Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're supposed to be good actors , are n't they ? |
| 2 | In a Which ? approach to the golden years of youth , when you 're supposed to be rolling joints and learning how to organise a demo , they 're trying to turn students into consumers . |
| 3 | Now the only survivors are likely to be serious candidates . |
| 4 | Then when the times comes there are likely to be serious doubts about how to interpret the terms of a Living Will . |
| 5 | From these a consensus has emerged , which is probably reliable , that the main areas in which there are likely to be substantial effects due to new technology are in the engineering industry , with the increased use of CAD and computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM ) , and the use of robots ; in offices through office automation , in which the use of word processors with or without linkages via networks and data bases to form paperless offices is predicted to bring substantial improvements in productivity , though the effects on skills is at the moment quite unclear ; and in the computer industry itself , where there is substantially increased demand for software engineers . |
| 6 | Teachers who have an enthusiasm and enjoyment for spoken and written language , and a care for it , have pupils who are likely to be good spellers . |
| 7 | Children who are familiar with the shape and sound of letters by the age of four are likely to be good readers at seven . |
| 8 | Even if the loan is not called in by the investors , there are likely to be other implications . |
| 9 | For one thing , there are likely to be various levels . |
| 10 | For lone mothers the aim is to encourage more employment , with what are likely to be low earnings from part-time jobs supplemented by both means-tested benefits ( especially family credit ) and child support ( as discussed above , with a £15 disregard ) . |
| 11 | There are likely to be distinct patterns of behaviour at each step , and the marketer can identify specific activities or opportunities that will assist the decision-making process , and orientate the would-be buyer towards his particular product or brand . |
| 12 | The franchisors ( ‘ owners ’ ) and the franchisees ( ‘ operators ’ ) are likely to be private companies . |
| 13 | Typical fraudsters are likely to be long-term employees in a position of trust : they work hard , put in long hours , and seldom take holidays — often presenting the perfect employee profile . |
| 14 | However , in practice there are likely to be great problems in bringing a successful action . |
| 15 | Urban regeneration and unemployment , running at 17.3 per cent in the constituency , are likely to be major issues in the campaign , along with housing problems . |
| 16 | I think we all recognise that traffic issues here in Cambridge are likely to be controversial issues and I think we 'd all equally recognise that er the joint traffic management sub- committee has made considerable progress in recent years in the provision of cycle lanes for example , in dealing with illegal parking er on the city 's road and in improving the environment for pedestrians in our main shopping streets . |
| 17 | Areas with the highest levels of unemployment are likely to be net exporters of population . |
| 18 | We must suppose that an individual 's experience of past events of a similar kind will equip him with expectations , hypotheses , about what are likely to be relevant aspects of context . |
| 19 | Booth ( 1985 ) identified that there are likely to be multiple regimes in local authority homes , with very frail residents likely to be more bound by regulations than more active alert people . |
| 20 | There are likely to be public inquiries into both schemes . |
| 21 | Provisions concerning the performance of a computer system , how fast the programs work in practice , the degree of compatibility with other equipment are likely to be innominate terms . |
| 22 | We have discussed how the requirement for external confidentiality will limit the approach to potential purchasers and the consequential sale strategy which will involve contacting only a small number of potential purchasers , most of which are likely to be foreign companies . |
| 23 | Let us assume that we already know the size of sample , the type of respondent ( child , housewife , air traveller , etc. ) , whether or not questions are to be asked on more than one occasion , whether there are likely to be seasonal fluctuations , whether the study is to be factual or attitudinal or both , and so on . |
| 24 | However , the number of these cases in the local weekly , Middlesex Chronicle , shows that there are likely to be large variations among local newspapers in the amount of coverage of these residual sexual offences . |
| 25 | Production organizations are likely to be high structures and R&D departments low structures . |
| 26 | Various aspects of memory in normal driving have been briefly discussed above , although none of this research has directly explored drivers ’ memories for everyday driving situations it is clear that there are likely to be important differences in memory for different types of information which would be potentially available to the driver . |
| 27 | Learning through modelling and competition between patients are likely to be important factors in such epidemics . |
| 28 | Whatever the conditions of work are , they and the sort of work that is done are likely to be important variables affecting a person 's health , as we can now see . |
| 29 | Although the school may not be responsible for resolving these problems there are likely to be active councillors amongst the governors who , given suitable encouragement , would whip up a crusade for effective action . |
| 30 | The upshot of all this is that a Court Scheme may not be a viable proposition if there are likely to be competitive bids . |