn that Scooper plans , that evening , to run off with his long-time , married mistress : ‘ She is so healthy ! |
| 2 | The KGB is unlikely to reveal such sensitive information as who the Oxford ring members were . |
| 3 | David Elsworth is lucky to have such a superb performer as Barnbrook Again in his string at the same time as Desert Orchid . |
| 4 | If AFRC is unable to sell any of its three redundant research sites it will be about £7 in the red next year , according to its director general , Prof Tom Blundell . |
| 5 | The fate of Kuwait is likely to have more influence over the answers than anything else . |
| 6 | The DTI , SIB , Stock Exchange , Takeover Panel , and SRO 's all have some input . |
| 7 | PETER Swales is unlikely to find any escape this week from the pressures of being one of soccer 's most powerful men . |
| 8 | To pay for his Olympics , Simon is prepared to do any odd jobs . |
| 9 | Jane is unlikely to earn much sympathy by virtue of the attention given to the environment which produced her dabbling in eventfulness and her poor kiss , and yet the two environments have more in common than would once have been thought possible . |
| 10 | Ellie is due to foal any day and naturally Margaret is on tenderhooks . |
| 11 | As suggested in earlier editions of this book , a defendant does not fall within either category ( a ) or ( c ) solely because the MIB is obliged to meet any unsatisfied judgment which the plaintiff may obtain against him ( Powney v Coxage ( 1988 ) The Times , 8 March ) . |
| 12 | Griffiths is particular gives this great play and constantly stresses the need to get input and feedback from the actual consumers of services . |
| 13 | Analysts , impressed by results so far , think Zurich is well-placed to do both . |
| 14 | English footballers are not usually renowned for such artistic pursuits but Isabelle is quick to refute any suggestion of intellectual snobbery : ‘ I do n't like the word intelligent , we do n't do things because we 're trying to appear intelligent , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ‘ Roy is unlikely to spring any surprises , ’ she said . |
| 16 | If Howard Wilkinson is prepared to accept less than the £2 million he paid Arsenal during the summer , Clough is keen to do business . |
| 17 | On 8 August he and Nkrumah put their signatures to a document intended to seal their partnership : they would form a Federal Union and ‘ any state or territory in Africa is free to join this Union ’ . |
| 18 | There is no time limit on complaints , so Sylvia Peters is free to settle some old scores . |
| 19 | At the moment Jacques Chirac 's RPR is favourite to win most seats and former finance minister Balladur is likely to become prime minister . |
| 20 | His father says Shirley 's prepared to go all the way . |
| 21 | NORMAN Lamont is likely to satisfy few people when he unveils his Budget today . |
| 22 | Since Trudy is unable to answer each of your letters personally , we have set up a special SHE helpline which covers some of the topics that most frequently crop up in Trudy 's postbag . |
| 23 | Sir Oliver is sorry to hear that ; but would he not be too smartly dressed to look like a money-lender ? |
| 24 | Carey is quick to deny this . |
| 25 | PageMaker is supposed to have this capability in Version 3.0 , due to be released at the end of April . |
| 26 | The crunch comes when you realise that the money allotted to the school by the LEA is unlikely to finance all the very desirable objects you have in mind . |
| 27 | Siemens is keen to add more logic devices to its semiconductor line , and Hewlett has few licensees fabricating Precision Architecture — and several US chipmakers fabricate more than one RISC family . |
| 28 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 29 | Now that he has retired from full time teaching , Guisborough-based John Brelstaff is able to devote more of his time to painting and has been able to resume the work left off when he left the Slade in the mid-Fifties . |
| 30 | In fact , the verse says in the Greek that God is able to do all that believers can ask for or think of asking . |