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Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The basic success of the policy however has tended to draw into its influence many who initially chose not to participate , since it would obviously be professionally unsound to be seen to be consciously not taking part .
2	Whatever B replies to this last utterance of A , it would be most unlikely to be yes again , since A has clearly finished her instructions and it would be pointless to ‘ prompt ’ her to continue .
3	And I know you to be beautiful and to be most worthy to be my wife .
4	I would be most likely to be extravagant on the following :
5	But a representative democracy , where the right of election is well secured and regulated , and the exercise of the legislative , executive and judiciary authorities is vested in selected persons chosen really and not nominally by the people , will in my opinion be most likely to be happy , regular and durable .
6	There are many well educated deaf ladies in the country who would be most happy to be thus employed . "
7	Lil had said , ‘ I always think it must be so nice to be able to write . ’
8	That 's why it 'd be so nice to be able to w save the work area so when
9	Why have you got ta be so nice to be a Wren , I can see a policewoman but not a Wren !
10	That was also the political judgment of the terrorists , or they would not be so anxious to be interviewed by the media or so against the ban .
11	It must be so frustrating to be laid up like that . ’
12	‘ It would be so easy to be friends with you , petite , ’ he murmured against her ear .
13	Surely he 'd be so grateful to be free of her that he 'd agree ?
14	Why should it have to be so difficult to be taken seriously ?
15	Once both do , neither may be so willing to be bullied .
16	Paul left for the north again with a light heart , aware of surprise that he should be so glad to be returning after arriving , at first , so unwillingly .
17	She would be so lonely to be without you .
18	I should be so lucky to be able to .
19	It would be highly undesirable to be confident about a hard disk that has a question mark hanging over it .
20	On the other hand , it can be extremely difficult to be sure who is going to win until very near the end of the game .
21	And yet these would be better able to be active and grow quickly on a limited food supply , particularly in a stable equable climate .
22	With the others not around , she will be less likely to be assertive to strange dogs .
23	Data in Table 2 suggest that those with living brothers or sisters may be less likely to be admitted to a home .
24	They may be less likely to be put off enrolling on alternative courses .
25	( As migrants were already on courses they may be less likely to be thinking of taking up another one at present . )
26	For example , an ambiguous stop segment at the beginning of would be less likely to be identified as than if it were at the beginning of .
27	In a business sale , the buyer will be less likely to be able to take advantage of the implied warranty , particularly because he may well be as expert as the seller in dealing with the goods which are the subject matter of the contract , and so will not ( or it will not be reasonable for him to ) rely on the seller 's judgment and skill .
28	They will be less inclined to be loyal to Delhi .
29	Change your name to Pandora while you 're at it , people might be less inclined to be dismissive !
30	I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient .