Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] be [verb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That the campaign of the Tory faction so far has left much to be desired is undeniable . |
| 2 | The part of Figure 5.1 to be considered is therefore the area EFGHCD . |
| 3 | The part of Figure 5.1 to be considered is therefore the area EFGHCD . |
| 4 | The earliest the centre is likely to be completed is Christmas 1996 — and it could be later , especially as nothing is likely to happen until there has been an archaeological dig . |
| 5 | The only way in which these late pouch excisions are likely to be minimised is by greater care in patient selection , particularly the identification of Crohn 's disease . |
| 6 | How far the private sector will be prepared to finance " special needs " housing where the return on capital is likely to be limited is doubtful , as also is the Government 's commitment to make up any shortfall . |
| 7 | What is much less likely to be recognized is the importance of considering the interrelationship between these various initiatives , and certainly there is no sign as yet that such an evaluation is to take place . |
| 8 | However it may be very effective in situations where the number of words likely to be written is severely restricted . |
| 9 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |
| 10 | The impartial observation able to be made is that , in both cases , it is a question of where the clubs go from here and too early to jump to any conclusions . |
| 11 | The comparison with the experience of children left to cry alone without being comforted is obvious . |
| 12 | On the rare occasions when a site due to be destroyed is found to be very important , construction plans may be changed to accommodate the display of the site , or the remains might be moved to somewhere where they can preserved , displayed , and enjoyed by the public . |
| 13 | Or is it that the sudden perception of one 's own constant vulnerability provides , in its black , clouded way , a dazzling , near-religious feeling of revelation — this is how things really are ; that to be born is , by definition , to be a victim ? |
| 14 | Problems of a somewhat similar kind occur up to the death of Stephen on 25 October 1154 , and even after that date there are various kinds of complication ; the first to be noted is that the reign of a monarch did not automatically start , or be deemed to start , on the day his or her predecessor died , or vacated the throne , as has been the custom since the death of William III on 8 March 1722 . |
| 15 | One of the first to be discovered is a star that is orbiting around Sirius , the brightest star in the night sky . |
| 16 | The first to be set is the backlight . |
| 17 | As all three recombinant GGFs terminate in the ectodomain , the ability of recombinant GGF-II to be secreted is presumably mediated through the N-terminal hydrophobic stretch encoded by segment 1 . |