Example sentences of "and [be] [adj] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The planned Intel Corp Pentium desktop machines will come in 60MHz and 66MHz configurations and are due to be available the end of the third quarter . |
| 2 | Every professional experimental researcher , in whatever field , has their own private list of fluky data , things that did n't happen quite in accord with expectations and are likely to be due to uncontrolled circumstances — such as the dirty test tube — rather than signalling a major discovery . |
| 3 | Five cosmids , which correspond to very strong signals , have been found positive for minisatellites or CpG rich trinucleotide repeats and are likely to be nonspecific . |
| 4 | The giants washed their breakfasts down with immense tankards of mead and ale and grunted and were inclined to be morose , which seemed to bear out Caspar 's remarks about them not being morning people . |
| 5 | In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election . |
| 6 | It will be writing a native port of SoftPC for the Mac PowerPC and is due to be available when Apple first ships the machines in January or February . |
| 7 | The aircraft is in very poor condition and is unlikely to be capable of a full restoration . |
| 8 | The employee arrives here unsettled and is unlikely to be able to devote full attention and energies to the assignment . |
| 9 | She has communication difficulties and is unlikely to be able to deal with the matter herself . |
| 10 | The Wimbledon and United States Open champion , who will also miss next week 's grand prix tournament in Sydney and is unlikely to be fit for Tokyo the following week , has now lost any chance of overhauling Ivan Lendl as world No. 1 before the end of the year . |
| 11 | The case , because of its serious nature , is to go before the Crown Court and is likely to be subject to considerable delay due to the inefficiencies of the court listing procedures . |
| 12 | Information about parental employment and monitoring for exposure to ionising radiation was obtained from nuclear industry files and is likely to be complete and unbiased . |
| 13 | ( c ) The material is likely to be of substantial value to the investigation and is likely to be admissible in evidence . |
| 14 | The disadvantages of market-orientation may be that it requires special leadership ( a ‘ bureaucratic ’ management would fail to achieve the required inter-relationships between the organisation and its customers ) and is likely to be costly in terms of staffing and other overheads . |
| 15 | Another in 1687 was less lucky and was obliged to be satisfied with only £50 a week . |
| 16 | These messages I memorized and was surprised to be able to recall and pass them on when I was released , two years later . |
| 17 | I nodded and did n't tell him that , apart from my school days , my working French had been learned in stables , not kitchens , and was likely to be rusty in any case . |