Example sentences of "be [adj] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better , yes , better than erm , some , in the old days when you used to take those photo 's they used to be awful did n't they , erm , everybody sort of look 's as if they were staring and sort of all |
| 2 | Still , it would be easy enough to find out what the police had done about it , and it would be tidier to do so . |
| 3 | Most visitors , however , will come to Palazzo Grassi to see a marvellous display of drawings by Leonardo , and they will be right to do so . |
| 4 | The first is that since the person against whom the powers are being improperly exercised is entitled to resist such use , he is in principle entitled to know sufficient to enable him to make a judgment about whether it would be right to do so . |
| 5 | I do n't think it would be right to do so . |
| 6 | Was it because he had n't spotted it , or because he felt it would be dishonest to do so , or because he never expected criticism ? |
| 7 | I know that my hon. Friend is anxious for a conclusion to be reached for next year , and I hope that it will be possible to do so soon . |
| 8 | Because what it will be possible to do quite easily is to connect these word processors to the telephone system and transmit erm the letter from one place to the other . |
| 9 | The Committee , however , declined to recommend any statutory definition of non-consent on the ground that it would be impractical to do so . |
| 10 | It would be possible to extend our framework to distinguish between these possibilities , but I do not believe it would be profitable to do so . |
| 11 | Whilst , however , it clearly follows that we have jurisdiction to entertain this application , it is a good deal less clear that we should be prepared to do so . |
| 12 | However , it would be unrealistic to do so in replying to the debate . |
| 13 | Ah well just cos you have n't , it has to be wet does n't it ? |
| 14 | Surely he 'd be willing to do that much for her ? |
| 15 | ‘ . When the signatories said that he or she would be prepared to enter into a deed to formalise the situation , they were not postponing the legal effect of the document or reserving a final view but merely saying that they would be willing to do so if required , ie record in a more formal way the transactions which had already been made . |
| 16 | If Sir Geoffrey were to ask you to carry on for a bit longer , would you be willing to do so ? " |
| 17 | ‘ I suggest you would be sensible to do so . |
| 18 | Several times in the two meetings observed lawyer A pointed out to the children that they could seek alternative advice , and that they need not be embarrassed to do so . |
| 19 | It has been said of him that he would rather live in his native country , and not be allowed to publish , than go elsewhere and be free to do so . |
| 20 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |
| 21 | The terms of the reference for the visit , agreed under the auspices of the United Nations , specified that all those wishing to make contract with the parliamentarians should be free to do so . |
| 22 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |
| 23 | But , as I told the House on 20 November , if Britain needs to act on its own , it must be free to do so . |
| 24 | De Gaulle 's proposals for a " French Community " included a provision that any colony which wished to break all ties with France would be free to do so , simply by voting no in the constitutional referendum . |
| 25 | Prohibiting the purchase of shares The Model Code applies equally to own-share purchases ( the Yellow Book , Section 5 , Chapter 2 , para 44 ) and so the company should not purchase any shares during any period when the directors would not be free to do so on their own account . |
| 26 | Mr Kelman believes that the net result of the Law Commission proposal will be to increase the risks to companies because hackers who often tell their ‘ victims ’ about their insecure systems will be afraid to do so . |
| 27 | Right exactly because you might you might have the client or a representative of the client as well as architects and people who would so you have to be careful do n't you in terms of using the right words . |
| 28 | I believe we would be wrong to do less . ’ |
| 29 | For example , the view that taking extra vitamins may be harmful does not ring true ; the possibility of harm is acknowledged but it is one that is regarded as remote and pedantic . |
| 30 | I think that may be easier to do rather than do them in situ , you know ? |