Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] to be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a bit like asking ‘ which is the more useful , a washing machine or freezer ? ’ because both qualifications are likely to be of lasting value . |
| 2 | However , there are some products which are likely to be of particular interest to older people and some areas where mechanisms are needed to ensure they get a fair deal . |
| 3 | The paragraphs which now follow single out some of the more important , more specialised , local collections , and particularly those which are likely to be of value to researchers working over a fairly wide geographical area , or concentrating on a single subject . |
| 4 | These are likely to be of great importance when prescribing the remedy for a patient . |
| 5 | This can be a vacuous form of words , conveniently forgotten as students settle down in their maths , their physics , their geography lessons to acquire ideas which are , we acknowledge , of potential general application , but which are likely to be of little use if the connections between theory and practice are not made explicitly . |
| 6 | So the final doses are likely to be of the order of 4 rems . |
| 7 | True enough , and , despite the dissimilarities among families , the impressions taken from each matrix are likely to be of similar depth and importance . |
| 8 | In any situation of conflict , whether serious or trivial , the complexities of our inner self are likely to be of equal , if not more significance , than the role of the other party . |
| 9 | In the reports of social workers , psychiatrists or teachers , such global terms can hardly be avoided ; for them the labels and importance attached by research workers to facets of parental behaviour are likely to be of considerable use . |
| 10 | But despite this , Foucault 's essay on The History of Sexuality does offer a most stimulating challenge to traditional historical accounts , partly because of its undermining of conventional approaches , partly because it is an aspect of a much wider intellectual effort , whose implications are likely to be of major importance . |
| 11 | Established villages are likely to be of type A , that is , closed and integrated ; transitional villages will probably be of types C or D , that is , closed or open but disintegrated , while the re-established village is likely to be of type B , which is open and integrated . |
| 12 | These developments in cost-accounting are likely to be of central importance in resource-allocation decisions for the foreseeable future . |
| 13 | Young people are not alone in having problems with friendships , but the psycho-social issues that confront adolescents make it more certain that such difficulties are likely to be of concern to them . |
| 14 | Participating companies are asked to provide information on products exported ; on the value of these exports to each market destination ; company employment figures ; the percentage of turnover dedicated to exports ; and their perception of future prospects , including indication of any new overseas markets which are likely to be of interest . |
| 15 | However , it is also clear that since inflammatory bowel disease is a process that involves several agonists , only drugs which affect most or all of the agonists are likely to be of proven benefit . |
| 16 | So generalisation is important as a way of pulling you out of just describing the details of your individual experience as a reader , enabling you to make statements which are likely to be of interest to others about patterns or structures in the way literary texts work . |
| 17 | Departments have agreed to notify the local planning authority of development proposals which are likely to be of special concern to the authority or to the public ; for example where there could be a very substantial effect on the character of a conservation area , or where there could be a significant planning impact , visually or otherwise , beyond the department 's own site . |
| 18 | But they are likely to be of greater strategic than employment significance , and there will be losses . |
| 19 | It follows from what was said earlier that in a stress-timed language all the feet are supposed to be of roughly the same duration . |
| 20 | ‘ I am glad to be of service . ’ |
| 21 | Though these measures are not due to necessity , as the people here are glad to be of service to us and treat us with courtesy in which not a little deference is admixed , for as I say they count many simple things great wonders : my fine paste shoe buckles ( the only part remaining after some native rats that are very large and like to be tame devoured the rest of the appurtenances ) inspired much clicking of teeth and clucking of tongues till I thought I should have to part with them . |
| 22 | It is important to make the correct diagnosis , for fungal treatments are unlikely to be of much use against bacteria and vice versa . |
| 23 | There is thus a tendency to build up a strong personal relationship over a long time , and slick high-pressure selling techniques are unlikely to be of much help . |
| 24 | I laughed quickly and said : ‘ I 'm delighted to be of service , madam . ’ |