Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ministers are right to protect our national interest at every stage . |
| 2 | Derek Dooley and his family are due to leave their private rented house in Louisa Street in June . |
| 3 | Morrison and Farrelly should clinch the titles at the Mourne Club event at Dundrum , where three English Honda riders , Lindley Francis , Clive Morgan and Wayne Faulkner are due to make their Irish debut . |
| 4 | They are due to play their 1,000th performance in mid-April . |
| 5 | Bilateral talks are being planned for tomorrow between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers , who are due to meet their Belarussian and Kazakh counterparts to discuss ratification of the US-Soviet Start agreement on cutting strategic nuclear missiles . |
| 6 | In April 17th Iraqi diplomats are due to meet their Iranian counterparts in Geneva for a new round of peace talks . |
| 7 | Chelsea are due to announce their new manager tomorrow , and Hoddle still has n't denied reports that it 's him . |
| 8 | ‘ But from time to time it has been right to reconsider its detailed application . |
| 9 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 10 | Of my writing you will form a more correct idea when you see my specimen of Penmanship , which I hope will afford you much pleasure , for my endeavours have not been deficient to render it deserving of your esteem . |
| 11 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 12 | I am sorry to inform you that hair that splits excessively probably wo n't grow much longer . |
| 13 | She sounded relieved as if she , like Carrie , had been afraid to hear something worse . |
| 14 | So while I take your point that you are prepared to give us all the information we seek , may I reserve the right to interrupt when it is absolutely necessary to do so ? |
| 15 | We will never reform the justice system until we are prepared to acknowledge its fundamental defects . |
| 16 | The RAC tends to have local firms dealing with their matters and can always be approached as stated above to see if they are prepared to allow you some introductions . |
| 17 | In defence of his claim that there was ‘ no evidence to suggest that people are prepared to abandon their traditional party allegiances ’ , Stott pointed out that in two recent elections , candidates supported by the Campaign for Labour Representation polled badly : |
| 18 | That , given co-operation and tact , there is a fund of goodwill in the bureaucracy , people with open minds who are prepared to try something new . |
| 19 | We are prepared to meet your regular fee . |
| 20 | ( ii ) In redrafting their work they should be encouraged to think of the first draft as tentative so that they are prepared to rethink their whole approach in the light of their own critical appraisal or of their discussions with their peers or teacher . |
| 21 | Unless you are prepared to pursue your legal action with a reasonable amount of vigour , you will find that you are wasting both time and money . |
| 22 | Events like Live Aid showed we are prepared to assist our fellow world citizens — even if there 's a hefty dose of self-congratulation about how noble we are . |
| 23 | His evocation of the Black Forest in ‘ Gotteschalk ’ is very fine , but how many of the public are prepared to endure his theological strictures to come to it ? |
| 24 | If she has any problems in her relationship with the man you married , she should feel able to talk about these privately with you , knowing that because you love them both you are prepared to accept her negative feelings , and to try to help her to understand his personality and attitudes better , in the light of your knowledge of him , his family , his upbringing , and the events that have shaped his life . |
| 25 | Wainwright 's books must continue to be available to all who are prepared to accept his own work , as he wrote it , and as the product of his own generation ( and preferably bearing the cherished stamp of the Westmorland Gazette ) . |
| 26 | Since few actuaries will have had much practical experience of teaching before becoming tutors these notes have been prepared to give you some guidance towards helping students most effectively in the context of the tuition system . |
| 27 | It is also the case that the American people have occasionally , in crisis situations , been prepared to shelve their traditional fears and to tolerate strong leadership from the White House . |
| 28 | Had not the American players been prepared to meet their own expenses , which included travel from often distant points of the continent , the game would never have taken place . |
| 29 | I honestly thought she loved me so much that she 'd been prepared to get herself pregnant to trick me into marriage . |
| 30 | He has been careful to confine his biggest tax penalties to those ‘ trapped ’ salaried employees who can not substitute leisure for work , while giving the self-employed special dispensation from higher National Insurance contributions . |