Example sentences of "are [adj] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are right to do so , because it can lead to serious problems if it persists . |
| 2 | My instinct is to believe that those who defend the autonomy of their particular " level " are right to do so but I also think that our present state of knowledge is insufficient to permit us to understand satisfactorily how this level autonomy comes about . |
| 3 | Once those systems are in place , there must be periodic audits to ensure that those operating the systems know what they are doing and are prepared to do it . |
| 4 | As young people of the diocese , we are prepared to do our bit to help create the kind of world God wants for us — but we ca n't do it alone . |
| 5 | In England , in particular , it 's high time that both sides — administrators and players — came out into the open and made it quite clear what they want and what they are prepared to do . |
| 6 | The world is full of unlovely places and we should even be grateful that people are prepared to do important work in uncongenial surroundings like prisons , operating theatres , field hospitals , soap factories , coal-mines , and sewage farms . |
| 7 | Presumably it can be done only where the essential core of each subject is no greater than half the total ; or where the subjects overlap in some way ; or where students are prepared to do more than 100 per cent of the work . |
| 8 | When you 're getting outside the family you 've got to be careful to make sure that they are people that are prepared to do the job , that they understand what 's involved because you can not force anyone to be an executor . |
| 9 | What we are prepared to do when thousands of people are watching or listening we ought to strive to do for God week by week . |
| 10 | Fly-by-night workshops only get contracts if they are prepared to do the work very cheaply . |
| 11 | Just what does Israel have to do — what can it get away with — before the Government are prepared to do something internationally about sanctions and to treat Israel as we treat other countries that break the Geneva convention ? |
| 12 | Greenpeace 's scientific adviser , Dr Jeremy Leggett , was particularly scathing : " There is a chasm between what the scientists have been saying and what the politicians are prepared to do about it . |
| 13 | ‘ If enough people are prepared to do something about it then rudeness and inefficiency could be decreased . ’ |
| 14 | She feels people in Scotland who have lost their jobs are not so eager to find work because wages are low , whereas in the States people are prepared to do two or three part-time jobs to support themselves . |
| 15 | And I would n't change that vote and I respect people who are prepared to do it . |
| 16 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 17 | It 's the first chance I 've had of spending a couple of months at home , leading a normal life and just doing things that are interesting to do . |
| 18 | ‘ There 's a question over whether non-fiction books like this are economical to do — for publishers as much as authors . |
| 19 | We always have to have things that you know are easier to do or are not s such a hassle with the environment . |
| 20 | ‘ My greatest impulse was to hug them — but you are afraid to do so because they are so fragile , you are frightened they might break . ’ |
| 21 | It is not that we are afraid to do so but simply that the occasion never really arises . |
| 22 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 23 | If men and women are faithful to do what God has called them to do and to serve where God has called them to serve , they have a genuinely significant ministry . |
| 24 | We are within the Constitution as it stands , nothing illegal is going on and we claim the right to be treated as democratic citizens assembling as we are free to do . |
| 25 | ‘ In the meantime you are free to do whatever you wish to do over the next few weeks . |
| 26 | If you have good technique you are free to do whatever you wish … to move your opponents around the court or to use a certain kind of tactic . |
| 27 | His teaching is full of an emphasis on obedience , not because we are forced to , but because we are free to do what is right , what God wants . |
| 28 | If colleges want to make arrangements with local authorities about purchasing or about other centrally organised purchasing arrangements , they are free to do so . |
| 29 | But people are free to do what they like with their lives . ’ |
| 30 | What a silly thing to say : people are free to do what they like with their lives . |