Example sentences of "be [adj] give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other pre-modern cultures , however , it has not been usual to give all this information . |
| 2 | Provided both are prepared to give some ground it is possible to sort out roles afresh and to plan new patterns for the marriage . |
| 3 | But we are prepared to give some guidelines or pointers as to the practice and procedure to be adopted when a hearing as to a wasted costs order takes place . |
| 4 | For the last two years , the policy has been prepared to give all these people the chance to live a full and independent life , not in hospitals and institutions , but at home , as part of our community . |
| 5 | In theory , if customers are willing to give each bank enough business to survive , supply is balancing demand . |
| 6 | FEW PEOPLE WAITING EXPECTANTLY to board the passenger liner QE2 for the holiday of a lifetime are likely to give much thought to the part that ICI 's Chlor-chemicals business will be playing in their journey . |
| 7 | These items usually become immediately available to all manufacturers so that they are unlikely to give any single guitar an edge over its rivals . |
| 8 | higher in Scotland than in England and Wales , a fact for which COSLA has been unable to give any credible explanation . |
| 9 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 10 | As I 've grown older , I never cease to be amazed at the theories of the amateur detectives who always turn up at any tragic occurrence and immediately are able to give all the answers . |
| 11 | Small scale research suggests that when children are relieved of the burden of hand-writing and hand-rewriting stories they are able to give more attention to structure and composition . |
| 12 | The academic , intellectual types also have a cultural background and are interested in aspects of the arts , and erm we are very fortunate , I think , also in that people are able to give more time than perhaps business people , and so a number of the members of the committee are university people and we are able to use the Gardner Arts Centre , which has become quite an exciting area , in that it 's open to experimental production , so therefore we attract a lot of the London critics . |
| 13 | The passage of Cicero 's De officiis with which we are concerned gives some indication of the area of agreement between the Roman leader and his helpful philosopher client . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard Co is amongst Unix vendors Microsoft Corp has approached to help it develop a Unix version of Microsoft Mail : Microsoft expects Mail could be running under Open Look and Motif by year-end , though observers are sceptical given that a promised OS/2 Presentation Manager version has yet to appear . |
| 15 | Hilda Jones , has n't been able to give much information about her attacker . |
| 16 | However , the Historic Buildings Council for Scotland has increasingly been able to give some very substantial grants towards churches , ensuring that churches faced with closure because of a repairs crisis have been able to continue in use . |
| 17 | I said that I believed it would now be right to give some indication of the Government 's attitude to the building of a tunnel . |
| 18 | If you are really fond of her , then you know that you will both give each other pleasure simply by being together for a while , but you must be prepared to give much more of yourself to the conduct of those few hours than you probably would in other social circumstances . |
| 19 | Compromise:In extremis the Vendor may be prepared to give such a warranty ‘ so far as it is aware ’ . |
| 20 | You must be prepared to give some time to experimenting with various yarns and tensions until the quality of woven fabric feels just right . |
| 21 | This shows that even if a court is not prepared to award one remedy , it may be prepared to give another instead . |
| 22 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 23 | This implies that Giddens may be wrong to give such enormous emphasis to the state 's directly coercive role . |
| 24 | It may be scholarly to give many references to work done in the 18th century and to plumb the depths of graph theory , but the result is not going to be of very much help to a working chemist . |
| 25 | But it would be useful to give some brief background of their incorporation by the Christian Church . |
| 26 | Identifying particular individual predators may be useful given that certain animals might hunt regularly at the colony , and that some might well be more experienced and effective hunters than others . |
| 27 | Would it be helpful to give some order of magnitude here , James ? |
| 28 | And and I think I I 'm able to give that level of support from Selby District 's point of view . |
| 29 | They type of support offered depends very much on the people involved but the supporter is often a listen ear who may also be able to give some practical help with the new baby . |
| 30 | The type of support offered depends very much on the people involved but the supporter is often a listening ear who may also be able to give some practical help with the new baby . |