Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both proponents and protesters are right to present their views and it is incumbent on politicians to ensure that adequate regulatory controls provide as large a degree of environmental protection as is possible when dealing with the relatively unknown . |
| 2 | Ministers are right to protect our national interest at every stage . |
| 3 | You are right to speak your thoughts . |
| 4 | Moreover , their sons are loth to follow their fathers into farming . |
| 5 | And it 's being pencilled in for the weekend after Wigan are due to defend their world sevens title in Sydney on February 5-7 . |
| 6 | Derek Dooley and his family are due to leave their private rented house in Louisa Street in June . |
| 7 | Armed police were called to Markham Main , near Doncaster , South Yorkshire , where 730 men are due to lose their jobs . |
| 8 | Morrison and Farrelly should clinch the titles at the Mourne Club event at Dundrum , where three English Honda riders , Lindley Francis , Clive Morgan and Wayne Faulkner are due to make their Irish debut . |
| 9 | They are due to play their 1,000th performance in mid-April . |
| 10 | Bilateral talks are being planned for tomorrow between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers , who are due to meet their Belarussian and Kazakh counterparts to discuss ratification of the US-Soviet Start agreement on cutting strategic nuclear missiles . |
| 11 | In April 17th Iraqi diplomats are due to meet their Iranian counterparts in Geneva for a new round of peace talks . |
| 12 | Chelsea are due to announce their new manager tomorrow , and Hoddle still has n't denied reports that it 's him . |
| 13 | David , Grant and Stuart are due to complete their studies towards the end of 1995 but have already cleared the first hurdle . |
| 14 | ‘ But from time to time it has been right to reconsider its detailed application . |
| 15 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 16 | The US negotiators had been due to meet their EC counterparts in Brussels to discuss the dispute over bids for EC utility contracts . |
| 17 | The staff from the Abingdon Sorting Office had been due to resume their duties this afternoon at the end of the county-wide dispute , but the workers there refused to go back after part of an agreement with managers was altered . |
| 18 | The staff from the Abingdon Sorting Office had been due to resume their duties this afternoon at the end of the county-wide dispute , but the workers refused to go back after part of an agreement with managers was altered . |
| 19 | Grandmother used to say that if it had been possible to take their personalities and shake them together a bit it would have been better for both of them . |
| 20 | Since 1987 it has been possible to ask your employer to deduct regular sums from your pay through the PAYROLL GIVING SCHEME up to a maximum of £600 per annum ( not all employers offer their employees this facility ) . |
| 21 | ‘ I am sorry to interrupt your cosy chat , Martin , but Daddy 's dying to go up to the bar for a drink and we 've promised to stop by Carolyn Roach 's house later on . ’ |
| 22 | Drawing on the experience of her own broken home , Diana has not been afraid to hug her sons in public , dry their tears , share a childish joke with them or simply take them to McDonald 's . |
| 23 | He 's never been afraid to show his vulnerability and songs like ‘ In Windows All ’ , a great , sweeping ballad , make a positive virtue of it . |
| 24 | A man who 's never been afraid to stick his head in among the flying boots , Moran 's medical records are thicker — and gorier — than a short horror novel . |
| 25 | They will want to be sure that you are prepared to give your time to care for the children , that you will provide for all their needs and take them out regularly , and that you really do like small children ! |
| 26 | Ernest and Rosie looked at one another again , at a loss for words , as he went on , ‘ If you are prepared to give your agreement to such an undertaking , I will give instructions to your bank without delay , and the necessary funds will be put at your disposal . |
| 27 | That 's what H M I P did they got further information from British Coal they met er on Friday er with their colleagues at the National Rivers Authority and it 's from that greater understanding of the application that H M I P have now said that they are prepared to withdraw their objection subject to the imposition of the conditions at the N R A request . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'd be amazed how many workers are prepared to offload their problems during the witching hour , ’ he said when he was told of the project . |
| 29 | Teachers ' experience , which is at least as valuable a source of insight , is also readily accessible , but only if those responsible for policy are prepared to acknowledge its validity and are willing to make efforts to bring teachers into the debate . |
| 30 | We will never reform the justice system until we are prepared to acknowledge its fundamental defects . |