Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyers of services are becoming more selective , unconcerned about cosy established relationships and anxious to be convinced that they are receiving value for money : competitiveness and excellence are the watchwords for the future . |
| 2 | This may be a reasonable attitude in certain circumstances , e.g. in the denudation of spoil tips or the dissection of incoherent sandstones in the semi-arid western parts of the United States , but it is demonstrably wrong in many areas and likely to be wrong in many others . |
| 3 | But to the Victorians he was a controversial figure , too independent and too sympathetic towards the Indians and Inuit to be acceptable . |
| 4 | If if we 're going to talk about common defence and that sort of thing , and common erm aid and erm trouble shooting across Europe , it 's obviously better for as many countries as possible to be within the inner ring of the E C community . |
| 5 | He goes on to suggest that ‘ such relations are pathological cases and likely to be rare in practice ’ . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I am proud to be the Minister who changed the rules and delighted to be able to benefit schools in my own constituency . |
| 7 | Jane 's managing director Andy Janes ( crt ) said last night : ‘ We are delighted with Liverpool 's future plans and keen to be part of them . ’ |
| 8 | He had no track record himself in combat and the men he was to lead in battle were a pretty tough crowd , all of them individualists and likely to be highly critical of any officer who did not come up to their own standards . |
| 9 | Continuing disagreement between the United States and the European Communities ( EC ) , on the issue of agricultural subsidies , threatened to obstruct the conclusion of the current " Uruguay Round " of multilateral trade negotiations on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , under way for four years and due to be finalized by the end of December [ see pp. 36508-09 ; 36605 ; 37227-28 ; 37476 ] . |
| 10 | Although supporting the Act at the time of its enactment , the Labour Party 's education spokesman , Neil Kinnock , highlighted lack of resources as likely to be the major impediment to the legislation 's success . |
| 11 | Auctioneers will recognise certain properties as suitable to be sold by Auction . |
| 12 | Also I 'd had feedback from the moss chart that children enjoyed scouring the poster for tiny details , so I looked for a solution that would allow as many items as possible to be painted the same size . |
| 13 | No , these did n't show any stalls , but they 're i it was explained that one of the constraints in the design of the scheme was the brief that they had to leave space for er as many stalls as possible to be erected . |
| 14 | He must be careful that the new rules he lays down fit well enough with rules established by others or likely to be established in the future that the total set of rules will work together and make the situation better rather than pulling in opposite directions and making it worse . |
| 15 | And I was really pushed into dance because they always want as many men or boys as possible to be involved in the dance bits . ’ |
| 16 | Its latest report lists two agents as likely to be widely used in the near future , Gambusio affinis , a fish that feeds on mosquito larvae , and Bacillus thuringiensis , a bacterium that kills mosquito larvae . |