Example sentences of "is [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The person in the centre who is most likely to link up with the systems verifier is the SCOTVEC co-ordinator . |
| 2 | According to Dr Richard Earle , director of the IOS , accelerated ageing is most likely to set in between 40 and 50 , with women ageing faster during this decade than men ( an average of eighteen years compared to fifteen ) . |
| 3 | Although they concluded ( Burton , Kates and White , 1978 , p. 221 ) that an increase in disaster may continue in the decade of the 1980s and that reduction of disaster potential can not easily be achieved , although loss of life will be reduced substantially , loss of property is most likely to occur in rapidly developing societies and overall ( Burton , Kates and White , 1978 , p. 223 ) : |
| 4 | Smoke alarms need to be close to where a fire is most likely to break out , but also in a position where an alarm can be heard throughout your home especially when you 're asleep . |
| 5 | You and your family will be best protected by fixing extra smoke alarms in rooms where a fire is most likely to break out , eg the living room , bedrooms where there are electric fires , electric blankets , or where the occupant is a smoker . |
| 6 | Every slimming club leader knows that it is the member who registers a good weight loss at her weekly weigh-in who is most likely to keep up her dieting and return to the club next week , while the member who records a disappointingly low weight loss is the most likely to drop out . |
| 7 | Lifetable analysis — In a study of this kind , it is rarely possible to follow up every patient until they either relapse or successfully complete the trial . |
| 8 | Right then , we were talking about local parishes , and in most cases a parish is sufficiently small to walk round . |
| 9 | Variously ascribed to Andrea di Lione , Pietro Testa and Mattia Preti , it is a fascinating art-historical curiosity , that in my opinion is sufficiently unusual to hang on to a while longer . |
| 10 | It is especially easy to see out of and manoeuvre in tight spots , which is why , apart fro anything else , you see so many of them being driven so aggressively in heavy traffic . |
| 11 | It is especially difficult to keep off when both partners in a relationship use heroin . |
| 12 | However , we believe that it is only right to point out that we are not a specialist tour operator in the field of holidays for the disabled . |
| 13 | It is only right to point out that there is nothing particularly ‘ wrong ’ in using a sans serif face for the text and a serif one for the headings , just that it needs a bit more care . |
| 14 | Consequently , degeneracy can not occur and , assuming b i , … , b m are integers , it is only necessary to round down the optimal solution to the perturbed problem to obtain an optimal solution to the original problem . |
| 15 | If they are worked into a framework of thought similar to Kant 's schemata , then it is only necessary to bring up the general subject in which the images rest and they will come before the mind . |
| 16 | This means that it is only necessary to strike out in the declaration at the top of the second page to the effect that the survivor can ( for joint tenancy ) or can not ( tenancy in common ) give a valid receipt for capital money . |
| 17 | It is only possible to lay down general rules , perhaps the most important of which is that grass , and more especially clover , must always be sown early enough in the growing season to have become fairly established before the continuous wet conditions of winter set in . |
| 18 | Pay in the professional grade of the civil service is better at starting than in the administrative grade , and it is only one step down at the top . |
| 19 | At the same time , it is only fair to point out that my task in this instance had been of an unusually difficult order . |
| 20 | However , it is only fair to point out that the population distribution is uneven , and any swamping will take place in urban areas . |
| 21 | In the years 1815–27 , when he was hated by the young Romantic poets for his apostasy , it is only fair to point out that many quite reasonable people were at panic stations because of incipient popular unrest . |
| 22 | I think it is only fair to point out that this is not the first major development on the Ringdufferin Road . |
| 23 | Deer stalking takes place in the autumn and it is only fair to keep off areas when casual walking could spoil someone 's expensive sport — and where we run the risk of a high velocity bullet through our skulls . |
| 24 | Since international trade law is largely dispositive and is designed primarily to facilitate international transactions between business enterprises it is only sensible to try out proposals on those who will be affected by them to see whether they will really work . |
| 25 | This means that in rough air it is only safe to pull up hard if the speed is below the maximum launch speed . |
| 26 | He , of course , does not admit any difficulty of this kind , but I shall suggest that his appeals to class strategy are treacherous , and reintroduce the conception of subjects that he is so anxious to stamp out . |
| 27 | It is because Britain will resist that idea in Malaysia that Whitehall is so anxious to build up a record of consultation , commitment and sympathy towards the majority in South Africa . |
| 28 | And because Clearblue One Step is so simple to carry out , you can rely on the answer being right . |
| 29 | If beer is not your tipple , it is still worth the trip because there is so much going on . |
| 30 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |