Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclists and horse riders are keen to progress with the scheme but there has been some opposition from one particular village . |
| 2 | A number of different synfuel projects are likely to continue in the US including shale , coal , gas , coal liquids , alcohol and very heavy oil . |
| 3 | Beyond the fact that most cases are likely to arise in the context of trade or business it is not apparent why liability should be confined to cases where those activities are interfered with . |
| 4 | The Royal family are country people , their interests and off-duty activities are all to do with the countryside , and the Prince always had a good knowledge of its workings ; but it was not until after he became chairman of the steering committee for Wales that he discovered the danger it was in . |
| 5 | The Carmel Woods case helps highlight the enormous difficulty of challenging the validity of IDO claims under the 1991 Act and also helps keep the spotlight on the legacy of old minerals permissions which planning authorities are powerless to tackle under the 1981 Act . |
| 6 | The procedures adopted for each category of incident are of less interest than the issue of how these patterns are able to coexist with the unexpected nature of much police work . |
| 7 | Some owls are unable to return to the wild , having been brought up by breeders . |
| 8 | Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June . |
| 9 | The machines which they order in the good times are apt to arrive in the bad times , when the products can not so easily be sold and when borrowing costs are exceptionally high . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Russian groups are keen to play in the West and will be in a position to arrange gigs for your band in Russia if your group can do likewise for them in Ireland . |
| 12 | It has reduced the claims that groups are able to make on the state . |
| 13 | Strawcrete firedoors are unlikely to appear in the near future . |
| 14 | I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ . |
| 15 | They differ both in terms of the types of deictic references they contain , and in terms of the degree of overlap that readers are likely to perceive between the evoked situations of utterance and the actual contexts of production and reception of the texts . |
| 16 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 17 | " Final " means that the decision is not subject to review , and " binding " means that the parties are obliged to comply with the decision . |
| 18 | Indeed , while the parties are anxious to continue with the fighting such steps are unlikely to lead to peace . |
| 19 | Third parties are able to accede to the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the [ Panama ] Canal and thereby accept the rights and obligations of the regime . |
| 20 | If the parties are unable to agree on the precise application of the method of calculation to the information derived from the drilling and production , the dispute may be referred by the agreement to an expert to determine . |
| 21 | Inexperienced fighters are apt to stay in the centre all the time , making it easy for an opponent to strike , as it is nearly akin to hitting a statue . |
| 22 | These goals are likely to relate to the following areas : — improvement of academic achievement , — improvement of the staying-on rates , — improvement in attendance and punctuality , — development of record of achievement , — commitment to Work Experience for all , — commitment to teacher secondment to industry , — involvement of adults other than teachers in curriculum development , — service to the community . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Furthermore , with cursive handwriting , words are difficult to segment into the constituent letters . |
| 25 | The gentlemen are liable to retire to the smoking room at any moment . ’ |
| 26 | Overall , clients are likely to go to the executive search firm they feel most comfortable with , which has the most appropriate range of experience and is closest to the image of the type of people they wish to recruit . |
| 27 | An examination in Professional Practice ( RIBA Part 3 ) , set jointly through the Association of Scottish Schools of Architecture , is taken at the completion of the second period of practical training , and successful candidates are eligible to register with the Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom , and become full members of the RIBA and/or the RIAS . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Collecting bias seems to be greater for molars than for incisors , not surprising when it is considered that incisors are easier to locate in the pellets than are molars , and so an excess of incisors may be combined with a deficit of molars where there is collecting bias . |
| 30 | The winners are expected to be announced in October and the trials are likely to start in the new year . |