Example sentences of "be [adj] with the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Had her shyly determined efforts to be friendly with the other quieter girls like herself been so thoroughly misinterpreted ?
2 We 'd done it — but now we 'd have to be friendly with the little swine !
3 Ian was not over-bright , but he happened to be popular with the other boys as he was a good footballer and did quite well at sports generally .
4 It was also calculated to be popular with the Cuban-American electorate , estimated to number 700,000 .
5 Danny the youngest had settled down in his job as a lighterman and seemed to be popular with the local girls .
6 Again , advice and assistance may be different with the latter requiring some positive action on behalf of the client .
7 The situation will be different with the genetic ailments of the mind , which I shall now discuss .
8 There 's no need to be careful with the small hoard of wood any more .
9 Sir Anthony Barrowclough 's report could , indeed , be viewed in those terms and holding back some of the more sensitive parts would be consistent with the Serious Fraud Office 's efforts to restrain some of the most recent civil court hearings on the affair .
10 The aim , therefore , is to choose the import restriction that would be consistent with the tariff-induced outcome , i.e. the strategic outcome , and compare it with the actual quota imposed by the UK government .
11 Even if it were to be deduced that there is an outstanding shortfall in the HP4 supply , this appeal , while being determined in the context of policy HP4 , would require to be consistent with the specific terms of policy HP6 , which refers to non-Local Plan proposals .
12 Changes in firm valuation were found to be consistent with the tax-based models of capital structure .
13 As Veljanovski points out , ‘ if wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few rich landowners who buy Rolls Royces and caviar , then allocative efficiency will be consistent with the poor starving and the economy 's productive capacity channelled into the manufacture of these luxury items .
14 But that policy statement must surely be consistent with the other legal requirements as to the content of sex education .
15 There are therefore two problems with HCG62 : there are not enough baryons to explain all the dark matter but there are too many to be consistent with the simplest picture of cosmological nucleosynthesis .
16 Gas between the galaxies contains too few baryons to account for all the apparent mass but too many to be consistent with the simplest Big Bang models .
17 The job description shall be consistent with the contractual duties laid down in this agreement .
18 Particular activities in the form of classroom tasks may appear to be very different and to represent quite distinct views of pedagogy but on closer consideration to be consistent with the same underlying principle of approach .
19 AS/SET WDK-U-generated AIX and Santa Cruz Unix applications will be consistent with the original AS/400 system , in both operation and appearance , the company says , obviating the need to retrain users or use separate development and maintenance staff for the Unix system — but the company does not say what database it uses on the Unix system .
20 This would explain the protection by GH5 of nucleosomal DNA against micrococcal nuclease digestion ; it would also be consistent with the GH5-DNA crosslinks and with the presence of two binding sites .
21 The pre-take-off reading for this flight is not recorded but the overall height gain suggests about 28″ , which would be consistent with the windy conditions .
22 Although these results appear to be consistent with the short-term/long-term distinction inherent in Wagner 's theory , they do not require us to make the distinction .
23 Of course if determination is as open-ended as I have argued it is , absent any criterion to distinguish the genuine from the false determination , then no positive law could be unjust because every positive law , whatever its content , being a determination of the natural law , will necessarily be consistent with the natural law and therefore valid .
24 Their behaviour patterns may be consistent with the dominant culture or may differ from it .
25 At a formal dinner party , you have an excuse to be extravagant with the floral decorations .
26 Both of these designs can be dated to the fourth century , ( Morley-Hewitt 1969 , 2 ) and so might be contemporary with the northern sequence ( see section 3.2 pp. 85-86 ) .
27 Some of these works , therefore , will be contemporary with the later Orpheus mosaics , while many others will post-date this period .
28 Few have been sectioned , though the central pair are known to be contemporary with the main phase of the east-west road .
29 M67 is in the field with Alpha ( 4.2 ) ; it is said to be visible with the naked eye , but I have never been able to confirm this , though with binoculars it is very easy indeed .
30 Beachlovers will be delighted with the magnificent coastline and such fine resorts as Malindi , Mombasa and Watamu lying along silky golden sands .
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