Example sentences of "[adv] [noun] [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Consequently , ’ said Mr Masduki , ‘ only SPSI is able to be recognised . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps Irina was right to be alarmed . |
| 3 | But he always wanted to be the one in control , the top dog , to be the one who could take off on a whim and relate his volatility to democratic individual freedom to do as one pleased — a special privilege to which only Americans were supposed to be entitled . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , not many clerkships are offered , so competition is likely to be keen . |
| 5 | McErlain said the £40m sale of a liquid fuels business fell through the day before contracts were due to be signed because the buyer demanded a price cut to £29m . |
| 6 | The day before contracts were due to be exchanged , the vendor phoned me and asked whether we could keep on his current lodger who was a student and about to take his final exams . |
| 7 | Now Stroud is likely to be reconnected to the national canal network by the turn of the century . |
| 8 | The nearest a Palestinian in Lebanon can go to his former family home in what is now Israel is likely to be the orange orchards south of Tyre or the east bank of the Jordan river . |
| 9 | Best of all , the wildlife is back ; ladybirds , butterflies , birds and bees , even frogs are all to be seen . |
| 10 | Well Harold was supposed to be , he has n't got time . |
| 11 | Well Lewis is supposed to be |
| 12 | If there is a scientific method , then philosophy is likely to be the place to find it set out . |
| 13 | If this image has changed because of the way the media has portrayed female crime , and linked liberation with violent crime , then women are liable to be treated more severely by the police and the courts . |
| 14 | If I may erm we , we , we , we did attend er er er a briefing and myself and James , unfortunately Margaret was unable to be present on that day , although I think she 's had a separate briefing or there is a separate briefing being proposed . |
| 15 | Obviously the fishkeeper should be careful that the female he mates with a particular male is of the correct form for that male , as otherwise offspring are likely to be genetic mish-mashes of indeterminate appearance . |
| 16 | Yet travellers are certain to be met with overwhelming hospitality . |
| 17 | Secretly Leonora was relieved to be on her own . |
| 18 | Certainly Araminta was unlikely to be gratified . |