Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the design stage it is easy to be over ambitious . |
| 2 | In the case of minority holdings of less than 25% , the dividend yield is likely to be of primary consideration . |
| 3 | As we move across the map the members of a particular community , " A " , will perceive their relationship to the members of another community , " B " , to be either that of kinsmen or of non-kinsmen and the distinction is likely to be of critical " political " importance . |
| 4 | The staff of a school are its most important resource and their commitment to decisions made is likely to be of major significance in ensuring effective implementation . |
| 5 | Such an intellectual process is likely to be of great value in business organisations which have a tendency to be long on action , but short on thought ! |
| 6 | The number of stray cats is harder to identify — and unknown — but the figure is likely to be of similar proportion . |
| 7 | ( c ) The material is likely to be of substantial value to the investigation and is likely to be admissible in evidence . |
| 8 | ( iii ) the material is likely to be of substantial value to the Investigation . |
| 9 | A familiar name or mark is very influential as many who buy computer hardware and software will look for a product which is likely to be of reasonable quality and will be supported in years to come . |
| 10 | The vulnerability of Russian Formalism on this score seems , therefore , to suggest two important things : first , that any theory of literature , however specifically literary , needs to develop an adequate theory of non-literary issues ; and second , that an adequate theory of language is likely to be of enormous help in doing so . |
| 11 | As suggested in patients with cirrhosis , it is likely to be of multifactorial origin . |
| 12 | Section 5 of the Act creates a relatively minor offence which is likely to be of considerable practical significance . |
| 13 | I enclose some information about our current exhibition , as well as preliminary information about ‘ Scotland First Portrayed ’ , which I think is likely to be of considerable interest to your members . |
| 14 | The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off . |
| 15 | A third type of dispute that is likely to be of particular interest to students of politics is that between separate branches of government . |
| 16 | Training for nurse prescribing is likely to be at post-basic level . |
| 17 | The key battle is likely to be between brilliant Torino player Enzo Scifo and Welsh skipper Barry Horne , who said : ‘ Schifo and Hagi of Romania are probably the best two midfield players in the world . |
| 18 | If the subject does not know the junction and is attempting to decide how risky it is likely to be in other circumstances it would make sense to extrapolate from the information in the film to decide for example how busy the junction generally is , or to simply generalize from their current feelings of risk . |
| 19 | The first difficulty is , as we have seen , that the term ‘ child abuse ’ covers a range of behaviours and problems , so that a search for a single or even a cluster of ‘ causes ’ is likely to be in vain . |
| 20 | He believes that Uralmash has a future only if it shrinks to a fraction of its present size and concentrates on making machinery that is likely to be in big demand , such as small bulldozers . |
| 21 | And , the more er , developed countries you get , the less trade there 's likely to be towards developing countries , who actually become more industrialized then the market leaders generally become more . |
| 22 | He 's likely to be in borstal by next summer . ’ |
| 23 | This principle is unlikely to be of great relevance in cases for the protection of business secrets . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's nice to be on friendly terms . |
| 25 | It 's nice to be with other people to fight the same frustrations . |
| 26 | It 's nice to be among other mothers . |