Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet according to you it 's supposed to be dead already and wasting away — ‘ |
| 2 | If suitable provisions ( Clause 19 ) are included in the partnership agreement ( and they are discussed in greater detail in Chapter 7 ) the interests of the firm can be largely protected ( or at any rate damage limited ) : when getting rid of a miscreant partner is likely to be rather easier than dismissing an employee whose thoughts may have turned to taking proceedings for wrongful dismissal . |
| 3 | She thought that what he had said was likely to be either partially or totally untrue , but it was not her concern . |
| 4 | The conclusion we reach , which we share with Wood , is that ‘ the quest for general trends , such as progressive deskilling of the work force , or general conclusions about the impact of new technologies are likely to be both theoretically and practically in vain ’ and that ‘ to incorporate worker resistance , labour and product markets and extra-economic factors involves more than simply extending one 's analysis ; it amounts to a theoretical reconsideration ’ ( Wood 1982 , 18 , 22 ) . |
| 5 | But hopes of an early offer were dashed yesterday when Peter Bonfield , chairman and chief executive , said the flotation was likely to be later rather than sooner because ICL could not meet the Fujitsu criterion of sustaining a market price of 225p a share . |
| 6 | As the program time needed to send each step command is likely to be much less than 0.1 ms the processor has spare capacity for other tasks . |
| 7 | In the case of minor posts the monarch 's influence was likely to be less firmly and more sporadically exercised . |
| 8 | Her marriage troubles appeared to be firmly under wraps as she told delegates at a Motor Neurone Disease Association conference in Solihull : ‘ It is good to be here again and it is nice of you to have me . ’ |
| 9 | and say for you It 'd be quite good , it 'd be quite good to be here actually but just to meet them but tt nah show you something |
| 10 | It 's great to be out somewhere and then decide to go home , and there it is , waiting for you , and all you got to do is walk a bit and then you 'll be home and everything 'll be OK . |
| 11 | The six fabliaux selected for summarizing here are , if in any way at all , only slightly untypical in being generally longer than average , this being an efficient way of conveying something of the range of what is to be found amongst the French fabliaux . |
| 12 | It was n't a case of missing sitters and throwing away chances more of being so near and yet so far . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend the Minister who is responsible for health in Northern Ireland is not able to be here today because he is on duty in the Province . |
| 14 | Mrs Gould , happy to be home again and reunited with her children , set to work once more on the lithographic stones at her desk . |
| 15 | It was strange to be back there and my memories were not pleasant : starving in the depths of winter , being beaten up , arrested for some misunderstanding and half-hanged at Montfaucon . |
| 16 | I was quite pleased to be back home but I missed the excitement of the trips and wanted to go back for just a few more days . |
| 17 | Just as the most difficult task of the manager is ruthless intellectual honesty about his own skills , weaknesses and motives , so it is notoriously difficult to be as near as possible totally objective about the strengths and weaknesses of your company , particularly because in many cases a perceived weakness can actually be utilized as a source of strength . |