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

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1 Not only is it more convenient to pick up the ‘ phone and make contact , you are also more likely to succeed since few people are able to ignore the telephone and leave it unanswered .
2 Although you naturally hope to reproduce the desirable qualities , you are just as likely to reproduce the undesirable ones , and not only those of the parents , but those also of the ancestors from some way back .
3 You are just too late to sign on for the one about Renaissance music , which will ‘ aim to understand the study of Renaissance occult mentalities as a case-in-point of the historiography of otherness ’ , with Gary Tomlinson of the University of Pennsylvania presiding .
4 ‘ Perhaps you are not yet ready to use them correctly . ’
5 If it is suggested that you are not sufficiently flexible to adapt to the reshaped structure that is envisaged , you may be able to challenge that view if your past record shows a steady upward progression and if you have carried out a wide range of tasks without serious mishaps .
6 Thus , ‘ ’ O God , You are always more ready to hear than we are to pray ’ ; or , ‘ ’ O God , You are preparing for those who love You , such good things as pass man 's understanding , You pour into our hearts such love toward You , and help us to love You above all things , and give us your promises which exceed all that we desire . ’
7 You are far more likely to use a method regularly and properly if you feel it is the right one for you .
8 If you can simulate attacking and being attacked , then you are far more likely to find out whether your tactics and movements are effective .
9 Write these in capital letters rather than your normal handwriting as this will be slower and more deliberate and you are therefore more likely to remember what you have written .
10 One of the great things about watching a good comedy show or film is that people around you start laughing and you are much more likely to join in .
11 You are much more likely to go for old pine , or oak , tough lacquer or vinyl — at least for several years , but there is no reason why these can not work just as well and create a feeling of their own .
12 You are much more likely to receive a complete and considered answer if you do this .
13 However , you are much more likely to have your own photographic library with reference shots of all plant and personnel and a collection of possible feature material .
14 If your standard way of eating ( or your slimming diet ) includes a mix of proteins , complex carbohydrate , and fresh fruits at each meal , you are much less likely to eat large amounts of refined sugar or the products that contain it .
15 While most are displayed on benches , you 're just as likely to turn the corner on , say , a group of bathroom plants complete with bath , or shade-lovers in their very own north-facing living room .
16 You 're not fucking likely to get that ! were Sid 's last words as he walked off in the direction of the latrine .
17 Surely you 're not sufficiently naïve to have believed it ? ’
18 ‘ Do I take it you 're not entirely disappointed to see me back ? ’
19 You know you 're not really supposed to ask private .
20 Be , use common sense , you 're not er you 're not that daft to say bazookas .
21 ‘ Well , I do play several times a week , and to be honest you 're not that difficult to beat . ’
22 When I used to say , ‘ Oh yeah ’ , he 'd reply , ‘ Do n't be cheeky , you 're not too old to get a clip round the ear . ’
23 If you take your handbrake off and you 're not quite ready to move off , what happens ?
24 If your mind is on the new member of the family you 're probably less likely to concentrate on your own aches and pains , regardless of whether they are physical or psychological .
25 IF you 're old enough to read this then you 're probably too old to appreciate Drop Dead Fred .
26 You 're far too young to smoke !
27 You 're far too young to smoke !
28 You 're far too young to smoke !
29 ‘ No one said to him , ‘ Wolfgang — that was his name , Wolfgang — you 're far too young to have music published , ’ ’ said Michael .
30 I mean I can give you a little example erm I was once trying to add up a series of figures in the middle of an admissions exercise , and one of the other one of the men said to me ‘ oh , come on , you 're far too pretty to do mental arithmetic ’ and I completely lost my train of thought , I got rather confused .
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