Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , autobiographies may be idealized , though private letters and diaries are likely to be genuine enough . |
| 2 | Tickets are likely to be available only on the day . |
| 3 | The hierarchical reductionist , on the other hand , explains a complex entity at any particular level in the hierarchy of organization , in terms of entities only one level down the hierarchy ; entities which , themselves , are likely to be complex enough to need further reducing to their own component parts ; and so on . |
| 4 | None of these four biases are likely to be consistent either across the two sexes or across different species : all four are more likely to affect estimates of variation in male success than estimates of variation in female success in polygynous species , though in contrary directions . |
| 5 | This last objection can be put in a form applicable to many of the theories discussed in this book : that it may be a mistake to try to define the essential features of literature in absolute and objective terms ; that such definitions as one may devise are likely to be relevant only to certain kinds or certain features of literature , or merely constitute one among a number of possible ways of approaching the subject . |
| 6 | This does not mean that I am now suggesting all children should have the chance of performing a scripted play in front of an audience ( indeed I doubt whether many young people are likely to be mature enough to cope with the sophisticated Stanislavsky approach to performance ) . |
| 7 | The above effects are likely to be important only at or below the glass transition temperature but they do not seem to have been analysed to date , nor is there yet a molecular interpretation of the frictional forces between chains arising from these and other causes . |
| 8 | The laws of physics are supposed to be true all over the accessible universe . |
| 9 | I am glad to be free again . |
| 10 | These may take the form of problems which even if proved empirically to influence resource needs do so in such particular , local , and sometimes subtle ways that statistical models are unlikely to be sensitive enough to be helpful . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The games are addictive , and I carry it whenever I 'm likely to be bored somewhere . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be childish to be jealous just because Morrissey holds the focal point , ’ he said . |
| 14 | People were prepared to be honest not just about their authority but about themselves and whether they were actually capable of effecting change . |
| 15 | Space-fleet 's personal RIT devices were supposed to be unjammable up to a range of two kilometres , but it was obvious that Spinward had technology in the Arcadia system that outclassed Space-fleet 's latest equipment . |
| 16 | Now I realize I should have told her , should have explained , talked it out with her , but it 's easy to be clever afterwards . |
| 17 | If this is correct , and it is impossible to be certain how far the places for which adequate data survive are typical , it may indicate that rural areas saw an earlier recovery of population than the towns and certainly suggests that there were marked variations between different regions of the country . |
| 18 | France is not the most hospitable country to foreigners ; it is easy to be lonely here . |
| 19 | Elliot is supposed to be fit again is he not . |
| 20 | Relativism asserts the view that everything given — this word being taken in the widest possible sense — can be grasped only in perspectives ; but this proposition itself is supposed to be valid absolutely , not just for one perspective . |
| 21 | We have seen that is likely to be negative where is positive , giving this term the required sign . |
| 22 | • The patient 's treatment — including artificial feeding , ventilation , etc. — is likely to be continuous rather than rhythmic . |
| 23 | All these can act against only the aquatic stages , that is to say they are ‘ larvicides ’ and , as I have already emphasised , malaria control by such an attack is likely to be effective only in limited situations . |
| 24 | An analysis of what people have done is likely to be useful not only in ascertaining what they 're likely to do but also what their linguistic needs are . |
| 25 | As an archival medium the videodisc is likely to be unsurpassed both for compactness and durability , as well as cost . |
| 26 | If you overdo the atmosphere , the effect is likely to be comic rather than dramatic . |
| 27 | However , such a model is likely to be satisfactory only where certain key conditions apply — most notably , a small group of consultants , a strong high profile UGM and limited conflict of interests about allocation of resources . |
| 28 | In most of these countries ethanol production is likely to be attractive only if based on surplus low-cost biomass materials such as molasses and agricultural crop residues ( or sugar-cane during periods of world sugar surpluses ) . |
| 29 | Any effect on the number of road accident casualties is likely to be detectable only in the longer term . |
| 30 | Any effect on the number of casualties in this category is likely to be detectable only in the longer term . |