Example sentences of "be [adj] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would n't it be awful if a cat scratched your heart . ’ |
| 2 | bound to be , bound to be awful when a woman ca n't talk it must be terrible |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the transaction might be upset if the debtor had acted as agent for the lender and had been guilty of misrepresentation or undue influence . |
| 5 | It would be cruel if the daughter could be evicted and left to find another home for herself and for her belongings simply because of the accident of the untimely death of the parent within one year . |
| 6 | ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year , ’ said Lillywhite after holding on to his 20 seconds lead over Norway 's Ole Simensen . |
| 8 | It faces the lost of its major sponsor , but Lillywhite said : ‘ It will be devastating if the Milk Race is not here next year . ’ |
| 9 | Translation here must be indeterminate because no amount of evidence will guarantee that the translation we offer will be uniquely correct . |
| 10 | However , he said patients should also remember they are calling a private home and the doctor will often be asleep when the call is made . |
| 11 | Paragraph 3.1.5 could be annoying if the landlord is of an interfering disposition , and could be preceded by the words : ( in the last 6 months of the Term ) The optional words in respect of convenient hours and reasonable prior notice in paragraph 3.2 are of course preferred . |
| 12 | ( f ) Insurance If the matrimonial home is in the sole name of the husband then it is best to change the insurance arrangements once agreement is reached or the court order made ; the husband may neglect or to be unnecessary where the property already stands in the joint names of husband and wife and a separate declaration of trust is made . |
| 13 | I should be grateful if the Under-Secretary could comment on the way in which housing benefit is calculated . |
| 14 | With reference to the application to erect 2 retail units at the Bus Depot , Whitburn Road , Bathgate , we would be grateful if the development could include racks for cycle parking . |
| 15 | I would be grateful if the cheque could be despatched along with the attached document to reach the creditor by 14 July . |
| 16 | We shall be grateful if the Minister can help us on that , but if he can not perhaps he will help us another time . |
| 17 | We would be grateful if the disk and the pages could be returned to the Library . |
| 18 | A court that tries to decide as Parliament would have wished is more likely to be right than a court that follows the words believing it was not what Parliament intended . |
| 19 | In any Open Door disagreement , the employee is assumed to be right unless the manager has impeccable documentation to the contrary . |
| 20 | The slower children will be disadvantaged because the work offered is too difficult ; the more able children will be disadvantaged because the challenge that school should offer them has disappeared . |
| 21 | The slower children will be disadvantaged because the work offered is too difficult ; the more able children will be disadvantaged because the challenge that school should offer them has disappeared . |
| 22 | ( e ) As we have seen , an intention to repay or substitute may be dishonest because the defendant can not replace the very thing taken , yet if he intends to return the property itself , he is not guilty of theft because he does not have the intention permanently to deprive . |
| 23 | These were made almost certainly in the twelfth century , by Bishop Gut , founder of the cathedral , as a Latin inscription asserts , though there has been argument that they must be Gallo-Roman since the subject-matter is profane and improper for the patronage of a Christian bishop . |
| 24 | I only comment that , at a time when Community law is becoming increasingly important , it would be strange if the right of the citizen to recover overpaid charges were to be more restricted under domestic law than it is under European law . |
| 25 | I should be sorry if the debate on the Bill were to be unnecessarily prolonged and so prevented the House from debating the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill that hon. Members are waiting to discuss . |
| 26 | But you will be sorry when the Access bill comes in next month if you fall for it . |
| 27 | I 've never heard of the make before ( Melos ) , but it 's a nice machine and I 'll be sorry when the tape wears out . |
| 28 | It would be absurd if the law did not recognise the causal connection between these events despite its refusal to imply a non-competition restriction post employment . |
| 29 | It was then , too , that he found that her meeting with the King 's mother was over — happily , as she told him , smiling ; although her welcome would not be complete until the King himself left St Hilarion and sent for her . |
| 30 | Once again , the transaction will not be complete until the transferee is entered on the company 's register as the holder of the shares ( and until then the transferor will not cease to be a member or the legal holder of the shares ) . |