Example sentences of "be [adj] to do the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though the NAIC wants firms only to reach its minimum capital requirement , not to compete on the degree by which they exceed it , insurers are sure to do the latter , the study says . |
| 2 | Giovanna said she often sat in with the Kettering children if their parents were out and would be glad to do the same for the Signora Pargeter . |
| 3 | As the first one had managed to flutter down , it seemed that the rest should be able to do the same , but I judged it safer to load them into a cardboard box and lower them gently . |
| 4 | If one part of the bay could support a certain amount of aquatic life , then why should n't other parts be able to do the same ? |
| 5 | The French believed that as smugglers in rowing boats constantly managed to get ashore on the English coast , an invasion fleet , given a favourable southerly wind and a calm , dark night , should be able to do the same , and hoped to use some of these clandestine sailors as pilots . |
| 6 | After that , ideally , everyone should be able to do the same . |
| 7 | We might be able to do the same job elsewhere under better working conditions . |
| 8 | We can not all , as it already been emphasised by the last speaker we may not all be able to do the same things we have not all got the same gifts or the same responsibilities er within the church but you all have the same responsibilities in this light of God . |
| 9 | ‘ Freedy Starr ate my hamster ’ might do wonders for the circulation of the Sun but ‘ Caretaker ate school hamster ’ will be unlikely to do the same for your local weekly . |
| 10 | It seems to me hard to do the latter without being able to do the former . |
| 11 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc is circulating a 135-page spiral-bound octavo-sized ‘ SCO Hardware Compatibility Handbook , ’ listing the 200 systems and 800 peripherals it supports and tweaking SunSoft Inc for being able to do the same for Solaris 2.0 on a single sheet of paper . |
| 12 | He had , he said , originally planned to keep improvements apart , but had now been forced to combine them on account of a ‘ piratical ’ edition , published in Dublin , producing everything under one cover , and therefore he had been obliged to do the same . |
| 13 | First , on average , a better-educated person is likely to do the same job better than one who is less educated . |
| 14 | The latter could always turn round — and indeed did turn round — and say ‘ Sorry , love , I do n't mind working on them , but there does n't seem a lot of point in my giving up my free evenings when the star is unwilling to do the same . ’ |
| 15 | Whilst there is broad agreement on individual risk guideline figures it is difficult to do the same for societal risk . |
| 16 | In the past we have been able to help out when there have been settlement and clearing difficulties and are ready to do the same again . ’ |