Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She guessed that the earthquake was responsible for his presence , since flights in and out of Taipei were functioning normally again already , but whatever concern had brought him was unlikely to be personal . |
| 2 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 3 | As West has 6 Hearts , he is likely to be short in all the other suits , and with East returning the King of Clubs , there is a suggestion that he has a fairly long suit . |
| 4 | As he points out , the other man was killed and he knows he is lucky to be alive . |
| 5 | He is lucky to be alive . ’ |
| 6 | During over 30 years of adventures Bonington has faced great danger — he admits he is lucky to be alive — and lost many friends . |
| 7 | Doctors say he is lucky to be alive . |
| 8 | I would like to say a last word about Amis 's voices , and about the long words which have been or might be laid on his confident art — a terminology for which he is unlikely to be grateful . |
| 9 | And he is unlikely to be disappointed . |
| 10 | In the voting case , he may choose not to vote because he calculates that he is unlikely to be decisive ( i.e. , there will be a majority for one outcome independently of his vote ) . |
| 11 | He is unlikely to be satisfied with an offer to re-run the reselection procedure if it can be proved that there have been any serious breaches of the party 's rules . |
| 12 | But he is unlikely to be satisfied forever with the illusion of power . |
| 13 | Unless the traveller has some idea of where he is starting from and the conditions he may meet along the way , he is unlikely to be able to decide upon a satisfactory route . |
| 14 | He is unlikely to be startled by the kind of evidence or hypothesis presented by us and by other writers . |
| 15 | He is first and foremost a brilliant engineer and he is happy to be free to concentrate on research and development while I get on with marketing . ’ |
| 16 | I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive . |
| 17 | " He 's fortunate to be alive , " said Fat Vince , " eating what he eats . |
| 18 | One can tell from his present ability that he 's right to be sorry , he might have gone on to be a famous international . |
| 19 | He really took it out of this photographer , and I can tell you he 's lucky to be alive today . |
| 20 | I think any serious climber has got to admit that he 's lucky to be alive , not that he 's skilful to be alive . |
| 21 | His mother says he 's lucky to be alive : |
| 22 | Two women in the car escaped unhurt , but the home owner says he 's lucky to be alive . |
| 23 | It 's the third such accident at the same spot and the owner says he 's lucky to be alive . |
| 24 | A happy and healthy little boy today — he 's lucky to be alive . |
| 25 | All they know about Tweed is he 's supposed to be Chief Claims Investigator for an insurance company with a lot of business abroad . |
| 26 | Well I , other week I got this beds er not bedspread duvet cover and he 's supposed to be slight second and I can 's see nowt wrong with that . |
| 27 | ours and apparently he 's supposed to be brilliant on it ! |
| 28 | ‘ Well , ’ Ian said , ‘ he 's supposed to be responsible to the Dean and Chapter for Cathedral security . |
| 29 | Because he 's cheeky and hates his work and is successful with women , he 's supposed to be vital . |
| 30 | He 's afraid to be alone with her . |