Example sentences of "[noun prp] are [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathan Davies and Barry Williams have been ruled out but Paul Moriarty and Kevin Ellis are likely to be fit . |
| 2 | Hearn and Doyle are certain to be vocal at the WPBSA 's annual general meeting at Bristol on December 29 . |
| 3 | Secondly , provisional arrangements made for Spain and Portugal are likely to be succeeded by the full disipline of the budget . |
| 4 | The main corollary to this is that , while CSPs in general are gradual in their strength ( depending on how fast or carefully one speaks ) , socially differentiated CSPs are likely to be discrete . |
| 5 | TAIWAN are likely to be the cannon-fodder of the pool , although their national side 's rapid development programme , modelled on the New Zealand forward technique , should have trickled down to the students , ensuring that the defeats are n't too heavy . |
| 6 | Even so , exotica such as lead-only Porsche 911s and Ferraris are unlikely to be part of this trend , so no bargains there I 'm afraid . |
| 7 | Scorpios are supposed to be possessive , but Adam 's been acting more like a gaoler recently — he hardly allows you out of his sight . |
| 8 | We have seen that Asians and Afro-Caribbeans are likely to be assaulted more than whites ( Asians twice as much as whites ) , and whilst we have statistics where white victims are ‘ mugged ’ by black assailants ( a small part of robbery figures ) , we have no figures for street robbery , rape or racial assaults on black people by whites . |
| 9 | Given the same opportunities , Hateley and Ally McCoist are unlikely to be so generous . |
| 10 | Those in favour of a Europe à la Maastricht are right to be concerned . |
| 11 | You and Joey are supposed to be on the same team . |
| 12 | Coventry are likely to be without three regular players : Brian Kilcline , the captain and centre-half who is still suffering from a leg injury , midfielder Dean Emerson ( knee ) , and Micky Gynn ( bruised shoulder ) . |
| 13 | I think we all recognise that traffic issues here in Cambridge are likely to be controversial issues and I think we 'd all equally recognise that er the joint traffic management sub- committee has made considerable progress in recent years in the provision of cycle lanes for example , in dealing with illegal parking er on the city 's road and in improving the environment for pedestrians in our main shopping streets . |
| 14 | Wembley , Old Trafford , Villa Park and Elland Road are likely to be joined by four other grounds for the 31-match competition , spread over 22 days . |
| 15 | Miles and Martin are likely to be joined by Grandmaster Ian Rogers of Australia , who holds a clear advantage in his adjourned game against Martin . |
| 16 | The Bosnian Serbs are unlikely to be trembling with fear : the signs are that the West , now more divided than ever , will settle for observers , who will merely count the lorries breaking the embargo . |
| 17 | West Indies are likely to be unchanged with sell-out crowds of 24,000 expected for both games . |
| 18 | Despite the squeeze on hospital budgets , health professionals visiting from the United Kingdom are likely to be struck more strongly in the leading New York voluntary hospitals by the relatively lavish level at which they are equipped than by their shortage of money , perhaps because they can shape the patient population that they actually serve to match the funding available . |
| 19 | Plants in Taiwan , Ireland and Australia are likely to be hit , with the boom falling in the summer ; Wang promises to continue to service the software and hardware it has already sold . |
| 20 | Orders placed during August are unlikely to be supplied in time for the start of the Session on . |
| 21 | Doctors say most people in Britain are likely to be drinking dirty tap water . |
| 22 | A report just released by the British Medical Association , is warning that most people in Britain are likely to be drinking , be drinking contaminated water . |
| 23 | THE voters of Langbaurgh are likely to be campaign-weary when the time comes to place their cross . |
| 24 | Fit-again keeper Tommy Wright and midfield influence Paul Bracewell are unlikely to be in the starting 11 , with Keegan sure to stay with the same side . |
| 25 | The government 's review is internal , even secretive , though the usual think-tanks , and campaigners like MP David Willetts are likely to be used . |
| 26 | ‘ Cars produced in Europe are supposed to be European cars ’ , Mr Frans Andriessen , the EC 's External Relations Commissioner said . |
| 27 | Poll tax arrears in Darlington are likely to be £1.8m. greater than the council had allowed for , members heard . |
| 28 | Needless to say , those infected with HIV are unlikely to be much comforted by intemperate comment of this kind . |
| 29 | Drug-users sharing needles contaminated with HIV are likely to be infected within less than five years if they inject once a week , and within three months if injecting 20 times a week . |
| 30 | They 've certainly got the fans Newcastle are likely to be backed by the biggest crowd in the country today . |