Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [det] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says that some bank lenders and creditors have already indicated they are prepared to lend more money to the company . |
| 2 | Fears of what might happen in the East are one reason EC leaders have been willing to offer some help to those on the other side of the broken Berlin Wall . |
| 3 | I am delighted to commend this booklet to you which I hope will give you a flavour of the variety and interest available to solicitors in local government . |
| 4 | We 're all ripping each other to pieces here |
| 5 | FEW PEOPLE WAITING EXPECTANTLY to board the passenger liner QE2 for the holiday of a lifetime are likely to give much thought to the part that ICI 's Chlor-chemicals business will be playing in their journey . |
| 6 | At its most extreme ‘ I can not change ’ can describe a sense of complete impotence — ‘ I am unable to make any difference to my own or anybody else 's life . ’ |
| 7 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |
| 8 | Hayek argues that a consequence of their distrust of abstract theories is that conservatives are unable to offer any alternative to the direction in which social forces are moving ; they look to the past rather than the future . |
| 9 | Small scale research suggests that when children are relieved of the burden of hand-writing and hand-rewriting stories they are able to give more attention to structure and composition . |
| 10 | The programme is time-tabled over three years , with the option of an accelerated 2-year programme for those who are able to devote more time to their studies . |
| 11 | She has in recent years been able to devote more time to dressmaking and tailoring — arts which she has perfected to professional standards . |
| 12 | By seven , after more coffee and a cigar , he had still not been able to bring any order to his confusion of thoughts . |
| 13 | I have not been able to find any reference to pruning it , although I have cut out any dead wood found in the spring . |
| 14 | You must be prepared to give some time to experimenting with various yarns and tensions until the quality of woven fabric feels just right . |
| 15 | In order to maintain a proper balance in your life , you must be prepared to allocate some time to yourself each day . |
| 16 | It would therefore be easier to restrict this seam to plain fabrics or those with a small overall design . |
| 17 | ‘ It would be easier to get this back to London than to get an insurance assessor out here , ’ I added on the spur of the moment . |
| 18 | The Hilton should be able to fax this back to me rather than you trying to get it up to York . |
| 19 | I hope that we will be able to give some protection to people like James , people who are in a very weak position . |
| 20 | I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to give some commitment to that this evening . |
| 21 | Margaret denied herself , dressing in modest clothes and eating plain food , in order to be able to give more help to others . |
| 22 | I would be grateful if the Noble Earl who will , I assume be replying on their behalf , I hope he will be able to explain this matter to us . |
| 23 | We hope to be able to extend this approach to other modules and other qualifications . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've also got to know Whitby very well and it 's nice to be able to put that knowledge to good use . ’ |
| 25 | Clearly , each such area ought to be able to make some contribution to analysing George and Marie 's problems . |
| 26 | And er I 'll be able to have more room to myself then cos David wo n't be there anyway so I might be able to have one of the bedrooms as like a sitting room to myself or study or something . |
| 27 | You may not be able to afford that trip to a South Sea Island with its blue skies , its sandy beaches and its glorious sunshine . |
| 28 | It would be unkind to attribute this decision to her intention to publish her own diaries . ) |
| 29 | Many people — indeed many interviewers — are inclined to give more importance to how you behave than to what you say and management courses now include lessons on body language and how to interpret it . |
| 30 | Priorities were changed ; more importance was attached to paid work and hence they were willing to give more time to union affairs . |