Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other additions , we did earlier Chair , and that is we have received a mental illness specific grant , erm , on a number of schemes but they have been time limited , and they are due to cease , some of them are due to cease in the coming year . |
| 2 | Merchandising wholesalers will be approached by HC next , though discussions with them are likely to focus on the level of returns . |
| 3 | The motion which I am anxious to put before the full plenary session of the European Parliament is in fact a motion to ban lead from petrol completely , not merely to reduce it as stated in the article . , |
| 4 | Although it would have avoided the possibility of argument had Winchester made the application , I am content to proceed upon the assumption that the applicant has a sufficient interest . |
| 5 | If necessary , I am content to rely on the propositions advanced by Elliott and Williams , although the words ‘ useless ’ and ‘ burden ’ are not very helpful . |
| 6 | Does the Secretary of State accept that , as my hon. Friend the Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Stephen ) — whom I am pleased to welcome to the House — will confirm , 100 per cent . |
| 7 | I am pleased to hear from the hon. Gentleman that there is no more concern about trust status . |
| 8 | I am sorry to intrude on the debate in this way , but , before the speech of the right hon. Member for Selby ( Mr. Alison ) , the House was addresed by the hon. Member for Ceredigion and Pembroke , North ( Mr. Howells ) . |
| 9 | I am sorry to hear of the job losses to which the hon. Gentleman refers , but the only secure future for the coal industry or , indeed , for any other industry , is for it to produce something that people want at a price that people can afford . |
| 10 | I am sorry to hear about the lavatories . |
| 11 | No doubt , as the election approaches , the Conservatives will seek to blame everything on the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) — a close friend of the Chancellor , whom I am glad to see in the Chamber . |
| 12 | Most local authorities have yet to set their budgets but I am glad to report to the house the press reports indicate a far more modest level of increase . |
| 13 | Really I think I am able to demonstrate in the written account of the research that I am presenting a very real account of their teaching and their problems , as well as their successes . |
| 14 | But , in an uncanny moment of premonition , I am able to see through the mists of time to Judgement Day . |
| 15 | As a shift worker , I am able to play during the week . |
| 16 | The muscle is giving me some grief but as long as there is no long-term damage then I am willing to play through the pain barrier . ’ |
| 17 | I am privileged to sit on the Medical Group of the JAA . |
| 18 | I can recognize the choice as right ( as I would the choice to prepare for coming danger ) however strongly I am inclined to shut off the brief glimpse in order not to be distracted from present and selfish goals . |
| 19 | I am unable to agree with the approach here adopted by the deputy judge . |
| 20 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
| 21 | I am ashamed to admit to the same bafflement on hearing Dr Sylvia Earle — algalogist , marine biologist and self-promoter extraordinaire — extolling the virtues of a moving and storage firm in a radio advertisement . |
| 22 | I am distraught to learn of the demise of your mother and shut my ears to the ugly rumour that you had her put to death so that you could take up ballet-dancing . |
| 23 | I am distressed to hear of the problems facing owner-occupiers in the area referred to by my hon. Friend . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm content to go into the army , and I 'm definitely against giving up territory to the Arabs . ’ |
| 25 | County Chairman , I 'm pleased to present to the committee the report of the head of finance and myself on each resource budget in nineteen ninety four |
| 26 | A matter I 'm obliged to keep in the strictest confidence , but It is , I can not stress too strongly , of the profoundest importance . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So I presume I 'm obliged to stay with the ship . ’ |
| 28 | I 'm sorry to read of the Harlequin deaths … but you must remember that it is an underwater jungle — even in an aquarium . |
| 29 | I suppose I 'm reluctant to go into the school side before I have to because I 'm not very good with kids . ’ |
| 30 | Mark : I ca n't say that to the same extent , but where I live at the moment I know a lot of people within five minutes ' walk and there are ten or fifteen gay people I know who live locally ; there are people I can visit without any great effort whatsoever , whom I 'm likely to meet in the shops . |