Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we are right to throw in our lot with them . |
| 2 | Mr Rumback had been asleep slumped over his desk and just as Endill removed the last screw he awoke with a start . |
| 3 | According to security sources , she is likely to return to London around January 6 , well before her sons are due to return to their boarding school at Ludgrove , Berks . |
| 4 | Its consequence is that grades of both high-performing women and low-performing men are depressed compared with their opposite gender peers . |
| 5 | A. I am sorry to hear about your fish losses . |
| 6 | Seriously , I am sorry to hear about your duetting partner . |
| 7 | Suppose they are each integrated with their retailing operation . |
| 8 | All his life he had been afraid to ask about his back , and his terrible fear had made him ill . |
| 9 | The more interested pupils are in what they write , the more attention they are prepared to give to its appearance , including spelling . |
| 10 | We have to assure counsellees that we are prepared to listen to their difficulties . |
| 11 | Some of these parents may also wish , through adoption , to protect children against the social order , but they are ‘ real ’ parents in that they are prepared to go beyond their own concerns and hold the child 's interests as their priority . |
| 12 | ‘ It will be up to you how much you participate , just as it will be up to you how far you are prepared to go in our health and safety campaigns . ’ |
| 13 | The rich , as everywhere , are prepared to invest in their children 's future , so fees for good schools are going up and education is a growing business . |
| 14 | Your decision here will obviously depend to some extent on whether you already have an aircraft radio and just how much you are prepared to spend on your first model . |
| 15 | Of course , with the level and intensity of training that we are prepared to put into our trainees ' future , we do run the risk that a percentage of that investment will end up benefiting our competitors . |
| 16 | I AM writing to ask if any readers have business cards — not necessarily their own — which they are prepared to donate to my collection with the hope that , one day , it may be large enough to gain some form of record . |
| 17 | It would have been interesting to listen to their discussion , trying to understand their arguments , for I 'm hanged if their decision makes an ounce of sense to my mundane way of thinking . |
| 18 | When Bruce was interviewed by the police he said Mrs Knight had been willing to part with her possessions . |
| 19 | One thing parents ca n't afford — especially our sort of parent — is that the whisper might be put about that they had been willing to toy with their own children 's safety . |
| 20 | The business specialists in our branches , the teams in our network of 327 Business Centres throughout the UK , and in our International Service Branches , are well-equipped to deal with your enquiries . |
| 21 | Against the need for a society in which persons are free to go about their business unmolested might be weighed other considerations such as the importance to be placed on freedoms of speech and assembly . |
| 22 | The oval shaped earpieces are free to move within their stirrups to suit the wearer and the stirrups themselves can swivel through about 30 degrees laterally . |
| 23 | So your managers are free to concentrate on your core business — something which could be a key to your success in the difficult economic times ahead . |
| 24 | Members are free to work on their own chosen subject if they desire . |
| 25 | Members are free to work on their own chosen subject if they desire . |
| 26 | It is important that group members try to see the point of view of other individuals , and are willing to talk about their problems . |
| 27 | WHEN YOU decide that you wish to try flying aerobatics with your helicopter , you should give serious thought to the degree of commitment that you are willing to make to your sport/hobby . |
| 28 | On the other hand I am prepared to get on my hands and knees and see if there is any rem in dogs . |
| 29 | I am delighted to respond to my hon. Friend 's invitation and I entirely agree with his remarks . |
| 30 | W. Clark ) who I am delighted to see in his place for this debate — I welcome his support — and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Croydon , Central ( Mr. Moore ) . |