Example sentences of "be [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 2 | Strategic direction and decision making are about choosing the right road , and they need a high degree of external information . |
| 3 | Following discussions with the European Parliament , the European Commission are considering withdrawing the five proposals under the Third Framework Programme for R & D on which a Common Position has been achieved . |
| 4 | The council are considering asking the Southern Water Authority to impose restrictions on use of water now rather than wait until matters become really serious . |
| 5 | Yes , and when the hon. Gentleman reads my remarks , he will see that I said that I am considering disapplying the 1976 |
| 6 | Now , while you 're off checking the Yellow Pages for Hypnotherapists , we 'll take a very short break , but be back in one and half minutes because still to come … |
| 7 | Looking for a win has been like chasing the holy grail … for Swindon … they 've travelled far and wide … some cynics thought they 'd never find it … |
| 8 | Your direct communication with the patient is a vital part of your care , so you should try to keep a time spare for simple conversation , no matter how busy you are with organizing the practical aspects of home life and the patient 's needs . |
| 9 | How effective has occupational pension provision been in removing the present generation of ‘ young elderly ’ women , currently aged 60–75 , from poverty ? |
| 10 | My interest has always been in locating the various holes on the surface from descriptions I have read . |
| 11 | Future events were to prove just how right Stirling had been in making the latter observations and how his basic principles were to be constantly watered down by interference from outside bodies trying to get their hands on the SAS Regiment , which achieved its greatest successes when left to its own devices . |
| 12 | The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture , the better the result will be . |
| 13 | However , in assessing whether the limits are in principle too low , it may be worth considering the gross income of people entitled to representation . |
| 14 | The doctor was so ugly yeah , no , no that when the doctor s when the doctor saw her , no when the doctor saw her , she was so ugly he just had to run , could n't be worth cutting the prinny hole . |
| 15 | There is a natural logic to such a structure in that management can reasonably be said to be about making the best use of the resources available and , to this extent , is a normal part of the clinical process . |
| 16 | Manners , above all , should be about behaving the same way to everyone you meet ; a person who sucks up to the nobs and snubs those he regards as his ‘ inferiors ’ is manifestly not a gent . |
| 17 | The key to growth and stable employment will be through improving the international competitiveness and increasing the market share of our companies . |
| 18 | If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
| 19 | Just think what it will be like doing the high jump with 50,000 people watching you ! ’ |
| 20 | And removing it would be like asking the local council to continue its work with one hand tied behind its back . |
| 21 | By my first week in-country ( my third on mefloquine ) I had reduced sensation in my legs , was waking up with a start from severe nightmares which subjectively had lasted for hours ( in reality for only 15 min ) , and occasionally wondering what it would be like to jump the eight floors from my hotel room . |
| 22 | This decision was criticized by ecology groups , including the environmental organization Greenpeace , because research was to be into developing the traditional pressurized water reactor , rather than into what were considered safer forms . |
| 23 | The main difficulty will be in installing the solar collector itself . |
| 24 | Indeed , the penalty would be in sacrificing the potential benefits by selecting something that almost did the job but happened to run on a PC . |
| 25 | Annoyed as we may be at having the cardinal terms left thus undefined ( for Pound proceeds no further towards defining them ) , we are compelled to see that this criticism is not of the chalk-or-cheese , sheep-and-goats variety ; the discrimination proposed is more subtle — between a quality in poetry that is ‘ nearly always ’ a virtue ( ’ I can think of no case where it is not' ) , and an opposite quality that is ‘ not always ’ a fault . |
| 26 | They are required to identify the best way of helping the frail and vulnerable and in many cases that will be by using the voluntary or the independent sector . |
| 27 | At other times it may be by anointing the sick person with oil . |
| 28 | Homelessness has been on the increase for a long time and Government initiatives , based as they are on encouraging the private sector to fill the gap left by local authorities , have been essentially piecemeal and fragmentary . |
| 29 | He described journalism as being about comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable . |
| 30 | The greatest differences between the groups were in understanding the different ideas ( propositions ) in a sentence , in dealing with problems of grammatical unpredictability , and most simply of all , in recognising words . |