Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also believe that the manner of Senor di Meana 's intervention demonstrated to the full that the Government are right to stress the principle of subsidiarity which holds that the Commission should not become involved in matters that can more effectively be dealt with by member states . |
| 2 | They are right to impose a timetable at the start of the Committee stage to ensure that all parts of the Bill are properly dealt with . |
| 3 | But I am due to take a trip to the Indian Ocean shortly where I hope to go swimming in a warmer sea ! |
| 4 | The arguments that Freud advanced are unnecessary to establish the conceptualization of the death instincts , and their eternal struggle with the sexual instincts , in the unconscious life of humanity . |
| 5 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
| 6 | The leading crews are due to reach the end of their voyage at Southampton on Sunday . |
| 7 | England are due to spend a fortnight in Sri Lanka next March , playing a Test and two one-day internationals . |
| 8 | The matter could conceivably be overlooked : either if ( instead of from your last employer ) , you are due to get a pension from an earlier employer ; or if you will only be receiving a State pension — and not a company pension in addition . |
| 9 | The unrest has claimed more than 200 lives across the country so far , and yesterday saw a riot by 10,000 in Bombay where Graham Gooch 's men are due to play a Test in the New Year . |
| 10 | England are due to play a friendly in Dublin on March 28 and even before the draw Lansdowne Road was assured of a sell-out . |
| 11 | Take whatever steps are possible to cool the body below 102°F ( 38.9°C ) as quickly as possible whilst awaiting expert help . |
| 12 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 13 | Reg Brealey said yesterday : ‘ I am sorry to see the club in this position . ’ |
| 14 | I am sorry to interrupt the Minister at this point , but he should clarify one great worry — we are concerned about exchanging a public for a private monopoly . |
| 15 | CITIES targeted by the Government are each to have a minister from a team of nine headed by the Inner Cities Minister , Mr David Hunt , to advise them on regenerating the urban environment They will work with City Action Teams and Inner City Task Forces already set up , Mr Hunt yesterday told a London conference , Business in the Cities . |
| 16 | Whether the investors are prepared to support the migration to software remains uncertain . |
| 17 | We are prepared to take the risk in giving up our jobs and taking a bit of time out . ’ |
| 18 | Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan . |
| 19 | Whereas our grandparents and , perhaps , even our parents frowned upon buying anything unless they had saved all the money required , today we expect to own the luxuries of life now and are prepared to bridge the gap between our savings and the price with a loan . |
| 20 | ABOVE , INSET Unless you are prepared to spend a lot of time grooming your dog , do not choose a breed such as the Afghan Hound . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's taken a lot of my notorious skills at wheeling and dealing , but the bank are prepared to finance the deal on the strength of the new patent for the computerised cutting and sewing system , ’ Guy was saying , his voice flat and clipped . |
| 22 | PAL can be used to broadcast wide-screen pictures ( for display in cinema-screen shape on a new kind of set ) only if viewers with existing receivers are prepared to tolerate a picture like a letterbox . |
| 23 | This means that non-US residents are prepared to use the dollar in settlement of debts , as a unit of account and as a store of value . |
| 24 | I need say no more , except to underline the naivety of those who are prepared to champion the humanism of Marx in his attack on capitalism without recognising the inhumanism of Marx in proposing the socialist solution . |
| 25 | This is hanging on on to the reins of government and they are prepared to destroy the country in the process . |
| 26 | I thought that progressives , political progressives in this country were prepared to stand by public services and believe in them sufficiently to say this will cost you and we are prepared to put the bill to you because we believe you will pay the bill . |
| 27 | We are prepared to consider the decoy as a permanent option if it helps to slow people down and save lives . ’ |
| 28 | A second group are the adopters who are prepared to adopt a child of two black parents or a child of one white and one black parent , and to accept the child as he or she is , recognising the difference in racial and cultural origin . |
| 29 | This includes providing additional services through primary care teams , negotiating for the provision of some outpatient services in practices , changing prescribing patterns to obtain better value for money , and using those hospitals that are prepared to deliver the standard of care specified by fundholders . |
| 30 | Non-marketing factors often apply when selling internationally , since many companies unfortunately view export orders as a supplement to home trade and are prepared to offer an agency to anybody who is likely to obtain orders , irrespective of their commercial standing . |