Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( iv ) other methods of obtaining the material have been , or are likely to be unsuccessful . |
| 2 | All postgraduate students in the Faculty of Medicine , whatever their course of study , who are , or are likely to be involved with patients must hold full or limited registration with the General Medical Council and must also be professionally insured . |
| 3 | If your application is made because you are ill or are likely to be ill on polling day you can have your application attested by a doctor , a suitably qualified nurse ( first level nurse trained in general nursing ) or a Christian Science practitioner . |
| 4 | The cumulative effects of section 3(4) ( which provides that no bystander need be or be likely to be present ) and 3(5) ( which says that affray is capable of commission in both public and private places ) complete the march of logic , with the result that if a person assaults another in private ( for example in a domestic assault ) and uses violence ( of such a degree that the other members of the household would be frightened if they were there ) , he is technically guilty of an affray . |
| 5 | A solicitor will generally be free to decide for himself whether or not to accept instructions from a client , though he must always bear in mind the statutory obligation not to discriminate against potential clients on the grounds of race , colour , sex etc ( see Chapter 3 ) and he must refuse to act or to continue to act in any of the following circumstances : ( 1 ) where his client seeks to insist on the solicitor conducting his case in a way which would involve some breach of law or professional regulation ; ( 2 ) where the client 's affairs are outside his professional competence ; ( 3 ) if he suspects that the instructions purporting to come from his client do not in fact represent the client 's wishes ; ( 4 ) where the solicitor is unable to obtain confirmation from the client of instructions received from a third person ; ( 5 ) where there is or is likely to be some conflict of interest involving the solicitor himself , his client , other clients ( present , past or prospective ) , or the firm ; ( 6 ) where the solicitor may be a material and not merely formal witness in any proceedings ; ( 7 ) where another solicitor has already received instructions which have not been formally withdrawn . |
| 6 | She could never face him at the party if she did n't know where she stood — did n't know whether or not he had rejected her apology or was prepared to be friendly . |
| 7 | This gives work-in-progress figures that are likely to be higher than other areas of work and which need to be financed by the firm . |
| 8 | Thus , the more documents that an indexing system is likely to embrace , the greater the number of index terms that are likely to be necessary for convenient retrieval ( given that the number of documents which constitute a scannable category does not vary ) . |
| 9 | In view of the consents that are likely to be necessary for the transfer of assets , there will almost certainly have to be such a period . |
| 10 | Helix destabilisation induced by d 3C A is almost certainly the result of a combination of effects and those that are likely to be significant include : |
| 11 | At the skilled end , people who have more experience , he 's done a lot to help erm companies give shares to their employees and companies that are prepared to be innovative erm there 's quite a lot in this erm for them . |
| 12 | The most has been brought by the relationships that were supposed to be pure and noble . |
| 13 | Speeds goal in particular was a quite poorly taken effort for someone that is supposed to be able to used both feet . |
| 14 | Since the whole edition was of only one thousand copies and only a small number had been circulated when the suppression was ordered , this is obviously a rare book and one that is likely to be costly unless the seller is ignorant of its history . |
| 15 | I 've written two articles now in a series that 's supposed to be practical and is intended to get you knitting on your ribber and we 've not yet knitted a single row . |
| 16 | She could still feel fitzAlan 's eyes on her and flushed slightly , steeling herself before she could look at him again , and fully expecting a remark that was sure to be unpleasant at best . |
| 17 | Shannon gave an involuntary little start as though someone had spoken the words aloud , then laughed self-consciously , realising she 'd simply been hearing the voice of a conscience that was inclined to be over-zealous in its insistence on honesty . |
| 18 | The planned Intel Corp Pentium desktop machines will come in 60MHz and 66MHz configurations and are due to be available the end of the third quarter . |
| 19 | Every professional experimental researcher , in whatever field , has their own private list of fluky data , things that did n't happen quite in accord with expectations and are likely to be due to uncontrolled circumstances — such as the dirty test tube — rather than signalling a major discovery . |
| 20 | Five cosmids , which correspond to very strong signals , have been found positive for minisatellites or CpG rich trinucleotide repeats and are likely to be nonspecific . |
| 21 | The giants washed their breakfasts down with immense tankards of mead and ale and grunted and were inclined to be morose , which seemed to bear out Caspar 's remarks about them not being morning people . |
| 22 | In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election . |
| 23 | It will be writing a native port of SoftPC for the Mac PowerPC and is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 24 | Sinclair 's , at all events , is the work of a Modernist , and is unlikely to be that of an occultist . |
| 25 | The aircraft is in very poor condition and is unlikely to be capable of a full restoration . |
| 26 | The employee arrives here unsettled and is unlikely to be able to devote full attention and energies to the assignment . |
| 27 | She has communication difficulties and is unlikely to be able to deal with the matter herself . |
| 28 | The Wimbledon and United States Open champion , who will also miss next week 's grand prix tournament in Sydney and is unlikely to be fit for Tokyo the following week , has now lost any chance of overhauling Ivan Lendl as world No. 1 before the end of the year . |
| 29 | Quinn , who Smith signed for United from Portsmouth three years ago , was disciplined for criticising Keegan last month and is likely to be one of the summer departures from St James 's Park . |
| 30 | The case , because of its serious nature , is to go before the Crown Court and is likely to be subject to considerable delay due to the inefficiencies of the court listing procedures . |