Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Moreover , as payments were commonly made to gang leaders , the contractor was unlikely to be aware of even the names of men employed on the site . |
| 2 | BR complained that the result was likely to be deteriorating services , especially since there was simultaneous pressure to keep down tariffs , while BR 's costs themselves were rising faster than the retail price index . |
| 3 | Miss Braithwaite expressed her appreciation of all the hard work undertaken by the retiring Vice-Chairman , Mrs. Ann McMillan and said how much she regretted that Ann was unable to be present at the meeting because of her admission to hospital . |
| 4 | Edward was fortunate to be able to do only half his job and escape condemnation . |
| 5 | However , it was thought that recourse to judicial review was likely to be rare . |
| 6 | But Mexico had the support of the big western governments ; legal action was likely to be futile . |
| 7 | The indicators in Belfast were all concerned with relationships of kin , work and friendship , contracted within a defined territorial area where their influence was likely to be considerable . |
| 8 | Withdrawal was likely to be effective — or , at any rate , more likely than in the past — because the totalitarian world had begun to break up and there were new possibilities for France to explore outside the West . |
| 9 | The Fund 's bi-annual World Economic Outlook released on Sept. 19 warned that although the impact of higher oil prices on industrialized countries was likely to be modest , overall world economic growth was expected to slow to 2 per cent in 1990 ( from 3 per cent in 1989 ) as a result of uncertainties stemming from the Gulf crisis . |
| 10 | Sickened detectives said the old lady was lucky to be alive after the ‘ gruesome ’ attack left her with a broken jaw , a gaping head wound and shock . |
| 11 | Plus his monologue and repartee with his studio audience , Hall was proud to be street-smart retailing in-jokes and zinging forth slang which is all black , yet hardly all middle class . |
| 12 | It became increasingly clear that the Council was unlikely to be able to provide services , most notably sewerage , for houses in their new housing centres . |
| 13 | These reports suggested that inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis was unlikely to be sole mechanism responsible for the gastric damage induced by indomethacin . |
| 14 | All the colonists were supposed to feed themselves , though each of the plots was supposed to be left half-covered with forest . |
| 15 | The place was supposed to be dangerous because the path was too narrow between the gorse bushes and the edge : it stood to reason , she stumbled over in the wind . |
| 16 | Though living chiefly in England , Morris was proud to be Welsh , admiring the Welsh character and abhorring the English class system . |
| 17 | For someone whose nature was supposed to be grasping , Nicholas was remarkably generous to the Turks at the peacemaking . |
| 18 | She had forgotten that her papa was supposed to be dead , and had spoken of him in the present tense , a fact not wasted on Dr Neil , who made no comment , but asked politely , ‘ And does all this stockmarket bargaining mean that you are going to make me a cup of tea , or not ? |
| 19 | Sir John said the pace of recovery was likely to be slow and they remained cautious about the current year , with slow but steady recovery not being seen until 1994 . |
| 20 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 21 | Even the rain was supposed to be radio-active after the long series of 1954–5 tests . |
| 22 | The appointment of Shulamit Aloni , leader of the Meretz grouping , as Minister of Education was likely to be controversial in religious circles . |
| 23 | Shelley was unwilling to be alone with Miguel , in case his gentle conversation got through to her , and uncovered her sensitivity that she tried so hard to hide . |
| 24 | A commentary on the effect of Government planning in the last few years is found in the recent report of the Working Party on the Building Industry : ‘ The producers of building materials … found that their assessment of the demand for their goods was liable to be upset by sudden changes of policy which they could not possibly foresee . ’ |
| 25 | However , where major reconstruction was not envisaged , attempting to insert hierarchies into existing networks was likely to be problematical , both in terms of provision of the major distributor roads and the environmental areas between them . |
| 26 | And the grumbling was unlikely to be one-sided . |
| 27 | Given his attitude , then , Beveridge was likely to be favourable towards a retirement condition . |
| 28 | The Divisional Court in Manchester Corporation v. Williams [ 1891 ] 1 Q.B. 94 held , on a preliminary point , that Manchester Corporation could not sue for libel in respect of a charge of bribery and corruption since a corporation was unable to be guilty of corruption , following the dicta of Pollock C.B. in the Metropolitan Saloon Omnibus Co. case . |
| 29 | It was implied , rightly as it happened , that such a policy was unlikely to be acceptable to the National Government and that a broad alliance must be formed in Britain to replace the Chamberlain administration . |
| 30 | Perhaps Irina was right to be alarmed . |