Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You stick a Frownie on the parts of the face you are most likely to screw up in pain — the forehead , the outer end of the cheekbones — so that when your face starts to contract , you will realise it is happening , and relax your features into a seraphic , line-free mask . |
| 2 | Therefore it is not surprising that those horses and ponies that are likely to become overweight and founder , are especially likely to do so in the spring . |
| 3 | But the Greeks , though they enjoy buying the products of other people 's factories , are stubbornly reluctant to go in for factories themselves . |
| 4 | Because the elite , through their superior wealth , are better able to live up to the so-called modern values , which are all the more costly to support because of their external source , they are further differentiated from the poor . |
| 5 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 6 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 7 | There is again some anecdotal evidence that such degrees are less likely to lead on to postgraduate research , and some of the figures in Table 3.2 suggest this ; but such assertions need to be tested empirically . |
| 8 | It is equally true that firms and households are less likely to operate efficiently in a period of inflation , for a number of reasons . |
| 9 | ‘ Women are less likely to react violently in a stressful situation . |
| 10 | The sentences are less likely to run out of puff in mid-stream and trail off into inaudibility . |
| 11 | There is a a colossal amount of inconsistency er of a kind that if we were to practice such inconsistency in our courts there would be there would be absolute outcry and it 's it 's something of a scandal I think that er that the police and the executive generally are apparently able to get away with inconsistencies which we are not . |
| 12 | They are so keen to get on with it that they can be guaranteed to see the rabbit before any human and are fast off the mark . |
| 13 | The first is the relationship ; as we have seen , people are only prepared to talk openly to those who they feel are genuinely concerned , and who have both the time and the interest to understand . |
| 14 | Not if it means that company directors are literally unable to talk sensibly to outsiders . |
| 15 | Such contracts are normally able to run smoothly without a permanent overseas presence . |
| 16 | They are scarcely free to shop around for the officer who would give them the easiest time . |
| 17 | You 're less likely to end up with gaps and assumptions . ’ |
| 18 | Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there . |
| 19 | They 're more likely to steer clear of involvement . ’ |
| 20 | And , of course , we 're always ready to step out of he background and be with you on site . |
| 21 | Well like what are the band doing after practice , are they doing anything , they 're probably all going on to the Cutty Sark at Greenwich or something . |
| 22 | We 'll have a look at decimals because you need to need to know what you 're doing with decimals but decimals are fractions and until you I mean I think you 're very happy with fractions now you 're probably ready to go on to decimals . |
| 23 | ‘ You 're quite willing to cover up for him . |
| 24 | The sort of larger items the police have property marking kits that they 're quite willing to lend out to people , or alternatively , you can hire them out on your library card , and you can dye stamp those or engrave them . |
| 25 | ‘ If you do not know where you are then you 're quite likely to wander on to something you can not cope with . ’ |
| 26 | intended to stay , because the immediate reaction to something like that happening is n't necessarily erm , all bad , I mean people are quite glad that they are still alive and they 're quite prepared to put up with the possible fallout of the consequences of that so that they can stay in their own homes . |
| 27 | All of the top clubs have been faltering and we 're quite happy to creep up on them . |
| 28 | You 're too young to live alone for long , and no one could see Cathy and not love her . |
| 29 | A council spokesman said : ‘ All employees are issued with identity cards which they are always happy to hand over for close inspection . |
| 30 | I am usually able to come up with an idea |