Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | determine which sub-systems , programs etc. are likely to be involved in any change |
| 2 | ‘ Out of doors is the best place for Brownies , really , but we 've only been able to be out of doors so much because of this hot summer . |
| 3 | It would be churlish to suggest Lewis fights under a flag of convenience or that his status as world champion has only been able to be enjoyed by default . |
| 4 | They had all been lucky to be seen out with him . |
| 5 | Despite extensive research , the causes of sick building syndrome have not yet been clearly established and so are unlikely to be eradicated in the near future , according to a new report from the Health & Safety Executive . |
| 6 | Couples who register their births together are likely to be living together ( Werner 1982 , Haskey and Coleman 1986 ) . |
| 7 | Wage costs alone are unlikely to be the major factor in location decisions , except in the case of labour intensive industries . |
| 8 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 9 | Firstly , during the negotiations the purchaser will naturally be concerned to be reassured as to what it saw at the outset as being the merits of the proposed acquisition . |
| 10 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to subsections ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) , a fishing vessel shall only be eligible to be registered as a British fishing vessel if — ( a ) the vessel is British-owned ; ( b ) the vessel is managed , and its operations are directed and controlled , from within the United Kingdom ; and ( c ) any charterer , manager or operator of the vessel is a qualified person or company . |
| 11 | A child whose mother has just started full-time employment may only be likely to be disturbed by this event if he has also recently lost his father . |
| 12 | Out here in Japan we tend to get info on the football on a wing and prayer so being able to be part of this listing is great for this Leeds supporter . |
| 13 | It is perfectly clear that long before the procession came into sight , long before the procession had formed , these people in the Markets in their desire to be offended had come down from the side streets and had taken great trouble to he offended , and not only were prepared to be offended but were prepared to throw missiles , stones and other weapons … |
| 14 | If you are wrongfully dismissed , the cost in terms of pension benefits alone is likely to be heavy . |
| 15 | The state machine as a whole is regarded as neutral and autonomous from economic power , and so is available to be driven to the left if Labour is in the majority in the Commons . |
| 16 | While this evidence does not necessarily imply that children will always cope with empirical and intentional explanations in the classroom , it does imply that failure to do so is likely to be due to factors other than children lacking an understanding of causality , of intentionality , or of the causal connectives . |
| 17 | reveals the fruit in ripeness , when the floss inside is ready to be plucked , as soft as the lock of hair I keep with me always from your dear golden head . |
| 18 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
| 19 | I was the only one of the three who had any confidence in Burmese , and so was able to be bilingual in teaching and in giving notes . |
| 20 | He was in awe of Parr , and so was glad to be the bearer of bad news , although the cold voice — demanding detail that he did not have — revealed no hint of anything beyond mild contempt . |
| 21 | Nonlinear optics is perhaps unique among systems showing chaos in that a fully quantum mechanical description of the phenomena is conceivable : there is the interesting and exciting prospect that the next few years may reveal what , if anything , is meant by " quantum turbulence " , and all-optical systems such as those described or proposed above are likely to be in the forefront of experimental tests of such concepts . |
| 22 | By the time the permissive climate of the late 1960s had come to allow boys and girls to admit tender feelings for one another , the first faint notes of anti-sexist protest ensured that girls would no longer be content to be victims awaiting rescue by dauntless boys . |
| 23 | I must no longer be ashamed to be fanatical . |
| 24 | Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens . |
| 25 | The projects must generally be gigantic to be cost effective . |
| 26 | However , in practice , it normally requires very many iterations before convergence is achieved ; moreover , the process of recovering eigenvectors outlined above is apt to be ill-conditioned , and some other procedure is usually to be preferred . |
| 27 | This will be avoided only if adequate progress can be made in developing community services including community hospitals … the release of really substantial resources for deployment in the development of local psychiatric services generally is likely to be achieved only with the closure of a whole hospital . |
| 28 | Mr Canavan , who is fighting for re-election as MP for Falkirk West and has been a prominent member of PLCND , said : ‘ I have always been proud to be a member of CND and will continue to campaign vigorously for unilateral nuclear disarmament within the Labour Party . |
| 29 | We 're both Aquarian dreamers and have always been able to be ‘ alone ’ together , or step easily into imagination games , and Max — like me — has a fairy godmother who always seems to save his neck at the last minute . |
| 30 | They have usually been inclined to be rather self= centred all their lives in a quiet way , and this tendency has become overt and accentuated in old age . |