Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By 1990 Italy is likely to be receiving one-third of its gas from USSR , 28% from Algeria and 10% from the Netherlands . |
| 32 | The Iraqi army is demoralised ; Iran is ready to be helpful ; Turkey is less unfriendly than in the past . |
| 33 | SGML is supposed to be able to do for document-based information what SQL did for proprietary databases . |
| 34 | Ryan Mason is lucky to be alive . |
| 35 | Lee Chapman is likely to be fit , despite injuring his shoulder against Sheffield Wednesday last Saturday . |
| 36 | De Gaulle was able to be flexible in meeting the demands for democratic participation because he could feel that he was making concessions on his own terms . |
| 37 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 38 | The DCDA said a further 18 beds in Middlesbrough were unlikely to be available before summer 1993 . |
| 39 | Elliot is supposed to be fit again is he not . |
| 40 | Judging by his performance at the opening of the congress , Mr Li is content to be friendless . |
| 41 | Meanwhile , Intel still denies that there is any delay in volume deliveries of the Pentium 80586 microprocessor for public consumption , but vendors briefed by the company have confirmed that , as we revealed a few weeks ago ( UX No 410 ) , the part at present needs a heat sink and a fan , and that Intel is unlikely to be able to ship in volume before the fourth quarter 1993 . |
| 42 | M Beregovoy is supposed to be joint leader of the socialists ' election campaign . |
| 43 | M Beregovoy is supposed to be joint leader of the socialists ' election campaign . |
| 44 | I understand that Sharks and Sucking Loaches are inclined to be territorial , so if I add a Red Tailed Black Shark will they be liable to fight ? |
| 45 | This year , once again , Mace is fortunate to be able to call on the services of Richard Lewis , National Director of Training at the Lawn Tennis Association , who will oversee the 12 selected tennis enthusiasts on the courts of Eton school , where the youngsters will reside during the week of 19th–25th July . |
| 46 | London is supposed to be permissive . |
| 47 | To service its US$70 billion foreign debt , India is desperate to be competitive in world markets . |
| 48 | If North Korea is ready to return to the NPT fold , America is prepared to be flexible . |
| 49 | Wilko is likely to be impressed with Jobson as he has always played reasonably well vs Leeds — even in his Barnsley days . |
| 50 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 51 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 52 | Stephane Chapuisat is proud to be Swiss — and fed up to the teeth with being a loser . |
| 53 | Well personally I mean erm Margaret impressed me greatly but I think John was inclined to be full of his own importance for one thing . |
| 54 | Clare was relieved to be able to share Bryony 's anger . |
| 55 | Gosling was inclined to be philosophical at the strike 's failure , simply regarding it as " a fiasco which showed with brutal clearness how weak our young organisation still was " . |
| 56 | If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed . |
| 57 | Michael Smith was due to be married this Saturday , now he 'll spend the day in jail . |
| 58 | Charlotte was relieved to be able to say honestly , ‘ Actually , I 'm afraid you ca n't . ’ |