Example sentences of "[coord] [is] [pron] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He is not — nor is he likely to be as far as I can make out — although Matt dropped a hint that there had been someone at one stage . |
| 2 | Just as it is not illegal to own porn , nor is it illegal to be lesbian or gay ( unless you are a man under 21 ) : but the rights of both porn and lesbian and gay people to exist are strictly limited . |
| 3 | Nor is it likely to be possible to infer motive from the outcome or likely outcome of a transaction , since the fact that a project yields less than optimal profits is an inherent risk in all business ventures and except in extreme cases will not reveal the existence of a non-profit goal . |
| 4 | But , more recently , the opening of the Second Front , together with its initial success , has sent a faint thrill of alarm through the country : and the latest utterance of Cordell Hull , which carne over the wireless yesterday , is not going to cheer things up , nor is it likely to be the last exhortation of its kind . |
| 5 | Nor is there likely to be a change in fashion which results in feet being accorded the same status , much in the way that bottoms were favoured in the ‘ sixties , crotches in the ‘ seventies and ankles or wasp waists in Victorian times . |
| 6 | And is it better to be poor Kittykins , in that dull ground-floor flat in the wrong part of Windsor , for whom life 's highlights have dwindled to pension day and nature programmes on the telly box ? |
| 7 | But is there likely to be anything which would be absolutely overriding ? |