Example sentences of "to be [adj] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Though the members of this genus are in many respects typical ascaridoids , their biology is sufficiently varied for it to be necessary to consider each species separately . |
2 | It was not going to be easy to get any other candidate , and it was at the same time impossible to let the seat go by default . |
3 | Are you going to be sorry to see that boat go ? |
4 | But you are going to be sorry to see that one go because you 've looked after her for so long . |
5 | You do n't have to be strong to handle these tough little sheep . |
6 | It was thought to be good to have this led by an overseas person . |
7 | If you are unable to find a frame where the substitution items are inserted utterance medially , you need to be sure to check all substitution items with a following frame as well as a preceding one , as the utterance final tone of the substitution item may differ from its basic tone . |
8 | If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary considerations . |
9 | If it is found to be impossible to reconcile such differences then the public interest and the maintenance of professional standards must be the primary consideration . |
10 | It is probably going to be impossible to sum this amp up without re-introducing the age old arguments concerning transistor vs tube technology . |
11 | It appears to be worthwhile to give some historical background to the statutes to be considered . |
12 | The interactionist perspective ( as it is most familiarly known ) proved in the end to be unable to incorporate all the radical demands that came to be made of it . |
13 | They are more likely to be unable to register any emotion . |
14 | Given that it is a central goal of the Committee to encourage a public policy on education which will operate to generate and sustain an organic national culture , the only concrete examples within contemporary popular culture to which they can refer this policy in a favourable manner are those which are sufficiently residual as to be unable to offer more than a minimal oppositional purchase . |
15 | The International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) was reported in early August to be unable to trace more than a few hundred of the many thousands of Iraqi soldiers who died in the Gulf war fighting , nor had details been given of the location of mass graves . |
16 | The light from the big bang , though , has come much farther — it has been travelling since the time , less than 1m years after the moment of creation , when the universe became thin enough for radiation emitted by one atom to be unlikely to hit another . |
17 | When one hears and sees the grids and axes within which the teachers are being encouraged to monitor the progress of each child , it ought to be sufficient to give any sane person pause for thought ! |
18 | And the State Invalidity Benefit ( March 1990 ) of just £43.60 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
19 | As the State Invalidity Benefit ( May 1991 ) of just £52.00 a week is unlikely to be sufficient to meet all your commitments . |
20 | To be eligible to win either of these guitars you ( or a representative ) must be available to attend the show on Sunday 29th for the presentation , but you were going to be there anyway , were n't you ? |
21 | Robbe-Grillet showed himself to be willing to embrace this psychological/subjectivist mode of analysis as readily as he had previously accepted Roland Barthes 's imprimatur as the model chosiste . |
22 | Either the five had to be willing to take these alone , or they had to yield somewhat to encourage France to return . |
23 | The vendor is only likely to be willing to accept this restraint in respect of debtors that continue to be significant customers of the business after completion . |
24 | It looks like it 's going to be difficult to shrug this one off , picking at the racist scab was never going to do anyone any good , quiffy boy . |
25 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
26 | The only scope for progress was to find harder abrasives , devise more effective tools for applying them and not least to be prepared to invest more time , something which depended on more powerful patronage . |
27 | ‘ We would like to follow the European model where the governments seem to be prepared to invest more money in improving the service , ’ he added . |
28 | Of course just to run the thing users will have to be prepared to buy more hardware than is typical on a desktop . |
29 | Separate drills would have to be prepared to master each of the three clause types . |
30 | Those who are caring for the bereaved need to be prepared to expect all kinds of strange reactions and uncharacteristic behaviour from them occasionally . |