Example sentences of "to be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | They are said to be similar to material distributed previously by Mr Round . |
| 32 | The population is believed to be similar to Darlington 's and there is a technical college devoted to metal work . |
| 33 | Wimpey refused to quantify the additional charge it has taken for its involvement in the Channel Tunnel project , but it is thought to be similar to the £8 million announced by its fellow Chunnel contractor , Balfour Beatty , recently . |
| 34 | At the same time similar surveys have been conducted in Ipswich and Cambridge , and although these results are not fully confirmed , their respective county councils state that their findings are likely to be similar to the findings from Essex . |
| 35 | Hugh Price Hughes chastised the 1896 Free Church Council meetings for its vociferousness and insisted that all should ‘ submit to those restraints and regulations which the experience of the greatest representative assemblies of the world has proved to be necessary to an intelligent participation in the business as it proceeds ’ . |
| 36 | The sub-sections below list some of the typical operations likely to be necessary to the production of each of the products listed in 3.6 above . |
| 37 | For example , a term prohibiting making a back-up copy in a pre-1993 agreement will not be made invalid by reason of the changes brought about by the regulations even if the making of a back-up copy is deemed to be necessary to the lawful use of the program . |
| 38 | The owner said it 's not right to be mean to working class people . |
| 39 | I can hate , just as other designers can do , but there is also the question of education ; to be mean to people who can not answer you back . |
| 40 | And he actually expected her to be pleased to be let into his secret ! |
| 41 | And in fact any response is probably going to be negative to that , because they did such bad read-out when they read the thing that they 're going to want to be pretty snotty , sort of , anything they wrote about that . |
| 42 | As Mr. Glick showed Campbell v. Hall , 1 Cowp. 204 which appears to be favourable to Woolwich was really concerned with constitutional issues rather than with the present question . |
| 43 | Again , in some areas where conditions throughout appear to be favourable to corals , coral reefs and banks will be found on some submerged banks and not on others , for example in the Laccadive Islands in the Indian Ocean . |
| 44 | Well to be to be honest to be honest er I have n't got children . |
| 45 | I think to be honest to you , the the have been given very little guidance , she does n't understand what 's supposed to happen |
| 46 | Rose represented forcibly the necessity she felt of suffering this continual martyrdom in order to be conformable to her divine spouse . |
| 47 | It seems most surprising that the breweries consider the large open space to be the pub 's ideal internal form , or believe the artificial , standardised ‘ historic ’ pub interior to be preferable to genuine historic detail , when the original internal divisions and features are essential elements of the historic character that customers expect when entering such a building . |
| 48 | However , a Midland Bank spokesman said the group expected the dividend flow from the investments acquired to be preferable to the dividend flow from its Argentinian loan portfolio . |
| 49 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 50 | That is , it is probably undesirable for co-operative R&D ventures to include all producers of a competing range of products , and two or more co-operative projects serving the same downstream industry are likely to be preferable to a single , all-inclusive project . |
| 51 | On the other hand , its penalty structure might be thought to be preferable to that of New South Wales , for the maximum penalty for each category of offence is higher than in New South Wales and the ten-year maximum for simple sexual assault enables a heavier penalty to be imposed in serious cases which do not come within the higher categories . |
| 52 | In commercial computer applications , he believes sound will be particularly important in collaborative tasks , where people need to be alert to what colleagues are doing , without having it distractingly thrust upon their attention . |
| 53 | In the end , the damage done to botanical habitats by the I.D.P. was minimal , but it does demonstrate the need for all botanists to be alert to future threats to the environment , even in more remote locations such as the Outer Hebrides . |
| 54 | Exactly the same is true of ageism and everyone needs to be alert to their often unconscious ageist attitudes . |
| 55 | In the first instance , there is a need to be alert to the potential for , and presence of , crime in conventional and ordinary settings . |
| 56 | The senior staff also need to be alert to other problems , such as illness and personal worries which interfere with learning . |
| 57 | For organisations like the Runnymede Trust , it is crucial to be alert to the various fronts upon which racism appears , and offer whatever support we can to those who want to challenge it . |
| 58 | To do this we need to be alert to the processes going on within society and the economy , what range of alternatives is available , who can and should take part in the decision-making process , and what the effects of the various possible outcomes might be . |
| 59 | With both , it is important to keep an open mind and to be alert to the various clues and pointers to meaning that appear as the communication unfolds . |
| 60 | It is wise to be alert to this , and to stand your ground if asked to work in an area which is beyond your present capabilities . ’ |