Example sentences of "[adv] is [adj] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Changing the structure alone is insufficient to improve performance .
2 She knows that by virtue of her position many women see her as a role model and so is happy to give advice when asked for it .
3 Failure to do so is likely to cause injury .
4 Some of the problems can occur so gradually , for example the onset of deafness , that the person adjusts gradually and so is able to maintain independence for this AL .
5 I shall start with a misunderstanding which the method of explanation adopted here is likely to give rise to among readers used to philosophical explanations of concepts such as authority being presented as accounts of the meanings of words .
6 Industrial investment abroad is unlikely to create wealth and jobs to the same extent as would investment within the UK .
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