Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , in contrast , migrants are people who are willing to consider a wider range of course options because they are more likely to see broader gains , such as personal development , from participation . |
| 2 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 3 | If it is thought that the growers of any kind of grain in any part of the world have been losing money , and are likely to sow a smaller area for a future harvest ; it is argued that prices are likely to rise as soon as that harvest comes into sight , and its shortness is manifest to all . |
| 4 | Because of the characteristics of the occupational and regional labour markets in which they operate , both these sorts of agency workers are likely to enjoy a higher degree of employment security than many members of the " standard " labour force . |
| 5 | As a result , surveyors are likely to charge a higher fee or insist on a more extensive and therefore more expensive survey ; alternatively they may persuade the building societies and banks to stop showing valuation reports to borrowers . |
| 6 | Blauner also devotes considerable attention to features of technology which imply that workers are likely to feel a greater sense of belonging and identification with factories using highly automated processes . |
| 7 | Loans for risky projects like the Channel Tunnel and North Sea oil exploration , for example , are likely to attract a higher interest rate than the rate on a loan to finance the construction of , say , a foodstore . |
| 8 | Even now , with so much suffering in the early stages of radical reform , he and his government are likely to get a better hearing from the voters than from Congress . |
| 9 | Qaddafi says that nations are likely to have a greater proportion of written members than tribes generally do ( III , ‘ Merits of the tribe ’ , ‘ The nation ’ ) ; and he says that shared experience can forge a common solidarity , a sense of belonging . |
| 10 | It will be much more stable and you are likely to have a greater degree of success . |
| 11 | April 's inflation figures are likely to show a further fall , mainly because average household bills for local tax have been cut with the shift from a poll tax to a property tax . |
| 12 | All this is fine , except that in Russia and Hungary , where McDonald 's status symbol and monopoly are likely to play a greater role , local currencies are undervalued . |
| 13 | If counsellees are able to reach a better understanding of their own self-image , they can often overcome the social role into which they have been fixed , and develop newer , healthier ones . |
| 14 | The situation will only improve if first , recipient governments are able to allocate a higher proportion of the time of capable civil servants to the allocation of in-coming aid ; second , if donor governments and agencies dovetail their country lending programmes more closely with the medium-term budgetary plans of the recipient countries ; and third , if recipient governments are more careful in interpreting the priorities of their own small farmers and other small-scale producers . |
| 15 | Generally , banks earn larger profits from long-term loans than from short-term loans as they are able to charge a higher interest rate on long-term loans . |
| 16 | Most manufacturers are able to supply a larger capacity battery for this purpose . |
| 17 | The document , approved by the housing committee , says : ‘ Schemes of this nature are vital to ensure a better use of the housing stock . ’ |
| 18 | Card publishers are keen to supply a wider range of outlets other than their traditional markets . |