Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , these large seeds are rather unlikely to be moved uphill by dispersal agents , particularly as there are no large animals on the island where the palm grows . |
| 2 | The 17-year-old , £35-a-week apprentice engineer , who won the AAA 's under-17 100 metres hurdles in a record time of 12.9 seconds last year , said : ‘ I am bitterly disappointed to be rejected by two local authorities . |
| 3 | And arguments with children are overwhelmingly likely to be about untidiness , with their sex lives the least likely topic for dispute ( 2% ) . |
| 4 | Young single women with children are overwhelmingly likely to be living in local authority housing , and those who married early and/or had a pre-marital conception are more likely to do so as well . |
| 5 | Among the magazine articles , which are most likely to be interesting to her ? |
| 6 | Probabilities being what they are , you are most likely to be right in assessing frame size if you assume that you are medium-framed . |
| 7 | ‘ Such properties are most likely to be located in the Midlands , North of England , Scotland and South Wales . |
| 8 | Find out which reporters on the local newspaper and radio are most likely to be interested . |
| 9 | What can be said is that those whose discomfort is related to intercourse are most likely to be cured of their symptoms either by a combination of improved lubrication and post-coital urination , or by treating any infection that underlies the symptoms . |
| 10 | Soil and climate , which should be taken together , determine the land potential ( see Chapter 2 ) and largely dictate the main types of farming — arable , stock-rearing , fattening , dairying , etc. — that are most likely to be viable . |
| 11 | Generalizing rather , it is probably true to say that Hawaiian-type eruptions are more common on the oceanic island volcanoes than elsewhere ( though the examples of Nyiragongo and Nyamlagira emphasize that it is only a generalization ) , since it is in these environments that the fluid basalt lavas are most likely to be found . |
| 12 | Also , those most likely not to complete the questionnaire or do the interview are most likely to be delinquent ; and one can not force people to fill in questionnaires correctly . |
| 13 | Collapse breccias , however , are not related to any particular facies and potential reservoirs resulting from this process are most likely to be found around structural highs that became exposed at various times since , the Zechstein . |
| 14 | In general , when male animals compete for the attention of females , the biggest males are most likely to be successful ; therefore , as Darwin observed , in species where the males compete , they tend to be bigger than females , as in baboons or in most species of seal . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , despite the necessity to protect children from being misled by the stories of ‘ heaven ’ and miracles , it should be made quite clear to them that most of the stories of good works attributed to the people involved are most likely to be true , and as these people are believed to have done much more good than most , they have been given a place in the windows of the churches and in paintings and elsewhere . |
| 16 | Think about the mark points that are most likely to be indicated on the map : village churches , tumuli and ‘ castle mounds ’ , stone circles and standing stones , wayside crosses and beacon sites . |
| 17 | Then they are most likely to be forced to the surface by lack of water . |
| 18 | Hire purchase and bank or finance company loans , if used , are most likely to be used only once in the year — but for relatively large sums . |
| 19 | The main search criteria are most likely to be length , grammar code and first letter . |
| 20 | The following paper presents some of the themes and questions from the Lineaments which are most likely to be of interest to all members of the church . |
| 21 | They are most likely to be found in classrooms where teacher , child and parent trust each other . |
| 22 | Individual firms have taken on more security staff , but as yet there is little co-operation among companies on improving security outside their buildings , which is where bombs are most likely to be . |
| 23 | Unfortunately for birdwatchers , the three species are most likely to be seen together in summer when the males will probably be moulting into their so-called ‘ eclipse ’ plumage . |
| 24 | Enjoying bondage is related to the early , or joyless , loss of virginity , while it is the men earning over £25,000 a year who are most likely to be partial to using whips . |
| 25 | The next part of the job was to film mink where they are most likely to be an ecological threat — the Outer Hebrides . |
| 26 | At one time pottoks were sold to Britain , and put to work pulling wagons in the pits ; today , they are most likely to be used , if at all , for carrying tourists on safe , low-slung pony rides . |
| 27 | Again , because treasures served to denote prominent persons , they are most likely to be listed or even described in written records , as well as featuring in works of art . |
| 28 | It is these people who are most difficult to place and who are most likely to be returned to institutions ( Sutter et al. , 1980 ; Intagliata and Willer , 1982 ; Vitello et al. , 1983 ) , where they are likely to remain unpopular patients who are avoided by staff ( Grant and Moores , 1977 ; Raynes , 1980 ) . |
| 29 | If case management is expected to reduce reliance upon residential care then it will need components which specifically address the needs of clients who are most likely to be admitted , or those with the history of frequent admissions , or those who are likely to stay the longest . |
| 30 | This is most easily done by having the students ask appropriate questions and become familiar with the answers that are most likely to be given . |