Example sentences of "[conj] is [adj] [to-vb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | One feature that is certain to go is George Bush 's horse shoe pit . |
| 2 | For practical purposes £10 was the minimum assessment of clothiers and men of similar standing ; the high proportion in Suffolk worth upwards of £100 is not matched by any other extant muster book , and is unlikely to have been equalled anywhere else outside London . |
| 3 | It remained in the possession of the Stewarts until the reign of James V , in the first half of the 16th century , and is likely to have been used occasionally by the royal family when they were visiting Ayrshire . |
| 4 | Akrotiri was built in about 1550 BC ( Late Minoan IA ) and is likely to have been a Minoan foundation . |
| 5 | The text stops with the death of Simon in 135 and is likely to have been written under his successor John Hyrcanus , that is , before 104 . |
| 6 | Although he was a member of the supreme council of the IRB , and is supposed to have been present at a meeting in September 1914 at which it was decided to stage a rebellion against British rule in Ireland , he played no role in planning the Easter rising of 1916 . |