Example sentences of "[adv] be [adj] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | determine which sub-systems , programs etc. are likely to be involved in any change |
| 2 | If you are wrongfully dismissed , the cost in terms of pension benefits alone is likely to be heavy . |
| 3 | While this evidence does not necessarily imply that children will always cope with empirical and intentional explanations in the classroom , it does imply that failure to do so is likely to be due to factors other than children lacking an understanding of causality , of intentionality , or of the causal connectives . |
| 4 | The penalty for failure to do so was likely to be dire because not only individuals but nations were chastised for their sins , and can it be expected that He will suffer this great iniquity to go unpunished ? ’ |
| 5 | I was the only one of the three who had any confidence in Burmese , and so was able to be bilingual in teaching and in giving notes . |
| 6 | I must no longer be ashamed to be fanatical . |
| 7 | Housing experts fear lenders may no longer be able to be flexible — and have to repossess as the slump in the housing market worsens . |
| 8 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 9 | The major inhibitions to this process are a natural reserve , the fact that people may not be used to being open about their feelings , a lack of trust caused by limited understanding and , finally , reserve brought about by the relative status of team members , personality and gender issues and a lack of training . |
| 10 | Rule 5 strikes a note familiar to all Sunday School teachers and Superintendents : ‘ Scholars who shall have been marked absent for twelve Sabbaths of the year shall not be entitled to be present at the Annual Festival Excursion . |
| 11 | Fred Greenstein argues that ‘ the impact of modern presidents on public policy need not be apocalyptic to be important ’ and no doubt this is true . |
| 12 | Individuals whose primary activity is to buy and sell animals , for example , will not be eligible to be flat rate farmers ; neither will trainers of animals . |
| 13 | ‘ Easy-going parents must not be afraid to be firm , ’ he was suggesting , ‘ Moderate strictness is not harmful . ’ |
| 14 | But I 'm not being cool to be kind . |
| 15 | I give my apologies for not being able to be present myself . |
| 16 | Not being prepared to be beholden to those who were lobbying you , McLeish observed , considering the formidable professional across the table . |
| 17 | However , in practice , it normally requires very many iterations before convergence is achieved ; moreover , the process of recovering eigenvectors outlined above is apt to be ill-conditioned , and some other procedure is usually to be preferred . |
| 18 | Families are usually unable to describe how they function to an outsider and so questions that enquire about this directly are likely to be unhelpful . |
| 19 | Even if scientists could demonstrate such a correlation , it would still be difficult to be certain whether the effect were the result of social or genetic transmission . |
| 20 | Over the five years of operation of the National Certificate employers and providers have indicated that , whilst the flexibility of the modular system is of great benefit , it would also be useful to be able to provide an additional separate certificate for a student who successfully completes a group of modules designed to meet the needs of a particular occupational area . |
| 21 | It 's best if you keep to the same time each week for regular activities , though be prepared to be flexible about it . |
| 22 | In my opinion HMG must now be prepared to be definite or accept the consequences . ’ |
| 23 | Yesterday , however , Peter Price , deputy chairman of the council and a member of the board , said that they would not now be likely to be available before Easter . |
| 24 | Small children who see grandparents frequently are likely to be distressed and puzzled by their death . |
| 25 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |
| 26 | But observations need n't be direct to be good . |
| 27 | Do n't be embarrassed to be specific , especially if you want to co-ordinate different items . |
| 28 | Do n't be afraid to be different . |
| 29 | Demand here is likely to be high , the report says , because the service will be able to satisfy the demands of portable computing . |
| 30 | Demand here is likely to be high , the report says , because the service will be able to satisfy the demands of portable computing . |