Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Portuguese , although appearing to be similar to Spanish on paper , is pronounced completely differently , and so despite the fact that we could communicate in French and Spanish , we could not make ourselves understood in Portuguese other than to ask , ‘ Fala ingles ? — do you speak English ? ’ |
| 2 | The organisational culture of the civil service may differ from organisational cultures in the private sector but is likely to be similar to other office based white collar organisations in the public sector . |
| 3 | Much later , in 1892 , a sealed bottle of this isoprene was found to contain yellowish lumps which appeared to be similar to natural rubber . |
| 4 | Signs in use for many referents reflect one or two of these properties , and thus we should not be surprised that comparisons of sign lists result in such a high degree of similarity , as the appearance , movement , and use of an object can be expected to be similar across different cultures . |
| 5 | The situation seems to be similar in other parts of the country . |
| 6 | When it comes to the obvious sources of power , gender differences seem to be similar in socialist Cuba to capitalist Latin America . |
| 7 | Gibberellin , shown to be necessary for continued growth of dodder vine tips in aseptic cultures , also interacts with cytokinins and auxins in the growth of subapical segments ; it augments their effects . |
| 8 | This region has been found in the sea urchin gene to be necessary for maximal transcription in in vitro experiments , a similar function to that found in vivo for oligo I ( 26 ) . |
| 9 | Thus , the more documents that an indexing system is likely to embrace , the greater the number of index terms that are likely to be necessary for convenient retrieval ( given that the number of documents which constitute a scannable category does not vary ) . |
| 10 | By DNaseI footprinting , we could demonstrate that the 303 bp BglI-NaeI segment ( see Fig. 1 ) , including the RARE and the 80 bp fragment , is able to bind at least two different factors , but only one , the so called footprint I , is localized in the 80 bp region , known to be necessary for full transcriptional activity . |
| 11 | Although our understanding is far from complete , there are many valuable pointers to the elements likely to be necessary in effective prevention . |
| 12 | The owner said it 's not right to be mean to working class people . |
| 13 | It seems most surprising that the breweries consider the large open space to be the pub 's ideal internal form , or believe the artificial , standardised ‘ historic ’ pub interior to be preferable to genuine historic detail , when the original internal divisions and features are essential elements of the historic character that customers expect when entering such a building . |
| 14 | The Butler Committee argued that relatively minor mental disorders may be regarded as falling within section 2 simply because this outcome is thought to be preferable to mandatory life imprisonment . |
| 15 | In the end , the damage done to botanical habitats by the I.D.P. was minimal , but it does demonstrate the need for all botanists to be alert to future threats to the environment , even in more remote locations such as the Outer Hebrides . |
| 16 | ‘ Organisations move on , diversifying , moving into new activities , restructuring , ’ said Hardie , ‘ and they have to be alert to new risks . ’ |
| 17 | The senior staff also need to be alert to other problems , such as illness and personal worries which interfere with learning . |
| 18 | Certain occupations were held to be unfitting for baptized believers ; magic , idolatry , eroticism , games in the amphitheatre ranked as unsuitable occupations . |
| 19 | After ultrasound scanning including a functional assessment , 220 ( 78% ) patients were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 20 | Patients with stones of any composition , size and number contained in a thin walled gall bladder with a fasting volume greater than 15 ml were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 21 | Rather , it is that the no boundary condition causes disorder to increase and the conditions to be suitable for intelligent life only in the expanding phase . |
| 22 | Syntactic structure does appear to be suitable for semantic purposes , one can develop compositional semantic rules that apply to syntactic structures . |
| 23 | It was also signed by two captains , Javier Licona and Jesus George Balma , known to be unhappy at recent promotions of majors loyal to the general , at the expense of officers considered of questionable loyalty . |
| 24 | It is easy and almost certainly wrong to be cynical about in-service training . |
| 25 | It is all too easy to be cynical about British fashion , but his constructive criticism and public demand for action is long overdue . |
| 26 | Is a clause which is known to be unenforceable in certain circumstances an unreasonable one ? |
| 27 | All racial incidents are carefully monitored at divisional and area level , and senior officers are instructed to be vigilant of possible rising trends . |
| 28 | ‘ We have to be grateful to first-time buyers . |
| 29 | However , American species , many of which are deciduous , tend to be lime-hating to varying degrees . |
| 30 | Cleo Sinister possessed neither of these qualities , nor did she appear to be familiar with other desirable attributes such as obedience , silence and the possession of gentle manners . |