Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A system can be designed much more economically if it can be assumed that skilled personnel are available to control and take care of it . |
| 2 | Much of Leith 's discussions are difficult to follow because he never makes clear , in dealing with doubts about neo-Darwinism , what are really unwarrantable , what are due to muddle , what arise only from practical difficulties in actual research , and what are real doubts of principle . |
| 3 | While even the richest states are anxious to attract or retain TNC investment , they are more likely to be successful in imposing conditions on their operations than less developed states . |
| 4 | German chancellor Helmut Kohl wants 18 more members to represent the former East Germany and the 12 heads of states are likely to agree if they get more representation too . |
| 5 | In other words , the statisticians are anxious to prove that their hands are clean , however stained politicians may be . |
| 6 | Irenius is set upon convincing Eudoxus that harsh policies are necessary to subdue and civilise Ireland and that a more moderate approach , which might appear sensible from the vantage of civilised English life across the Irish sea , is inadequate to deal with the dangers posed by Ireland . |
| 7 | That 's when Chelsea are due to announce whether or not Glenn Hoddle really is to be their new manager . |
| 8 | If the contract specifically provides for employees to work in different locations , employers are entitled to insist that the employees honour the terms of their agreement . |
| 9 | Shareholders are right to wonder whether , if business is going to be that good , it should be they rather than their managers who make the killing . |
| 10 | Firms in the UK have been able to repurchase their shares since the 1981 Companies Act , provided that shareholders are willing to sell and that the firm is left with some issue of share capital following the repurchase . |
| 11 | But with Firebrands , Isca and Brean now in the National League , more clubs are likely to believe that the regional competition needs to be strengthened . |
| 12 | Bikes are easy to sell and easy to sell . |
| 13 | If the body exercising the power has been established especially for that purpose , the courts are likely to conclude that Parliament intended the body to act personally . |
| 14 | Although in this connection too the higher courts are likely to say that the terms used are matters of fact for the magistrates , it will be open to those courts to say that in certain circumstances , the reactions of the victim were not likely to be those of harassment , alarm or distress . |
| 15 | The courts are concerned to see that there is equality of treatment between the parties . |
| 16 | While these activities are fundamental to ensure that the mechanics of the budgetary process work , it is also necessary to consider the management activities which should take place . |
| 17 | But in practice a certain period of time may elapse before the authorities are able to recognize that a problem exists . |
| 18 | Automatic invoicing , financial results and common office forms are simple to create and easy to update . |
| 19 | Locke 's defenders are unwilling to admit that this might be so . |
| 20 | Ford unions have rejected a 9.5 per cent increase this year , and lightning walk-outs are likely to continue before the unions decide on their next step on November 20 . |
| 21 | Let me emphasize here that functionalists are happy to accept that many of our mental states are associated with conscious awareness . |
| 22 | The problem is often the more awkward because owners of country houses are hesitant to protest when they realize that other options may bring the new road much closer to the houses of neighbours . |
| 23 | In considering such reports and recommendations , the Houses are free to decide as they wish and it is not unknown for them to divide along party lines where there are party political implications involved . |
| 24 | If lump sum taxes are straightforward to levy and cheap to administer , the first course is the best . |
| 25 | General rules are difficult to give because each disciplinary encounter is unique , given the specific circumstances and the individual personalities involved . |
| 26 | The people at Beckford Silk are happy to think that their ties will end up around the necks of tourists from all over the world . |
| 27 | ‘ Our products are difficult to understand and sell , ’ the New York Times quotes Palmer , ‘ it is difficult for customers to do business with us . |
| 28 | We guarantee nothing — wild birds are free to go where they wish and , though we can give them the best possible conditions , we can never be certain that they will stand in front of a hide ! |
| 29 | Summer star performers are easy to organise because the absence of frost enables you to widen your horizons , selecting brilliant bedding plants or some of the more exciting tender perennials such as blue Mexican salvias or summer chrysanthemums . |
| 30 | Indeed it is an important priority to generate new data which make ethnicity visible , because on the basis of existing evidence it is difficult to distinguish whether the different patterns of support which we can see in minority ethnic kin groups are likely to persist as patterns of settlement stabilize . |