Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These can be used to ward off chills ; for rheumatic or arthritic pain , excessive perspiration , athlete 's foot and other skin disorders of the feet or hands such as dermatitis or eczema . |
| 2 | It may be possible to take out insurance against this . |
| 3 | If the ‘ ultimate aim ’ is specified as the securing of predictive control over the future run of experience , then either this can be justified as providing a means to achieving further practical ends , or , if it stands in no need of justification , it may be possible to explain why people have it without the explanation undermining its appeal . |
| 4 | With an uncertainty expected to be less than 10–7 in a value of about 137.035 it should be possible to test directly quantum electrodynamics , or QED , the quantum theory of electromagnetism . |
| 5 | If the area is pasture and has been little disturbed , it may be possible to pick out areas of ridge and furrow , and the junction between the arable fields and the rear of the village closes may be detected . |
| 6 | When mice are imported from abroad it must either be possible to carry out experiments in the quarantine facility or a breeding colony should be imported . |
| 7 | With careful modification of materials ( exploiting , for example , steric hindrance , charge effects , hydrophobic groups ) , it may be possible to control both solute partitioning and diffusion into a biolayer and to gain greater control over the behaviour of the biolayer . |
| 8 | In each case it may be possible to print out target costs against each subsection and therefore quantify any profit or loss . |
| 9 | The myth was expressed this way : if only higher management would come out of their offices and join the workers on the shop floor it would be possible to create better working conditions . |
| 10 | It may sometimes be possible to associate together vessels which have inclusions with similar textural characteristics , and even to suggest possible sources . |
| 11 | Curbs on ownership of water buffaloes and other ruminant emitters do not seem likely , nor would it be possible to cover up rice paddies and melting permafrost in the tundra . |
| 12 | Your local farmer may be prepared to hire out equipment , such as this post rammer , to divide up your paddock |
| 13 | Once the school has formed the relationship many companies will be prepared to take on sponsorship or allocate funds . |
| 14 | Employees are informed that " where the job involves working with people employed by the … client , then naturally you should be prepared to carry out instructions from anyone authorised by the client , where this is necessary to do the work " . |
| 15 | Be nosey , and always be prepared to pick up tips from other people . |
| 16 | At half-term , Ali had offered ten pounds to any of ‘ the proud Muslim people of South-West London ’ who would be prepared to finish off Robert Wilson , but , even though he had raised this sum to twelve pounds fifty , there were , so far at any rate , no takers . |
| 17 | It is remarkable how few candidates one might be prepared to cross over lines of party loyalty to support . |
| 18 | The teacher must also be prepared to follow up lines of enquiry started by the pupils . |
| 19 | If anything , it reinforces one 's doubts as to how many purchasers in these hard times will be prepared to pay nearly £20 for something which is a potpourri , however delightful , rather than an essential , definitive tome . |
| 20 | But if you decide a 33MHz 486SX is the machine for you , be prepared to pay around £100 more than for a comparable 25MHz system . |
| 21 | Personally , I would be prepared to pay much m ore for a tool that would do the job required . |
| 22 | Leaders turned out not to be willing to give up sovereignty over ‘ low-level ’ political issues ; nor , when they did , were they thereby more inclined to integrate in ‘ high-level ’ politics . |
| 23 | It is n't in addition to the pension you 're getting , you have to be willing to give up part of your own pension in advance . |
| 24 | It will be interesting to see how discussions over ‘ efficiency ’ in schools develop and whether they appear to be useful ! |
| 25 | It will be interesting to see how Blackburn fans view the deal a ) now and b ) after 20 or so games . |
| 26 | Poole and Johnson v Edwards and Coker should be an immense contest at lock and it will be interesting to see how Richards copes with the challenge of so many England colleagues opposite . |
| 27 | Now that my South African ban has been lifted , I want to reclaim the No 1 spot I gave up in 1989 and it will be interesting to see how Tuffers reacts to the challenge . |
| 28 | It 'll be interesting to see how Alfie of course works in America . |
| 29 | An IBM source said it would be interesting to see how Hewlett-Packard Co , currently winning the performance race over Rios with its PA 7100 chip , will respond to the announcement — what do they say about Hubris and Nemesis … |
| 30 | It will be interesting to see how President Bush deals with the continuing hostage/Contra problem , particularly as he was once head of the CIA . |