Example sentences of "who [was/were] [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I spotted several club professionals , who were clearly delighted to be out for a day 's entertainment at the expense of one of the manufacturers . |
| 2 | This may be why the authorities with relatively extensive training programmes , who were most likely to be the ones who were extending their internal programmes , were also likely to want more ‘ training officer time ’ . |
| 3 | However , it made clear that it tried to keep the duration of such layoffs to a minimum , and suggested also that it was its industrial , not its secretarial/office staff , who were most likely to be affected by them ( interview with Manpower ) . |
| 4 | He was representative of the German bench of bishops as a whole , who were more prepared to be the servants of the emperor than of a distant pope . |
| 5 | Cultish American guitarist Eugene Chadbourne ( ex of Shockabilly , the mid-'80s band who were too fierce to be Hüsker Dü ) used the sleeve of his ‘ Country Protest ’ solo album to make this very subtle political point . |
| 6 | These were not necessarily the shy or reserved ones , who were quite likely to be snapped up by ‘ parents ’ who were looking for a quiet life . |
| 7 | Thomas , who was also due to be sentenced yesterday , jumped bail last October . |
| 8 | In order to defeat an enemy who was always likely to be stronger in conventional military terms , the argument continues , what was required was a revolutionary war based upon a social transformation which as well as enthusing the population of Republican Spain might also have inspired to revolution that of the enemy zone . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't cry , ’ said Melanie , who was too strong to be withered . |
| 10 | As she said , for someone who was so lonely to be able to come to the studio at five o'clock every morning — picked up in a studio car , Ken had decided long ago he would never drive — and then play a very strong character , was worthy of that respect too . |
| 11 | Jan Ruml , the federal Deputy Interior Minister , issued on June 6 a statement accusing Josef Bartoncik , chairman of the People 's Party and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Assembly , of being " an unprincipled man who is trying to hide his past " , and who was therefore unfit to be a deputy in the future Federal Assembly . |
| 12 | The principle of learning by doing was familiar to all supervisors , not least Käthe Fischel from Prague , one of the youngsters who was sufficiently self-possessed to be recruited for nursery chores . |