Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] so [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , tell me , Captain Owen , what do you expect would be the nature of this information for which you are prepared to pay so high a price ? ’ |
| 2 | If pigs have occupied the House of Commons recently , chickens are likely to do so soon . |
| 3 | More are likely to do so soon , however , for Russia can no longer afford to subsidise its neighbours . |
| 4 | They are likely to do so only if the perceived benefits exceed the expected costs . |
| 5 | The rest are harder to get registered — designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1935 and dubbed jubilee kiosks , they were mass-produced until 1968 — but they are likely to survive so long as they are in good condition and in ‘ heritage locations ’ ( that is , near the house of somebody ready to give BT a hard time if it tries to take them away ) . |
| 6 | The Ibrox manager , Walter Smith , said : ‘ It is obviously a worrying wait to see if they will be fit for Belgium but we have had to overcome injury to both these players at other stages of the season and I can only hope we are able to do so again . ’ |
| 7 | I can bear to say that , and I am happy to do so sincerely . |