Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in .
32 This was supposed to be operational from January 1 1993 , but according to Olschewski , the group had difficulties in finding premises .
33 Thought this was supposed to be anonymous ?
34 A horse that is underfed is likely to be dull and lethargic ; whereas an overfed horse which has too little exercise , especially if it is fed grain , is likely to be over-excited and silly .
35 For the Roman catholic social teaching of the day laid down certain things as of natural law which anyone who was reasonable and honest was supposed to be able to recognize .
36 These are unlikely to be suitable hosts for the preservation of exhaled sulphides .
37 These are unlikely to be easy .
38 These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ .
39 These are likely to be hefty in the next few years as the European Community ( EC ) tightens the rules on drinking water and imposes new ones on sewage disposal .
40 In contrast to hydrophobic interaction between RAP30 and RAP74 , binding of RAP30 to RNA polymerase II is likely to be electrostatic , easily dissociable at a salt concentration of 0.2–0.4M ( 24,46 ) .
41 But the overall shape of some kinds is distinctive enough for quick recognition — the large spiriferid brachiopod shown on Plate II is unlikely to be confused with any other , and brachiopods of this type are abundant in the Carboniferous limestone .
42 Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) .
43 the tighter the brief as defined by the ultimate report user , the more the latter is likely to be satisfied with the end result
44 Would n't that be lovely to be able say well I saved the life of one child in the Sudan ?
45 Heterogeneous conversion of ClONO 2 and HCl to HNO 3 is likely to be unimportant on background aerosols , whereas conversion of N 2 O 5 to HNO 3 by reaction ( 4 ) is likely to be important .
46 But this alone is unlikely to be effective in many cases where underlying psychogenic factors are the root cause of the problem .
47 Furthermore , even if it were possible to make the necessary calculations , the finance available is unlikely to be equivalent to these costs .
48 In any learning task , the proportion of cells in each chip which should be set to 1 is likely to be independent of the number of cells in the chip ; so the number of learning cycles will be roughly proportional to the size of a chip .
49 There will not be a Problem No. 13 on the grounds of superstition as number 13 is supposed to be unlucky , so
50 The same is unlikely to be true of CD-I and part of the delay in delivering FMFFV may be due to Philips ' concern to know the requirements of the standard before committing themselves .
51 The same is likely to be true of phenylalanine uptake across the placenta .
52 The same is likely to be true for South Eastern secretarial/office staff , and throws into question the chances of success of campaigns to recruit them such as recently initiated by the major Transport and General Workers Union ( TGWU ) ( see Financial Times , 5 and 6/12/86 ) .
53 That is essential to be sure that it can be properly monitored and dealt with . ’
54 Health education is an important aspect of prevention but that is unlikely to be effective in the absence of increased safety measures and legislation .
55 That is likely to be British-style first-past-the-post rules for both houses of parliament — the system that 82% of voters backed in the referendum , though their only alternative was the existing system .
56 We have seen that is likely to be negative where is positive , giving this term the required sign .
57 A place there called A Altenhow Altenhow , that 's supposed to be nice , in the Hartz mountains .
58 Limiting liability to a figure or the contract value whichever is the lower is unlikely to be reasonable .
59 Children who are familiar with the shape and sound of letters by the age of four are likely to be good readers at seven .
60 I would think that was false to be honest .
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