Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [pron] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know , ’ said Gildas , ‘ you are right to remind me of it . |
| 2 | So the detergent companies have been careful to use lots of recycled plastic in their containers . |
| 3 | He concludes : ‘ I am content to take whichever of these options you prefer . ’ |
| 4 | At any time of year you 're likely to see plenty of birds , including nuthatch , green woodpecker and jay . |
| 5 | erm you 're likely to get plenty of no 's . |
| 6 | They are likely to get plenty of ribbing at school and need to feel accepted and approved at home . |
| 7 | This therefore tends to essentialize ‘ the prejudiced individual ’ — the prejudiced teacher or student — who becomes the target for pedagogies that are supposed to cure them of this pathology . |
| 8 | Eddery 's first success was Mrs Hauksbee , but he admitted : ‘ To be honest I do n't remember anything about that first one , but I 've been lucky to ride lots of winners in good races here . ’ |
| 9 | The profession is well used to the hostility , indifference or apathy of that majority of the people , who have traditionally been unable to avail themselves of its services because of insurmountable financial barriers . |
| 10 | Arata Isozaki/James Stewart Polshek , consulting architects for the Master Plan , gutted the four-and-a-half-story wing , creating 30,000 square feet of new gallery space , but the museum has been unable to avail itself of its newfound riches . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , unlike the reader in your latest issue , I have been unable to rid myself of the conventional black and white screen in favour of the blue and yellow achievable . |
| 12 | I have to say that the Pro GAP would n't be my first choice in any rack system because each time I 've used one I 've been unable to rid it of that ‘ overprocessed ’ synthetic edge . |
| 13 | Her eyes leapt from Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob to Verse 25 of the Gospel According to St Matthew , to which she had turned simply because it began the New Testament and she had been unable to make anything of the Old . |
| 14 | Psychiatrists had been unable to find anything of significance to explain his actions . |
| 15 | Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack . |
| 16 | The general principle is shown in the photograph , and with a little ingenuity it should be possible to devise something of the sort . |
| 17 | However the picture is not absolutely clear , as will be obvious from Figure 6.8 , since some of the ellipses are rather large and some overlap : without additional information it would not be possible to say which of the pair ( or more ) of overlapping quarries was the true source . |
| 18 | When combined with archaeological evidence of settlement distribution , age and function it will be possible to reconstruct something of the lives of people since the first settlers arrived in the area over 7,000 years ago . |
| 19 | You must be prepared to offer plenty of reassurance , therefore , at all stages in the process . |
| 20 | ‘ Why , of course I 'd be willing to buy lots of mistletoe , ’ Anne 's father told them when Christine put the important question to him . |
| 21 | It will be interesting to know something of the history too . |
| 22 | The message here is : Do n't be afraid to examine lots of concrete examples . |
| 23 | If you ask me , he 's got some damn notion in his head that it will be hard to rid him of . ’ |
| 24 | Not that it mattered ( I told myself again ) one way or the other , but now that my brother 's arrival was postponed at least until Monday , it would be good to have something of the story checked . |
| 25 | If he forgot it , some well-meaning or malicious busybody would be sure to remind him of it . |
| 26 | A final tip — be sure to take plenty of cash in the three currencies you 'll need . |
| 27 | It sickened her that she could have made love with Tom and be able to remember nothing of it . |
| 28 | ‘ Will he be able to cure her of being in love with you ? ’ |
| 29 | However , I do not believe that I will be able to disabuse him of his beliefs . |
| 30 | Someone living with the patient may be able to remind them of these points . |