Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [adj] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would be most likely to be extravagant on the following : |
| 2 | But a representative democracy , where the right of election is well secured and regulated , and the exercise of the legislative , executive and judiciary authorities is vested in selected persons chosen really and not nominally by the people , will in my opinion be most likely to be happy , regular and durable . |
| 3 | Lil had said , ‘ I always think it must be so nice to be able to write . ’ |
| 4 | That 's why it 'd be so nice to be able to w save the work area so when |
| 5 | Surely he 'd be so grateful to be free of her that he 'd agree ? |
| 6 | I should be so lucky to be able to . |
| 7 | It would be highly undesirable to be confident about a hard disk that has a question mark hanging over it . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it can be extremely difficult to be sure who is going to win until very near the end of the game . |
| 9 | And yet these would be better able to be active and grow quickly on a limited food supply , particularly in a stable equable climate . |
| 10 | With the others not around , she will be less likely to be assertive to strange dogs . |
| 11 | In a business sale , the buyer will be less likely to be able to take advantage of the implied warranty , particularly because he may well be as expert as the seller in dealing with the goods which are the subject matter of the contract , and so will not ( or it will not be reasonable for him to ) rely on the seller 's judgment and skill . |
| 12 | They will be less inclined to be loyal to Delhi . |
| 13 | Change your name to Pandora while you 're at it , people might be less inclined to be dismissive ! |
| 14 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 15 | Apart from the question of payment , it will also be especially important to be sure of the precise nature of your commitment in terms of hours to be worked on a weekly or monthly basis . |
| 16 | It was hoped that after very few incumbencies evaluation activities would be sufficiently deep-rooted to be self-sustaining , and the post could be abolished . |
| 17 | A completely watertight one was obviously impossible ; and it would also be sufficiently unusual to be suspicious . |
| 18 | Second , ‘ the plans themselves should consciously take note of such demand factors and , of critical importance , the plans should be sufficiently flexible to be able to respond to demand in the course of implementation — including the identification of criteria which , when met , should signal a need for a review . |
| 19 | The co-ordinator is the only full-time member of the team and it is his task to ensure that the others , who should be sufficiently senior to be able to take decisions on actions proposed , feel involved and committed to the value improvement concept . |
| 20 | The co-ordinator is the only full-time member of the team and it is his task to ensure that the others , who should be sufficiently senior to be able to take decisions on actions proposed , feel involved and committed to the value improvement concept . |
| 21 | It is unwise to attempt to tackle these various aspects of second stage recovery in any great depth before the completion of a full two years of recovery from primary or family disease because emotional and spiritual recovery may not yet be sufficiently secure to be able to take on these further challenges . |
| 22 | For some the spur may be that it would be more useful to be able to read the health and safety rules of the factory in which they work , or to be able to make sense of the words in the mail order catalogue in which they are required to shop . |
| 23 | Management as a process appears to be understood as being about taking decisions which will be more likely to be unpopular than those taken by lower ranks , i.e. , middle managers , whose task it is to mediate higher decisions by making them palatable in some way . |
| 24 | we 'd be more likely to be able to make it . |
| 25 | However , increasing use of the structural Funds and institutional arrangements to aid the market process may be more likely to be acceptable to all the member states , as the success of Germany and Japan ( who practise considerable intervention in their economies ) , has indicated the benefits of using such policies . |
| 26 | Sometimes it can be slightly embarrassing to be successful at something , and if you are beginning to turn the occasional head now that you are slimmer you may come in for some negative comments from your rivals . |
| 27 | In fact , it might be as well to be ready in advance with her own suggestion of a rendezvous next time Veronica called . |
| 28 | Before looking at some examples of tool using among animals , it would be as well to be clear about what we mean by the term . |
| 29 | He had the ability , when he was in that teasing mood , to make her forget all the worrying unhappy things in life , and just be gloriously glad to be alive . |
| 30 | If the patient hesitates before each answer , wondering whether or not his imagination has come into play , he will be quite unable to be spontaneous and will in fact break the train of the regression completely , often bringing the session to an end . |