Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Envy , greed , hate , fear and the desire to dominate are likely to be the real fingers on the trigger of our destruction . |
| 2 | In such cases , personality and the possibility of very high rewards to the organization at the end of the day are likely to be the major influences . |
| 3 | The people who may need it most are likely to be the unrecognized ones , the ones who it is somehow felt do not have a ‘ right ’ to support , even if it is known that they are upset . |
| 4 | Once the individual begins to establish regularities , to generalise over experience , it becomes possible for him not only to recognise a particular experience as being one of a type , say a scolding or an interview , it also becomes possible to predict what is likely to happen , what are likely to be the relevant features of context , within a particular type of communicative event . |
| 5 | Older taps are likely to be the rising spindle kind ( see drawing ) , but these have been widely replaced with shrouded-head taps with non-rising spindles . |
| 6 | However well you try to equip yourself , qualifications are unlikely to be the decisive factor . |
| 7 | Although these familial influences are unlikely to be the primary focus of the intervention , they are important points of reference , helping both the therapist and client make sense of the presenting problems . |
| 8 | Wage costs alone are unlikely to be the major factor in location decisions , except in the case of labour intensive industries . |
| 9 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 10 | Ideally it would be nice to be the perfect shape tomorrow or next week , but this just is not going to happen . |
| 11 | We are proud to be the corporate advisers to a selection of Japan 's foremost corporations , and leading underwriters in Euro issues for Japanese companies . |
| 12 | We are pleased to be the appointed agents for several interesting sites countywide currently on offer by Trencherwood . |
| 13 | Andy Norman and Ron had frequently told me about athletes who were content to be the British number one , to make the team . |
| 14 | Sleek , dramatic good looks were supposed to be the exclusive property of the more fashionable marques . |
| 15 | People living in the houses were also less likely to be in the company of individuals who had competing needs to their own ; clients living in staffed houses were likely to be the only service user in the room for 63 per cent of the time ( and mostly with just one other for the remainder ) , compared with 42 per cent in the three ‘ campus ’ houses , 33 per cent in ordinary hospital wards and 27 per cent in special units . |
| 16 | The meeting approved the creation of a US$10,000 million development fund for Arab countries which had supported the coalition in the Gulf war and which had suffered economic damage from the war ; Egypt and Syria were likely to be the main beneficiaries . |
| 17 | The confusion arose between the subsequent press briefings given by the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) , the Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and the Prime Minister 's statements about what were likely to be the maximum number of warheads on the Trident programme . |
| 18 | It is supposed to be the boring part of the journey and if the train were on time would be crossed at night . |
| 19 | The Soviets : on Gen Keightley 's right flank , Macmillan goes on : " Marshal Tolbukhin 's armies have spread out into what is supposed to be the British Zone in Austria , including the important city and road centre of Graz . |
| 20 | Their main preoccupation is licking and grooming themselves and their most vigorous activity is likely to be the languorous stretching of tired limbs . |
| 21 | What is likely to be the major impact of organizational size on the information needs of managers ? |
| 22 | The marketing expert in the company is likely to be the key person as regards any advertising because his influence and , sometimes , his authority , extends over the sales department , research department , promotion , advertising and public relations . |
| 23 | The finding in this study that gastrin mediated acid secretion is so appreciably increased ( sixfold ) in duodenal ulcer patients compared with true normal subjects ( H pylori negative healthy volunteers ) implies that it is likely to be the key factor in the pathophysiology of duodenal ulcer disease . |
| 24 | This would take the steam out of the refugee crisis and help us on towards the relaxed and variegated community of states across Europe as a whole which is likely to be the real guarantee of security . |
| 25 | If you are newcomer to spreadsheets then you may find Excel easier to deal with but if you are an experienced 123 user then the latest version from Lotus is likely to be the only choice . |
| 26 | In the rest of the country it is likely to be the Environmental Health Officer , unless someone dies in a council residential home , in which case the County Social Services Department will organise the funeral . |
| 27 | The significant electoral battleground in the future is likely to be the middle class or non-manual working class , simply because of its size . |
| 28 | Between the two there is a grey area where the size of the firm is likely to be the determining factor as to whether decisions should be unanimous or taken by majority vote . |
| 29 | The initial puzzles seem pretty straightforward , and would allow the game to be ‘ adult supervised ’ for the youngsters , although the computer hardened eleven/twelve year old would probably handle it — with the occasional flash of totally brilliant parental genius ( in reality of course it is likely to be the other way round ! ) . |
| 30 | The only other opportunity in the foreseeable future is likely to be the new light railway in London 's Docklands . |