Example sentences of "[adj] [ex0] be [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps after all there was much to be said for remaining independent , carving out your own orbit . |
| 2 | Of the two British studies , neither finds strong support for the managerialist view , but this is perhaps unsurprising given that there is likely to be an under-reporting of what respondents consider will be perceived as deviant behaviour . |
| 3 | His finding was that the capacity to experience it was much more highly developed in wives who had indulged in intercourse before marriage than in those who had remained chaste — in short there was much to be said against chastity . |
| 4 | This means that by 2001 there are likely to be 18,000 extra cases , all aged over 75 . |
| 5 | Other changes highlighted in 1989 by the National Economic Development Council include an aging workforce ( in the 1990s the working population will become increasingly concentrated in the middle age groups and in the year 2000 there are likely to be 1.8 million more people aged 35 to 54 ) and an expanding adult labour force ( women returning to the labour market are expected to provide most of the growth in labour force in the 1990s ) . |