Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [subord] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 High standards of technical skill and of ethics , for example , are argued to be necessary because the client can not judge the service he receives .
2 A successful outcome in these areas would seem to be necessary if the EC is to be able to finance the activities necessary to build the new European Economy .
3 ( f ) Insurance If the matrimonial home is in the sole name of the husband then it is best to change the insurance arrangements once agreement is reached or the court order made ; the husband may neglect or to be unnecessary where the property already stands in the joint names of husband and wife and a separate declaration of trust is made .
4 Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) .
5 Lower gear ratios are likely to be suitable when the motor 's speed capability is restricted .
6 Where the breach is of a less serious type , a clause which totally excludes liability for it is still likely to be reasonable where the breach is caused by force majeure and unreasonable if the breach is caused by wilful default .
7 In addition , the signal has to be correlated with observable future events ( e.g. , a ‘ bad ’ signal has to be correlated with future insolvency while a ‘ good ’ signal has to be correlated with future survival ) , and the cost of sending a false ‘ good ’ signal has to be greater than the cost of sending a ‘ true ’ bad signal for the firm as well as the manager .
8 The car park charging scheme will cost £67,000 but the council expects the income from charges to be greater than the cost of setting up the scheme in the first year .
9 Incomers do not understand why , when public attention turns to acres of unused or underused pasture or park , the needs of sheep or the needs of agriculture in the distant future are felt by Shetlanders to be greater than the incomers ' here-and-now needs for housing , shops or recreational facilities .
10 We may reach a point where the public costs of city life have to be greater than the private .
11 So the real influence of the press is likely to be greater than the Mori data indicates .
12 The proportion of pupils who treated decimals as whole numbers appeared to be greater when the numbers were in context than when pure numbers were used .
13 Crosby said : ‘ It is never going to be easy because the FA Cup final is a big thing for everyone concerned .
14 The truth turned out to be stranger than the legend , and it throws light on the qualities of character which John inherited .
15 In many cases such user may be found to be tax-free because the taxpayer who uses the premises has not received " income " for the purposes of Schedule D , Case I and Case II .
16 It was not merely the major items of patronage , such as appointment to the Court of Session , which occasioned deathwatch reports to politicians from the jobhunters , for the health of local officers was as much a matter of careful calculation , and the first to apply was the most likely to be successful when a vacancy occurred .
17 It is easy to be successful when the world is booming , but not so easy when things tighten up .
18 We might expect this to be lower than the effect of being in the service class .
19 I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ .
20 A downturn is expected in 1993 since activity is anticipated to be lower as the company does not expect these contracts to be repeated .
21 The Buckau with rotors stopped appeared to be safer than the Buckau with sails doused .
22 considered it to be irrecoverable where the money was paid to close the transaction or was paid under a mistake of law .
23 Such work had to be minimal if the project was to remain viable .
24 Because if you eat a regular high carbohydrate diet then your BMR is likely to be higher than a person eating a high fat diet .
25 He was one of those whose wisdom ( to recall the terms of Wyatt 's sonnet ) insisted on his maintaining an unchanged obedience to an authority he ultimately felt to be higher than the King 's .
26 The costs of going to court are likely to be higher than the value of the contract and the only beneficiaries are typically the lawyers .
27 ‘ Experiences , relationships etc are considered to be supportive when the individual involved sees the experience tin terms of his values , goals , expectations , and aspirations ) as contributing to or maintaining his sense of personal worth and importance . ’
28 Their permeable skins , however , still dictate that their surroundings are to be moist if the animals are to avoid death by desiccation .
29 A wave was considered to be peristaltic if the interval between the onset of two pressure waves , recorded at adjacent points 5 cm apart , was more than 0.5 seconds ( corresponding to a progression velocity of less than 10 cm/s ) .
30 In Derry , newly-elected SDLP councillor Jim Clifford said today his daughter was lucky to be alive after a brick was thrown through the front window of the family home .
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