Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [adj] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Roy is unlikely to spring any surprises , ’ she said . |
| 2 | At the moment Jacques Chirac 's RPR is favourite to win most seats and former finance minister Balladur is likely to become prime minister . |
| 3 | Wright will have a key role in Vilnius tomorrow as Northern Ireland begin what has been disparagingly described as the ‘ battle of the also-Manager Billy Bingham is unlikely to make many changes from the team which lost 3–1 in Spain last month ; Iain Dowie should come in to replace the injured Philip Gray . |
| 4 | Some French cheeses , German sausages and Italian hams , for example , fall into the same category , and can be found in shops and supermarkets , as John Gummer is wont to say these days , ‘ from Scotland to Sicily . ’ |
| 5 | Charlton is unlikely to make any alterations to his squad until the weekend before the game , but Newcastle United skipper Liam O'Brien and veteran Blackburn defender Kevin Moran must now come into the reckoning . |
| 6 | If in the year 2000 the EC is able to pass these tests as well as it does today , but on the altogether higher plane which 1992 implies , the rest of Europe , like the rest of the world , will have cause to be grateful . |