Example sentences of "[adj] to be [adv] [adj -er] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | More of the girls , who tended on average to be slightly younger than the boys , were still at school . |
| 2 | The gap between their needs and resources is likely to be even wider than the social security-based poverty line suggests . |
| 3 | Because the needs of governments — for technology , for foreign exchange earned through exports , for managerial experience — differ from sector to sector , as does the prospect for profits for the investor , the sectoral differences among bargains are likely to be even greater than national differences . |
| 4 | As you enter your forties your skin is likely to be even drier and may now show a tendency towards flakiness , broken veins and dry patches . |
| 5 | Even so , it is likely to be much better than that obtainable in hotels or bureau de change . |
| 6 | After all , demand for July and August periods is likely to be much higher than that for November or February ones . |
| 7 | I hope that the Secretary of State will address this question : does he accept that council tax bills are likely to be much higher than the Welsh Office predicted ? |
| 8 | The market opportunities for a flexible hybrid car like the LA301 are likely to be much greater than a battery only vehicle , but in practice such a hybrid car will be driven in zero emission mode for the majority of the time . |
| 9 | The group predicted the poor trading conditions would continue with full-year profits in the division likely to be significantly lower than the previous year . |
| 10 | The amount of leave is likely to be considerably greater when the employees ' postings involve leaving spouses/families at home . |
| 11 | It may be possible to target specific phonemes to assess articulation but the child 's performance is likely to be somewhat better than during spontaneous speech . |
| 12 | Because the service standards are likely to be somewhat lower than in a commercial operation , you might set the rate so that they were 50 per cent ( or even 60 per cent ) of the total . |
| 13 | And do bear in mind that if you do n't hit it 100 per cent , the result is likely to be far better than a less than perfect pitch . |
| 14 | As with due diligence , the warranties in an asset sale are likely to be far shorter and hence quicker and cheaper to negotiate than in a share sale . |
| 15 | The timescale over which significant improvement might be detected is , in any case , likely to be far longer than could be detected by comparing one typical generation with its predecessor . |
| 16 | And the marriage is likely to be far happier than if she is working flat out while she is at home and blaming her husband for giving her no help . |
| 17 | Willoughby et al found Ac-ASA to be significantly better than placebo when given rectally to patients with active proctitis . |
| 18 | Having at first pictured João as tall , dark and handsome , she had by now convinced herself that he was unlikely to be any taller than herself , and probably plump and talkative . |