Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every weekend now , tens of thousands , perhaps hundreds of thousands of people are taking tablets containing unknown substances , and God alone knows what the real long-term consequences of that are likely to be . |
| 2 | Unemployment locks the underclass into place in three ways : it is more likely to hit those who are poor ; the poorest are likely to be unemployed longest ; and , in addition , instead of compensating the unemployed , the welfare state penalizes them more than any other group on welfare . |
| 3 | In , if the skills of MAS are likely to be required by the client in the later stages of the acquisition process , MAS should be included at the earliest possible opportunity ( if not already the main client contact ) . |
| 4 | Furthermore , peripherals used by each are likely to be drawn together into a single , compatible product line and Fujitsu is expected to take over more responsibility for the development of ICL and Amdahl 's mainframe CPU architectures . |
| 5 | The turbo diesels in the XM and 605 are due to be uprated from 110 to 130bhp . |
| 6 | While this was not a major consideration when the trial was originally planned the considerable advances in recent years have meant that the significant proportion of the patients recruited into studies such as this are likely to be potential transplant recipients . |
| 7 | In short , of the rules and generalisations that could be made about conveying attitudes through intonation , those which are not actually wrong are likely to be too trivial to be worth learning . |
| 8 | The word here — many talk but few are willing to be quoted — is that Nelson Mandela will be the last to go , and that he is working closely with the government in arranging a timetable for the releases . |
| 9 | Few are likely to be enthusiastic about taking up the burdens of having to compete . |
| 10 | The British are supposed to be a staid , shy , retiring lot — and especially when they 're driving . |
| 11 | Even so , potential examiners are known qualities : some are likely to be severe , some lenient , and the experienced and canny supervisor or head of department is likely to make nominations accordingly . |
| 12 | Some are likely to be baby floribundas , others are perfect scaled-down hybrid teas . |
| 13 | The printed form N 117 is usually used , and some are likely to be on the judges " table " . |
| 14 | The Cornish are fortunate to be able to paint their regional discontents in the attractive colours of Celtic tradition , which makes them so much more visible , even though it leads some of them to reinvent a language not spoken for 200 years , and even though the only popular public tradition with genuine roots in the country is Wesleyan Methodism . |
| 15 | I think only those who are unemployed are likely to be attracted by that , and I 'm not sure how many we 've got . |
| 16 | Most of the registered unemployed are unlikely to be interested in temporary jobs lasting only a few days . |
| 17 | Those few were likely to be surgeons , dentists , accountants and solicitors in private practice , certainly not schoolmasters , university lecturers , architects in public service ( most of them ) or vets . |
| 18 | He was determined to regain what his father had lost , and raise the French monarchy from its abasement after Poitiers ; but his methods were to be diplomacy , subversion , and limited campaigns rather than a great battle in which , as he appreciated , the French were liable to be defeated yet again . |
| 19 | The French were supposed to be ‘ liberating' ’ Ireland , that 's the official story . ’ |
| 20 | She tells how the women came to the factory beaten by their husbands and how some were scared to be downgraded in their work because they feared a beating from husbands who would think that they were holding some money back . |
| 21 | This is certain to be opposed vigorously by freight transport organisations which argue that road taxes are already high in this country . |
| 22 | Now suppose that in locality R revenue can be raised from resource taxes t r ( e.g. taxes on land ) and that this is available to be shared by the resident population l r In S ( now the ‘ poor ’ state ) there is no such revenue . |
| 23 | This is due to be finished this year and has cost nearly £300 million . |
| 24 | This is due to be extended later this year , and should form a solid basis for Erato 's planned UK expansion programme . |
| 25 | While this is due to be launched by Phonelink in January 1994 , British Telecommunications Plc may well make it available before then . |
| 26 | Er , sir , at the risk of straying slightly into into two B , you , do forgive me in advance , but you raised the specific point about size , and and erm there was er one or two statements that there is n't a a clear view on size in P P G three , I think it 's important to bear in mind the interrelationship between all P P G s and as Mr Curtis said , the research that that backs them up , and I I I point you to three quotes in the statement that C P R E have put in , erm i i i paragraph four point one seven , an and s the quote that attaches to that is taken from the research that erm er backs up draft revised P P G thirteen , transport , and erm I shall quote from that on this question of size , i it is also evident that smaller settlements , those with populations of less than fifty thousand , but particularly very small settlements are characteristically less transport emissions efficient than larger settlements , I think the the erm essence of of that particular piece of research is not as Mr Davis was implying to achieve totally self contained settlements , I do n't believe such a concept exists , it 's actually erm a planning land use in the long term to reduce C O two emi emissions something that is essential now to government policy , I think perhaps more instructive though is is the quote that I 've in included in paragraph four point one nine and that 's taken from er er this book here which I perhaps should submit the whole chapter in evidence to the panel , I 've only just included one quote , it 's it 's I suggest one of the more interesting reads that you may have as a result of this panel , it 's by Colin Ward , and it 's called New Town , Home Town , it 's undertaken by er , sorry includes some of the work that 's been undertaken by the University of Reading , erm and er David Lock Associates , on erm er new town research , and this this is due to be published by H M S O shortly , it 's unfortunate that it was n't available in time for this E I P , but I think erm , if you 'll bear with me , I will read out the quote that I put in four point one nine , because I feel that it is useful on this question of of size , we concluded that if you are interested in environmental impact , energy conser consumption , and sustainability , new settlements have to reach a certain size to be worthwhile , it 's parallel to the old arguments that used to take place around self containment in new towns , we found that new settlements of much less than five thousand houses , that 's about fourteen thousand people are not really worthwhile because if they are smaller than that you are simply putting a housing estate in the countryside , a phrase that that has already been put round this morning , it appears that the best minimum for a new settlement , the best minimum , is about ten thousand houses , that 's that 's twenty five thousand people , which as it happens is about the size of the original garden cities . |
| 27 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |
| 28 | Suitable for all ages this is sure to be one of the most popular adventure games this month . |
| 29 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |
| 30 | A game that can be played by all the family is quite rare so this is sure to be popular among readers . |