Example sentences of "[ex0] be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are problems with the health service and the education system and there are sure to be some with the new council tax . |
| 2 | There were debuts for Paul Ince , David White and David Bardsley last night and there are sure to be even more changes for the opening World Cup qualifying tie against Norway at Wembley on October 14 . |
| 3 | ‘ But there are sure to be around 150 who will come without any supervision . ’ |
| 4 | Earlier chapters of this book make it clear that there are certain to be tensions , even conflict , on such matters between those who work together . |
| 5 | There are certain to be cases which do not fall within these guidelines , and these will cause problems until such time as " case law " has been established . |
| 6 | We have no quibble with the actual staff involved in running resources , but operationally there are certain to be differences between what BBC Scotland regards as priorities , and what London sees as theirs . ’ |
| 7 | For example there are supposed to be many wives who would have left their husbands long ago if they had been able to work out how to tell him they were going . |
| 8 | There are n't a quarter of the members there are supposed to be . |
| 9 | Afterwards we went to another historic place nearby , the tomb of the first proper emperor of China , Emperor Chin I ; it 's an enormous man-made hill , and there are supposed to be great treasures hidden in the tomb below , perhaps comparable to Tutenkamun , who knows . |
| 10 | For every one person who succeeds there are likely to be dozens and dozens who fail . |
| 11 | However at the time of any one person 's death or loss through some other means there are likely to be a significant number of people affected , not just the next of kin . |
| 12 | After the election , there are likely to be about 30 Etonians on their benches , compared with 43 in the last Parliament and 68 the last time the party was led by one of their number ( Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1964 ) . |
| 13 | But there are likely to be more upsets before it is recognised by investors . |
| 14 | There are likely to be big changes in the relationship with WIC in the next year , ’ a source said . |
| 15 | It can soldier on , living from day to day in the hope that it can attract support from MPs in one or another minority party — there are likely to be at least 50 such members — for each piece of legislation . |
| 16 | There are likely to be 12 or 13 Unionist MPs in the Commons after the election , nine of them in Mr Molyneaux 's party and three in Mr Ian Paisley 's DUP . |
| 17 | But if he has to do it all over again , there are likely to be two main changes : a tougher approach from the start and a campaign team which knows what time the Nine O'Clock News starts . |
| 18 | A Surform : If you are working with or repairing wood , there are likely to be a variety of shaping jobs you 'll have to tackle . |
| 19 | There are likely to be limits to the extent to which such acclimatization is possible . |
| 20 | Although the school may not be responsible for resolving these problems there are likely to be active councillors amongst the governors who , given suitable encouragement , would whip up a crusade for effective action . |
| 21 | But however good the reviewing agencies are , there are likely to be three major problems about using them . |
| 22 | Again , there are likely to be problems of reliability with such data . |
| 23 | There is , however , a great deal of opposition to the project as there is no guarantee that these objectives will be achieved , because large-scale relocation of displaced farmers will be necessary and because there are likely to be profound and detrimental ecological consequences . |
| 24 | Political correspondence can be a vital source for political history , but for specifically sociological purposes there are likely to be few types of correspondence these days which would be easily available and which would be of value for social research . |
| 25 | There are likely to be natural gaps between the stone and the peat or thin soil and rabbits , ever opportunists , move in . |
| 26 | The only time when this is not the case is when the ferret is introduced into an area where there are likely to be a number of rats . |
| 27 | Then when the times comes there are likely to be serious doubts about how to interpret the terms of a Living Will . |
| 28 | If there are likely to be difficulties about accommodation for yourself as the daughter at home , after your parent 's death , contact should be made well before this event is imminent with the Housing Manager of the local council for advice , and you might write also to the Housing Corporation Head Office , Maple House , 149 Tottenham Court Road , London W1P 0BN , who will send a free directory of registered Housing Associations and other housing schemes in the area of your choice , so that you can begin forward planning . |
| 29 | If you leave too many fry then there are likely to be losses , as they will scrap among themselves . |
| 30 | From these a consensus has emerged , which is probably reliable , that the main areas in which there are likely to be substantial effects due to new technology are in the engineering industry , with the increased use of CAD and computer-aided manufacturing ( CAM ) , and the use of robots ; in offices through office automation , in which the use of word processors with or without linkages via networks and data bases to form paperless offices is predicted to bring substantial improvements in productivity , though the effects on skills is at the moment quite unclear ; and in the computer industry itself , where there is substantially increased demand for software engineers . |