Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encourage those who are mobile to go to the toilet on their own . |
| 2 | On p 475 the results of the fellowship 's survey of mental hospital closures in England show that 45 hospitals are due to close by the year 2000 . |
| 3 | So not a very successful project in terms of getting people out into the community but people are due to move at the end of this calendar year and I have no doubt that the project will be very successful thereafter . |
| 4 | The ladies ' timing is impeccable : usually they turn up on the day that social-security cheques are due to arrive in the post . |
| 5 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 6 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 7 | Carol McEvoy and her daughters Angela and Moira are due to speak at a press conference at Cleveland police 's headquarters in Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | More than 600 Warriors are already in service and by 1994 a total of 1,053 are due to roll off the production lines . |
| 9 | Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June . |
| 10 | As you can see , we have only mentioned a few fish that are possible to keep in a community set up , but the options are vast as there are a large number of species of fish to choose from . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I do not believe that the British public are prepared to move to a property tax . |
| 15 | No , it even says in here , it says look , there well may be groups of supporters in different categories who 'd like to arrange seats together , unfortunately not be able to do this unless you are prepared to wait until the end of the main selling period |
| 16 | ‘ Fraulein , I understand from Bruno that you are prepared to swear to a document that Corporal Blagg brought you some death certificates on the night when Herr Hochhauser — ( thank God he had remembered the name ) ‘ — the Standesbeamte from Bad Schwarzendorn was murdered . |
| 17 | They are prepared to vote against the government , even at the cost of a damaging row just before an election . |
| 18 | Most of the children want the railway and are prepared to help with the survey , but a few want things to remain as they are , and they want to organise resistance to the coming of the railway . |
| 19 | In particular the vendor should seek assurances that the current shareholders have waived any rights of first call they have on the new shares and , if necessary , are prepared to enter into a shareholder 's agreement with the vendor . |
| 20 | It is refreshingly easy to overcome initial fears , however , if you are prepared to enter into the debate , and not allow yourself to take comments or criticisms personally when a student peers at you agog for carrying out what they see as an archaic approach . |
| 21 | ‘ Collectors are very active and are prepared to pay for a painting of a particular breed or artist . ’ |
| 22 | The amount of money that people are prepared to pay for the meal plus the overheads and the establishment . |
| 23 | Generations of lobby journalists at Westminster have had to tussle with the challenge of reconciling the remarks Tory politicians are prepared to make off the record with the ringing declarations of total loyalty and conformity they deliver in public . |
| 24 | ‘ I wonder how long we are prepared to vacillate at a time when Britain , and all that Britain stands for , and human civilization , are in peril ? ’ |
| 25 | Environmentalist groups have criticised the plan , because it still allows some logging in ancient forests , but say they are prepared to work with the Administration to improve it . |
| 26 | He argued that to implement a ‘ Non-Alignment Pact ’ in a civil war between an incumbent government supported by one Great Power and insurgents supported by another Great Power ‘ a coalition government must be formed comprising those elements of both Government and insurgent forces which are prepared to come to a compromise and work together in the context of non-alignment ’ . |
| 27 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 28 | Vegetables should not be overcooked : firm al dente carrots , courgettes or cauliflower are easier to manage with a fork , and they help the patient to chew and swallow . |
| 29 | Some compensation may exist in sketches and preliminary drawings , where they exist , and which are easier to study on a page . |
| 30 | Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) . |