Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what , they 're supposed to be half brothers are they ? |
| 2 | Some of the artwork is nice but if you 've got a tenner or more to spend on nice artwork then you 're probably the subject of a public inquiry at the moment so you 're likely to be more than a little preoccupied . |
| 3 | As we show in Part Two , there are likely to be many cases where we need to consider jointly two or more objectives . |
| 4 | But there are likely to be more upsets before it is recognised by investors . |
| 5 | And if that does n't work there are likely to be more meetings all week . |
| 6 | There are likely to be more opportunities for prevention if the social factors themselves are of causal significance in clinical depression , rather than the person 's distorted interpretation of their threatfulness . |
| 7 | Such interjections are clearly ironic as they are likely to be those of the ‘ trained ’ nouveau roman reader who has come to regard the decentring of the author as paradigmatic of contemporary experimental fiction . |
| 8 | Successful road safety campaigns , says the report , are likely to be those that encourage responsible and considerate driving to be the norm . |
| 9 | The problem is that the companies that are most inclined to present full financial statements with good disclosure at the interim date are likely to be those with a history of full disclosure and/or those that are strong and performing well . |
| 10 | Alpha customers are likely to be those wanting high performance workstations for demanding applications such as modelling that need a large address space . |
| 11 | In understanding the effects which may be observed of subjective risk in everyday driving the most important studies are likely to be those using moderate levels of arousal . |
| 12 | When industrialization takes place within a predominantly inegalitarian society , ‘ the technology and organizational work patterns developed by the dominant groups are likely to be those that reinforce , can be adapted to , or at least not incompatible with , existing hierarchical structure of social control ’ ( Fox 1980 , p. 182 ) . |
| 13 | These checks are very important because they can show , for instance , if there are likely to be any difficulties with the birth which may make a Caesarean section necessary . |
| 14 | If there are likely to be any problems in complying with these time limits the court can be asked for an extension ( FPCR , r14(2) ( b ) and 14(6) ; FPR , r4.14(2) ( b ) and 4.14(4) ) . |
| 15 | If there are likely to be any problems with your administration accepting these vouchers , please advise NDO . |
| 16 | Political correspondence can be a vital source for political history , but for specifically sociological purposes there are likely to be few types of correspondence these days which would be easily available and which would be of value for social research . |
| 17 | The majority of the rest being small stations where there are likely to be few suspects . |
| 18 | The clinical signs are likely to be few , and since most of the damage occurs during the prepatent phase , eggs may not be found in the urine . |
| 19 | Unclothed and at rest , cold-adapted humans can maintain a core temperature ( i.e. central body temperature , measured by mouth or rectum ) of 37°C in still air down to 27–29°C , or in water down to 35°C ; in either case the skin and extremities are likely to be several degrees cooler ( Edholm , 1978 ) . |
| 20 | In addition to the above general warranties , there are likely to be several warranties aimed at UK taxation . |
| 21 | The user will also know how the new system operates by the time it becomes operational , with the result that there are likely to be fewer ‘ teething troubles ’ with the new system . |
| 22 | There are likely to be some nationally based organizations which will be deviant cases in terms of some or other dimension of the imperatives , if only because of the effects of more specific organization contingencies of size or technology , neither of which are considered here . |
| 23 | A forty one , there 's temporary traffic lights between Soldern turn off and the Northampshire border , that 's just between Banbury and Bicester , and there are likely to be some delays along the A three six one at Wardington where there are also temporary traffic lights , that 's just north of Banbury on the main Banbury to Daventry Road . |
| 24 | SSDs must take into account that contributions from black elders under such schemes are likely to be less than those of their white counterparts . |
| 25 | For example there are supposed to be many wives who would have left their husbands long ago if they had been able to work out how to tell him they were going . |
| 26 | There are problems with the health service and the education system and there are sure to be some with the new council tax . |
| 27 | There are unlikely to be many more than four situations in which the defendant 's case will rest on an application of the decision in Morgan , because his belief in consent was honest , though unreasonable . |
| 28 | Yet there are unlikely to be many governors or bodies of parents who would disapprove of the more or less traditional approach of putting class teachers first , and there would be few who would persist in wanting the headteacher 's draft management plan — his or her daily manner of organizing and managing the school — to be changed as the result of open and equal argument between staff of all categories . |
| 29 | Wages , for those who can find work , are unlikely to be more than the equivalent of $15 a month , paid in clumsy wads of devalued roubles . |
| 30 | When the end is coming , screens are placed round the bed ; in any case there are unlikely to be any ‘ last words ’ , because most of us die under some form of sedation . |