Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] of [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writers about midlife are fond of referring to the empty nest syndrome , much to the annoyance of feminists , who deplore the notion that women need children to bolster their sense of self-worth . |
| 2 | the last week in September and it was the last week it was open , so you 're better of going near the middle or I mean the beginning or |
| 3 | But , they say they 're confident of beating off the developers once again . |
| 4 | But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid of slipping in the dark and cracking my head on the edge of the bunker , ’ I had said . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sick of hearing about the money Lennox Lewis , Frank Bruno and Chris Eubank are earning , ’ said the 30-year-old WBO champion , making his first defence of the 8st 10lb title . |
| 7 | However , some N. battus eggs deposited in the spring are capable of hatching in the autumn of the same year resulting in significant numbers of L3 on the pasture at this time . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm a great delegator , but it is important to delegate to those who are capable of carrying through the task and you must have a good report-back system . ’ |
| 9 | Western countries should be prepared to open themselves far wider to East European countries that make a real move to democracy and free markets : let the shameful visa queues at western embassies disappear , welcome Gastarbeiter from these countries , open up to any exports deserving East Europeans are capable of selling in the West 's competitive markets . |
| 10 | ‘ Only you are capable of going through the papers . |
| 11 | And there are other English players , like Steve McManaman , he believes are capable of playing in the Italian league . |
| 12 | They too are capable of evolving in the direction of becoming better enemies , in this case enemies of cheetahs . |
| 13 | But I think what the Franks Report illustrates to me very , very clearly indeed is that , within a parliamentary democratic system of government , there are some issues which are insoluble in that the government of the day … are incapable of delivering through the House of Commons . |