Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are right to sympathise with the hon. and learned Member for Leicester West . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old are due to appear in the same court to face a similar charge . |
| 4 | For the four clubs Rovers are due to meet in the next stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup are setting the pace in Italy 's Serie B. |
| 5 | Deliveries of the new jet — which is designed to tap the market for business aircraft with an intercontinental range — are due to begin in the first quarter of 1991 . |
| 6 | You are clear to fly over the inner ring defence system . ’ |
| 7 | But they are prepared to act on the political stage according to a script which permits pragmatic compromise up to the point where further compromise would endanger the fundamental evangelical principles of the background . |
| 8 | ‘ Until we can get enough food through to stop people starving to death , you wo n't be able to stop those who are prepared to kill for the few precious supplies , ’ said Julian . |
| 9 | As is most common in holistic healing , too few people are prepared to stick to the dietary disciplines –or long . |
| 10 | At the moment they are prepared to work with the political parties in keeping up the momentum December generated , but it 's clear they intend to progress with their agenda whether or not the formal politicians continue to drag their feet . |
| 11 | Having put these levers in their basic positions , you are free to concentrate on the three ribber controls that you 'll be using all the time . |
| 12 | The legal recognition of corporate character may be obtained either by a charter from the Crown , as in the case of most of our older corporations , like the Hudson 's Bay Company , some universities and their colleges , as well as of some more recent ones ; or directly by means of an incorporating Act of parliament , as in the case of certain public utilities ; or indirectly through an Act of Parliament like the Companies Act 1948 ( which has been amended by several later Acts of the same name , and consolidated by the Companies Act 1985 ) , which offers corporate character to any number of persons ( usually not less than seven ) associated for a lawful object , who are willing to comply with the statutory requirements as to registration and otherwise . |
| 13 | I ) and consequently the pores are prone to infill by the latter . |
| 14 | For him it becomes so self-evident where true fulfilment lies that those who are content to rest in the basic reformation in faith appear ludicrous . |
| 15 | This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes . |
| 16 | But Labour are now so desperate that they 're prepared to throw in the whole kitchen sink in their frantic bid for power . ’ |
| 17 | It contains everything you 're likely to need for the minor emergency . |
| 18 | You 're welcome to camp in the fifty acres of forest belonging to Christian — and there will be a lot more forest left around here . |
| 19 | If the offeror wishes to make a recommended bid , then the negotiations over price are likely to proceed in the same way as for any other business acquisition . |
| 20 | In this area , market forces are likely to decide between the various competing standards before official bodies make up their minds . |
| 21 | Such passages to us seem prophetic of industry tactics we are likely to see in the 1990s . |
| 22 | Now commuting is a consequence of human nature to a large extent , people choose to live away from their place of work and if they do choose to live away from their place of work then we 'll need a much more authoritarian government than we are likely to see in the next ten or twenty years to stop people from living away from their place of work . |
| 23 | About 10 per cent of the new jobs are likely to go to the self-employed , most of them coming from the ranks of those already in employment . |
| 24 | Despite the bizarre method being used , dozens of foreign companies are likely to bid for the rare chance to invade a new broadcasting market . |
| 25 | Every effort should be made to discover whether the family have the ability to put themselves in hypothetical situations and conceptualise and deal with the difficulties that are likely to arise with the black child , particularly during adolescence . |
| 26 | The main programming problems are likely to arise in the correct timing of the phase excitation changes ; the program segment responsible for the time delay between Steps must be carefully written if it is to provide accurate timing , as well as perform a useful secondary function . |
| 27 | Images captured from TV , sent back from space , or more prosaically produced by a document scanner , are likely to fall into the same category . |
| 28 | Unless you specialize in this form of road transport , you are likely to fall outside the strict confines of statutory regulations . |
| 29 | Hit by relentless price competition and slumping business conditions , Fujitsu Ltd on Friday forecast that for fiscal 1993 to March 31 , it would report its first loss since it was first listed in Tokyo in 1949 : it sees a group net loss of $322m and a current loss of $169m for the year , against net profit of $103m and current profit of $437m last fiscal — current profit includes gains and losses made on investments in stocks and bonds and sundry profits and losses from other non-operating activities ; ‘ Customers expect lower prices , ’ said Mike Beirne , a Fujitsu spokesman — ‘ the price competition goes from the price war in personal computers right up to mainframes ; ’ the company acknowledges that losses are likely to continue into the first six months of its new year . |
| 30 | But confusion and uncertainty surrounding the Government 's efforts to restore confidence in the colony are likely to continue after the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , makes his long-awaited statement to the Commons this afternoon . |