Example sentences of "of what [be] [adj] to be " in BNC.

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1 THE first of what is likely to be thousands of crosses were planted at Belfast 's Garden of Remembrance yesterday .
2 Thus we propose that the simple binomial model with constant n is a useful simplification of what is likely to be a more complex process .
3 Wind farms , M S As , golf courses , associated hotels etcetera , development major recreation policies , and I think it the plan needs to have a a generic policy which addresses the issue of what is likely to be appropriate and acceptable in the countryside as a framework for the development of more detailed policies in in local plans .
4 There is no doubt that a bill or note given in consideration of what is supposed to be a debt is without consideration if it appears that there was a mistake in fact as to the existence of the debt ; Bell v. Gardiner ( 4 M. & Gr. 11 ) ; and , according to the cases of Southall v. Rigg and Forman v. Wright ( 11 C.B. 481 ) , the law is the same if the bill or note is given in consequence of a mistake of law as to the existence of a debt .
5 In the first of what were likely to be several criminal prosecutions resulting from the collapse of the Lincoln , Keating was convicted of misleading small investors over the sale of junk bonds — high-risk , high-yield securities — in American Continental Corp. , of which the Lincoln was a subsidiary .
6 After the two had left , Thomas confided to Thornton that he found it quite extraordinary that these two people , who were so naive and inexperienced , could be at the top of what was supposed to be a concrete business proposal .
7 The film cut to a closeup of what was supposed to be O'Mara 's hand pinching Nicola 's bottom .
8 I did spot an up-and-coming bass guitarist I 'd once played with , and in one corner , drinking champagne , was the author of what was supposed to be the definitive guide to the beers of the world .
9 He was summoned down on the Saturday evening and his presence at least had the effect of giving its a vignette of Baldwin 's behaviour on the eve of what was likely to be the most testing week of his premiership .
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