Example sentences of "[verb] they are [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , once the crisis passes they are likely to be less effective as most people want power to be shared , not a unilateral right . |
| 2 | I know they are supposed to be a delicacy but none of our family liked to eat grouse . |
| 3 | Attempts to rescue and re-evaluate them are apt to be less rewarding than making a fresh start . |
| 4 | This assumes an element of sunkness about location ( which Mathewson and Winter did not ) , so that potential entrants believe they are unlikely to be able to push established firms out of current locations . |
| 5 | European diplomats say that Reginald Bartholomew , the under-secretary of state for security assistance , has warned them against doing anything with the WEU that undermines NATO or freezes out the Americans from security talks at which they think they are entitled to be present . |
| 6 | However , since central government in Britain is the dominant influence upon the availability of local finance , there is a certain political duplicity here in legislation which requires local agencies to provide benefits that the centre knows they are unlikely to be able to affords . |