Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such an order has inheritance tax advantages ( if dissolution of the marriage has taken place ) , a saving in the HM Land Registry fees is available ( see Chapter 3 and generally ) and , as any financial provision can be expressed in the order to be in full and final settlement of the wife 's claims ( see Chapter 11 ) , it is less likely to be upset than an agreement between the parties not carried into a " consent order " ( see for instance Dinch v Dinch [ 1987 ] 1 WLR 252 where the court refused to make a further order on the grounds that the consent order had conclusively determined the rights of the parties in the matrimonial home ) . |
| 2 | At common law it appears to be doubtful whether an agreement for a " knockout " , ie a contract between interested bidders to refrain from bidding against each other , was illegal . |
| 3 | However , it can be dangerous when an artist becomes very established . |
| 4 | In everyday language , it is often the case that an apparently unproblematic ‘ observation statement ’ is found to be false when an expectation is disappointed , due to the falsity of some theory presupposed in the assertion of the observation statement . |
| 5 | Given the delay in the appointment of a new Director ( see later ) the Directorate feel that preparation for CCT must continue and that options for the restructuring of the Department should be available when an appointment is made . |
| 6 | It can be infuriating if an anchor gives when the fence is loaded . |
| 7 | In cases of breach of repairing covenants where three years or more of the lease remain unexpired a preliminary application for leave under s 1(3) of the Leasehold Property ( Repairs ) Act 1938 will be necessary before an action for forfeiture may be commenced . |
| 8 | I have to say that I can not at present conceive of any circumstances in which this would be other than an abuse of power as directly or indirectly requiring the practitioner to act contrary to the fundamental duty which he owes to his patient . |
| 9 | Do not be surprised if an agency interviewer is rather alarmingly direct . |
| 10 | ‘ I must say , ’ the woman said to the man , ‘ I 'm surprised than an animal like that can appreciate this film . ’ |
| 11 | The problem arises in different terms , however , where the residence requirement does not have to be satisfied before an occupation is taken up but when it is being pursued . |
| 12 | If a non-competition covenant appears likely to infringe Article 85(1) exemption is possible under Article 85(3) although such an exemption is unlikely to be granted in respect of restrictive covenants because of the difficulty of showing that such provisions fulfil the four requirements set out in Article 85(3) that must be satisfied if an exemption is to be available . |
| 13 | This greatly enhances both ablation and deceleration , but it is misleading , because equation ( 2 ) ceases to be valid before an object has spread to this extent . |
| 14 | It will NOT be true if an attempt has been made to read from an empty area of a sparse random access file . |
| 15 | Two other constraints also operate : the parties have difficulty raising sufficient money to fight campaigns ( national and local appeals are common when an election is in the offing ) and there is little evidence that increased expenditure in local campaigns necessarily helps win elections . |
| 16 | Now , new offices were being built for it on the other side of the road , but they were not quite ready , and meantime , the new publisher from the East and his editors functioned in an atmosphere of such utter confusion that it is doubtful if an efficiency expert could even have fought his way in through the door . |
| 17 | And the palm 's high as an elephant 's eye and everything 's growing right up to the sky . |
| 18 | The do be construction does not correspond in any simple way to standard English forms of BE ( as is clear if an attempt is made to ‘ translate ’ the second example ) , but encodes aspectual distinctions which are not always syntactically marked in standard English ( Kallen 1986 ; J. Harris 1984 ) . |
| 19 | This is inevitable if an issue is to be constituted in terms of legal discourse . |
| 20 | It is uncertain whether an application for extension of time can possibly be made once an action has been automatically struck out . |
| 21 | A life sentence is mandatory if an attack leads to death and is categorised as murder . |
| 22 | She was asleep before an answer presented itself . |
| 23 | He was also ready for office , and was delighted when an offer came in the first few weeks of the new Government . |
| 24 | She was blind as an owl in daylight without glasses : therefore nothing to look at . |
| 25 | By mid-1991 it was unclear whether an agreement would be reached over the future of the bases before the deadline , and whether , if reached , it would be ratified by the Senate as stipulated by the constitution of the Philippines . |