Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Even if it is desirable , it will not be possible to hold it together through the tight control of a bureaucratic Commission . |
| 2 | But she 'd found the answer to part of the puzzle , so surely it should be possible to solve it completely ? |
| 3 | No matter what sort of accommodation is available for school meals it should be possible to make it more appealing . |
| 4 | Once you 've worked out your policy , you should make it clear it applies to all staff , at all levels , and you should be prepared to use it fairly and consistently . |
| 5 | Coyle insists he has had no trouble this season with his suspect knee but said : ‘ I would be prepared to risk it anyway to remain in senior soccer . ’ |
| 6 | Anyone who throws a hat into a public arena must be prepared to have it mercilessly though not maliciously trampled upon . |
| 7 | ‘ His neighbour is looking after it at the moment but I do n't think she 'll be prepared to keep it indefinitely . |
| 8 | ‘ Once these countries have actually made substantial investments in a chemical arsenal , what guarantees do we have that they will eventually be willing to throw it away ? ’ asked Elisa Harris , a chemical weapons at the Brookings Institution . |
| 9 | She began to wonder if the relationship was not , very very slowly , dying a natural death , and whether it would not be sensible to terminate it quickly . |
| 10 | Toshiba will have exclusive marketing rights in Japan for that box , Sequoia will be free to market it elsewhere . |
| 11 | She must be careful to betray it as little as possible if the interview were to go the way she wanted . |
| 12 | Hang it horizontally and be careful to stick it precisely edge to edge so that no bulge will show through the paper proper . |
| 13 | Institutional care is one part of a complex range of provision ; while it is right to reduce reliance upon it because of its toxic effects ( which are determined by the quality of care provided and not size alone : Huxley , 1991b ) it must be wrong to remove it altogether or reduce its scale or critical mass so that it ceases to be able to perform those functions which other services can not . |
| 14 | It might be easier to remove it altogether . |
| 15 | This one wo n't stay on a model track in the back garden , it 's being exported to Holland to pull passengers round a theme park , but the builder would be delighted to do it again . |
| 16 | York provides interesting evidence , though in view of the city 's declining cloth industry , it may be dangerous to regard it as typical of towns in general . |
| 17 | Lend Anna Kazan a fiver and you 'll be lucky to see it again . |
| 18 | For this reason , it will be useful to define it more closely here . |
| 19 | Even so it would be better to arrange it thus : |
| 20 | All this was meant to be experimental , but it would be better to describe it as speculative , as I have an idea that I could arrive at some sort of interesting effect if I kept trying , and the lack of certainty about the end result hardly mattered . |
| 21 | If we would not be better off , it might be better to go it alone . |
| 22 | The worry is that the jury can not be made to abide by directions of this kind , and so it is alleged that , if no evidential weight attaches to the refusal to answer , it would be better to exclude it altogether than to run the risk . |
| 23 | Whatever you do at least be sure to make it stupendously high ; let it be of all columns in the world the most lofty . ’ |
| 24 | If you like to use a flannel , be sure to wash it frequently . |
| 25 | If the original modification has only minor effect , then it may be safe to agree it immediately ; otherwise , you should wait for the agreement to the DC you have just raised . |
| 26 | ‘ With time , you 'll be able to craft that raw burning into whatever you choose , and hopefully be able to control it enough to experience it only when you want to . ’ |
| 27 | The Government 's first intention was to expand radio so that everyone would be able to receive it easily . |
| 28 | The therapist can not expect to be able to do it easily and accurately straightaway or every time . |
| 29 | Furthermore , people vary in their tolerance from day to day , and it is not safe to assume that because you have been to 15,000 feet or so without oxygen before , you will be able to do it again . |
| 30 | Every single night I leave and hope I 'll be able to do it again |