Example sentences of "[adj] they [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |
| 2 | The authors speculate that this may be because , with a centralised collective bargaining system which is fairly remote from the workers , ‘ the less conscious they will be of the gains achieved , and hence the less likely they are to be credited to union activity ’ ( p. 109 ) . |
| 3 | The more shots you fire into somebody , the more likely they are to be dead at the end of it . |
| 4 | When it came to subordinate males , however , there was a strong relationship between how nice males had been to infants and how likely they were to be attacked by the female : nicer males fared better . |
| 5 | We want Annabelle and Steven to enjoy the things we never had , not to take them for granted , but to appreciate how lucky they are to be able to celebrate like this surrounded by their families and friends . |
| 6 | Each side usually considers it advantageous to be the side that prepares the accounts , even if as is usual they are to be checked by the other side . |
| 7 | ‘ They thanked me very much and said how pleased they were to be so well looked after , then they kicked us in the appropriate part of the anatomy . ’ |
| 8 | The governor offered a formal , white-gloved hand to each member of the Sherman family in turn , but when the affably smiling senator began to say how pleased they were to be there , the aide-de-camp immediately cut him short and motioned the family aside so that the governor could begin a formal speech . |
| 9 | In fact , in interviews , a quick reference to the home town frequently serves them as well as a rhetorical trick : by declaring their provinciality , they can remind you just how surprised they are to be attracting so much attention all of a sudden . |
| 10 | Audiences ' large capacities for ersatz-importance show how eager they are to be deeply stirred ; how easily gulled ; how low the threshold of enjoyment must be set for music of our time . |
| 11 | Although the company was planning to record interviews with Mr Major , Mr Kinnock and Mr Ashdown for a World in Action special they were to be made in a central London hotel some distance away . |