Example sentences of "[noun] be [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . ) |
| 2 | Cyclists and horse riders are keen to progress with the scheme but there has been some opposition from one particular village . |
| 3 | SPARTAK MOSCOW are ready to throw up a Russian wall of defiance to end Liverpool 's European dream at Anfield tonight . |
| 4 | SPARTAK MOSCOW are ready to throw up a Russian wall of defiance to end Liverpool 's European dream at Anfield tonight . |
| 5 | As the proposed Directive establishes essential standards only , Member States are free to provide for a lower threshold to trigger the compulsory bid ( the UK rule is 30% ) . |
| 6 | The express terms contained in a booking contract are likely to relate to the following points : |
| 7 | The latest figures for Stockton South show 4,894 out of work and opponents of the town 's Conservative MP Mr Tim Devlin are quick to seize on the loss of the planned Ministry of Defence Quality Assurance Division as a major blow for the area . |
| 8 | Two foot square strips are likely to go for a fiver a sod and will be accompanied by certificates of authenticity from manager Mick McCarthy . |
| 9 | Realistically , however , only a limited number of employers are likely to agree to a potentially costly and open-ended liability of that sort . |
| 10 | A number of different synfuel projects are likely to continue in the US including shale , coal , gas , coal liquids , alcohol and very heavy oil . |
| 11 | Beyond the fact that most cases are likely to arise in the context of trade or business it is not apparent why liability should be confined to cases where those activities are interfered with . |
| 12 | The Royal family are country people , their interests and off-duty activities are all to do with the countryside , and the Prince always had a good knowledge of its workings ; but it was not until after he became chairman of the steering committee for Wales that he discovered the danger it was in . |
| 13 | The Carmel Woods case helps highlight the enormous difficulty of challenging the validity of IDO claims under the 1991 Act and also helps keep the spotlight on the legacy of old minerals permissions which planning authorities are powerless to tackle under the 1981 Act . |
| 14 | Kingswell Limo , Duagh Colours and Skelligs March are three to follow in the Wey Plastics Puppy Derby semis at Wimbledon on Tuesday . |
| 15 | We can at last give the Proof of Theorem 1.4.4 Let S denote the set of all positive integers of the form ma + nb where m , n are free to range over the whole of Z. Then clearly at least one of a , -a , b , -b belong to S. [ Why ? ] |
| 16 | Social values are difficult to define in a changing , pluralistic , capitalistic society like ours . |
| 17 | I 'm not sure what Mr and Mrs Bloggs are supposed to gain from the pages of ticked sums and the often half finished pieces of writing . |
| 18 | The procedures adopted for each category of incident are of less interest than the issue of how these patterns are able to coexist with the unexpected nature of much police work . |
| 19 | Some owls are unable to return to the wild , having been brought up by breeders . |
| 20 | Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June . |
| 21 | The machines which they order in the good times are apt to arrive in the bad times , when the products can not so easily be sold and when borrowing costs are exceptionally high . |
| 22 | The effect of day length on behaviour is mediated hormonally ; the birds are prepared to migrate in the autumn by declining production of sex hormones at the end of the breeding season ; they do not migrate if injected with sex hormones . |
| 23 | Russian groups are keen to play in the West and will be in a position to arrange gigs for your band in Russia if your group can do likewise for them in Ireland . |
| 24 | It has reduced the claims that groups are able to make on the state . |
| 25 | Strawcrete firedoors are unlikely to appear in the near future . |
| 26 | I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ . |
| 27 | They differ both in terms of the types of deictic references they contain , and in terms of the degree of overlap that readers are likely to perceive between the evoked situations of utterance and the actual contexts of production and reception of the texts . |
| 28 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 29 | The significance of this opposition will be enhanced , I think , if the socialist movements of the future are able to express in a more precise , convincing and spirited way their conceptions of an alternative , viable economy and a new social order on a world scale , as a realistic ideal which can be gradually approached in ever-changing circumstances . |
| 30 | However , Lyngby are ready to part with the Danish international as soon as their interest in the European Cup is over — and following Rangers 2-0 win that is likely to be in 10 days time . |