Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got certain rules that say all children must sit certain exams at certain times , it has n't been possible to do it in the labs |
| 2 | The wall opposite the sink and the window was covered with an oak dresser , very old and probably valuable , if it had been possible to remove it from the wall without its collapse , and the original row of bells still hung over the door each with its Gothic script ; drawing room , dining room , study , nursery . |
| 3 | UK airlines are not sponsoring pilots at the present time , but the school is attracting an increasing number of young people , both from this country and abroad , who are prepared to invest something in the order of £50,000 to train as professional pilots … |
| 4 | ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’ |
| 5 | During a visit to the hairdresser 's I realized that we women are prepared to put ourselves through the most extraordinary practices in order to improve our image . |
| 6 | As you will have realised by now this is not a fish for the person with a small community tank , but as long as you are prepared to provide it with the correct conditions , it is perfectly feasible for the novice to keep and breed the fish successfully . |
| 7 | But in terms of his public image as seen at the time , he had been careful to distance himself from the unpopular anti Jewish terror of the Nazi mobs and had placed himself on the side of legality . |
| 8 | In the first year it had been careful to disassociate itself from the truck-driver 's pin-up image by boasting of the high social and business standing of its readers … ‘ seven corporation presidents , fourteen vice-presidents , psychiatrists , a mortician and three embalmers ’ were listed among the first subscribers . |
| 9 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 10 | My members are willing to assist you to the best of their ability . ’ |
| 11 | I am delighted to welcome you to the University of Ulster . |
| 12 | Well good afternoon Ladies and Gentlemen I am delighted to welcome you to the R Y A's Annual General Meeting if I may call the meeting to order and may I propose that for those who 's convening the meeting printed on the front page of the annual report and accounts ninety , ninety one ninety two to be taken as read . |
| 13 | They are content to leave it to the building society , or they rely on their own judgement . |
| 14 | It had been impossible to thwart him under the glare of media attention back at the restaurant , and she was still trying to decide how to deal with the situation if he wanted to come in with her when they reached her apartment — and she knew he would want to . |
| 15 | The tight-lipped reply : ‘ We 're supposed to protect you from the IRA , not the voters . ’ |
| 16 | He goes , no , you 're not supposed to do it like that you 're supposed to get her on the floor and step on her head ! you 're not doing it right ! |
| 17 | ‘ They 're likely to charge him over the weekend , so Gerry was tipping me the wink there 's no story for us . |
| 18 | And they 're glad to share it with the visitors : |
| 19 | They 're apt to incapacitate us in the present if we do n't vigilantly sweep them away . ’ |
| 20 | He 's only groggy , not out , but you 're able to secure him to the bed with the other set of handcuffs and the leather straps from the same drawer the hood came from . |
| 21 | " I expect they 're anxious to chair me around the hall , " thought the Collector triumphantly . |
| 22 | They 're liable to confiscate it for the further entertainment of customs officers . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If you want a power-sharing executive , you are likely to blow it with the council , I said . |
| 24 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 25 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 26 | Only 40% are likely to pass it to the child . |
| 27 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 28 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 29 | Regulation is an option , but creates additional problems of its own , which are unlikely to commend it to the authorities except in exceptional circumstances ( e.g. as part of a privatization programme involving natural monopolies ) . |
| 30 | The four — and a sick Jon Tinker who had been unable to accompany them on the summit bid — scrambled from the disintegrating tent at 9am on Christmas Eve and fled downhill . |