Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
| 2 | If you all get on well and are prepared to make the same sacrifices to succeed , you might just be ‘ the right stuff ’ . |
| 3 | But there are other less obvious savings which can be taken into account if you are prepared to write a few letters and fill out a form or two . |
| 4 | It is in the field of assessment that the new arrangements are likely to pose the most difficulties for teachers and distract them from their first task of finding their way into ‘ the very queer and tortuous passages of children 's minds ’ . |
| 5 | In bottle-wrack , on the other hand , all the cells within a plant are likely to have the same genes , because only very recent mutations could divide them . |
| 6 | This three-star establishment is a sister hotel to the nearby Tyrol & Alpenhof hotels , and guests at the Haus Orplid are welcome to use the many facilities at these hotels . |
| 7 | Delays are unlikely to exceed a few minutes while capacity is maximised . |
| 8 | The specialist gardens are able to access the Plant Records system through dial-up modems , and are able to use the same PCs for word processing , small databases , and spreadsheets for numerical data , such as climate records and finance . |
| 9 | Only if other scientists are able to obtain the same results using similar methods of operation , will a result be taken seriously and treated to further tests . |
| 10 | But lesser mortals are apt to need a few crutches . |
| 11 | We are happy to report no such troubles with the 300SL-24 which felt rock solid throughout the test . |
| 12 | A generous Dalglish said : ‘ Watford played better than the score suggests , but obviously we are pleased to see a few goals go in . ’ |
| 13 | We are keen to run a few events next year outside Edinburgh , and a visit to the newish organisation EuroInfoCentre is also planned ( for 18th March ) . |