Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jonathan Davies and Barry Williams have been ruled out but Paul Moriarty and Kevin Ellis are likely to be fit . |
| 2 | Exports to Germany are equivalent to 15% of Holland 's GDP , 12% of Belgium 's and 11% of Austria 's , compared with only 4% of France 's and 3% of Italy 's and Britain 's . |
| 3 | Some of the Continental examples , for instance the headband from Cologne , St Severinus grave 73 , is very similar in design to one from Chessell Down grave 45 , and that from Saint-Denis , Paris grave 9 and Planig , Rheinhessen , Germany are similar to some Kentish braids ; they are , however , made of silk and no silk has yet been identified in an Anglo-Saxon grave . |
| 4 | Hearn and Doyle are certain to be vocal at the WPBSA 's annual general meeting at Bristol on December 29 . |
| 5 | The troubles of kidnapped , intimidated Craw are central to the book but not in the usual romantic way , in spite of the Jacobite overtones of the plot and the brief appearance of the Republican leader , the Communist Mastrovin , ‘ the most subtle and dangerous mind in Europe today ’ . |
| 6 | Most of us are happy hitting within a minute of an ETA , of course , but the various equations and rules of thumb used by the RAF are familiar to the private pilot . |
| 7 | MSC are opposed to schemes which can be defined by them as political or critical of prevailing government policy — in practice , this leaves courses for women which concentrate on traditional job skills and traditional job expectations — even though those skills are not valued in the present economic climate and the opportunities for women in the labour market are negligible . |
| 8 | The teaching staff at PCL are used to addressing practical language use and found themselves extending their area of lexis to exploring with their students the precise equivalencies in various languages to express ‘ multiple occupied tenancies ’ , ‘ child abuse ’ , ‘ warrants not backed for bail ’ and ‘ do n't go telling me porkies sunshine ’ . |
| 9 | Of the three Italians in the Index , Paladino , down 60% from 1990 , is just 10% ahead of his 1985 average , while both Chia and Clemente are close to their 1990 peaks with rises of 170% and 540% . |
| 10 | The findings of this report on four inner-city areas in Liverpool , Glasgow , Hull and Middlesbrough are essential to any record of an emerging underclass in Britain . |
| 11 | The concentrations of 5ASA and N-acetyl-5ASA are similar to those found in the rectal lumen in patients taking therapeutic doses of 5ASA-containing compounds . |
| 12 | Many of the records of insects represent an extension of the known range of the particular species : three species of bees , five of aculeate wasps and 20 of hoverflies are among many new records for Leicestershire ; the cuckoo wasp , Vespula austriaca , is new to central England ; there is the most southerly record of a calliphorid fly , which is common in Scotland ; at least eight species of Ichneumonidae and five of Serphidae are new to Britain ; and two ichneumonids are probably new to science . |
| 13 | Secondly , provisional arrangements made for Spain and Portugal are likely to be succeeded by the full disipline of the budget . |
| 14 | The main corollary to this is that , while CSPs in general are gradual in their strength ( depending on how fast or carefully one speaks ) , socially differentiated CSPs are likely to be discrete . |
| 15 | Fundamentalist groups in Pakistan are hostile to the Bombay film industry , believing that shows featuring women desecrate Islam . |
| 16 | TAIWAN are likely to be the cannon-fodder of the pool , although their national side 's rapid development programme , modelled on the New Zealand forward technique , should have trickled down to the students , ensuring that the defeats are n't too heavy . |
| 17 | C. mcmasteri ) cattle and sheep C. curticei sheep and goats Distribution : Worldwide Gross : In size Cooperia are similar to Ostertagia . |
| 18 | Had Ross Brown been able to touch down on completion of his powerful break ( or Nick Penny been able to cleanly gather his pass ) off a Derrick Lee snipe after Scotland had levelled at 8-8 in the second half , then a steal might have materialised . |
| 19 | Pressure from Bruce Millan , EC regional commissioner , has resulted in the Treasury reluctantly accepting that the funds provided by Brussels are additional to government spending rather than part of it and should be steered to specific projects rather than forming part of the spending pool . |
| 20 | Even so , exotica such as lead-only Porsche 911s and Ferraris are unlikely to be part of this trend , so no bargains there I 'm afraid . |
| 21 | ‘ Has Richard been unfaithful to you ? ’ |
| 22 | The percentages of children in the present study who had detectable neutralising antibody against poliovirus types 1 , 2 , and 3 after three doses of OPV are similar to percentages reported from other developing countries , and contribute to the increasing evidence that routine vaccination with OPV at 6 , 10 , and 14 weeks of age might leave many children susceptible to infection . |
| 23 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 24 | The meeting approved the creation of a US$10,000 million development fund for Arab countries which had supported the coalition in the Gulf war and which had suffered economic damage from the war ; Egypt and Syria were likely to be the main beneficiaries . |
| 25 | In the story , Cain and Abel were supposed to be the sons of Adam and Eve . |
| 26 | And even though many schools and school authorities in the United States were slow to be convinced , the 19605 was the decade of the famous Knapp School Libraries Project , of federal grants for multi-media developments under the Elementary and Secondary Education Acts , and of the development of the electronic study carrel and dial-access . |
| 27 | Although seroconversion rates after a supplemental ( fourth ) dose of OPV were , in contrast , somewhat lower than expected , rates of secondary 4-fold rises in antibody ( ‘ booster ’ responses ) in seropositive children who received OPV were similar to those found in earlier studies , which suggests that the low response rates in seronegative children were not due to vaccine subpotency . |
| 28 | The KDP were accustomed to retreating across the frontier into Iran and Idris Barzani died there in 1987 . |
| 29 | City of London police said that partial closures meant Leadenhall Street and Cornhill were open to vehicles for access only and not used as through routes . |
| 30 | ‘ Because Wallis and Edward were special to me , ’ Mrs Namiki replied . |