Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family are due to fly out to America shortly . |
| 2 | Erm , so erm erm and that is the day that erm er both mum and Marion are due to fly off to Oz . |
| 3 | If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling … |
| 4 | All of my local contacts for people who are willing to travel up to Leeds etc , came as a result of either me , or them wearing a Leeds shirt . |
| 5 | Now frantic supporters who lost out are willing to pay up to £75 for a voucher they need to buy a ticket for the cup final on May 9 . |
| 6 | He halted , and abruptly changed tack to demand , ‘ You 're prepared to go back to England without that interview ? ’ |
| 7 | You 're supposed to come on to parade with clean boots , Jones ! ( condition 3 ) |
| 8 | Both men will be in Oxfordshire for some time yet , but they 're keen to go back to Sarajevo despite the dangers . |
| 9 | Both men will be in Oxfordshire for some time yet , but they 're keen to go back to Sarajevo despite the dangers . |
| 10 | I think we 've got to work out better ways of machines interacting with doctors , perhaps before we 're ready to move on to machines interacting with patients . |
| 11 | Similarly organisations that find themselves in difficulty ; where the profits are not coming through , where there is pressure from shareholders for a significant improvement in profit performance ; here again , the chairman and the Board are likely to reach out to executive search consultants to find them new talent . |
| 12 | I had n't been quick to come around to Caduta , as you know . |
| 13 | And is Janet , has Janet been able to go back to work yet ? |
| 14 | The main problem has been we have n't been able to come up to EC standards . |
| 15 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 16 | As we 've in fact transferred to oil , those coal heaps in many cases have actually been cleaned up and build on , so as oil runs out it perhaps will not be possible to reconvert back to coal use in some factories simply because the space for storage wo n't exist . |
| 17 | I hope I 'm right to come back to Benedict 's . |
| 18 | The most reliable data gives its size as 60cm ( 2″ ) , so do n't consider a tank of less than 4′ , and be prepared to go up to 6′ as the fish matures . |
| 19 | A factor , by contrast , will usually be willing to advance up to 80% of the value of invoices immediately , with the remainder , minus its fee and interest , when the client 's customer settles his bill . |
| 20 | They are reported to be willing to contribute up to $2 million for the South Pacific leg of the cruise . |
| 21 | She would be willing to pay up to £750,000 for it . |
| 22 | So do not be afraid to hold on to impressions that logically seem to cancel one another out . |
| 23 | Well I think , I think she 'll be that fed up being here all that time , she 'll be glad to get back to America to be quite honest with you Chris , what is there for her to do all that time ? |
| 24 | But they will be quick to point out to ministers that ‘ helping the poorest ’ can often lead to poverty and unemployment traps , as any state benefit aimed just at low-income households will discourage them from earning more or getting a job if it is withdrawn as soon as they do so . |
| 25 | It was the Reverend Baron who pointed out to his landlady that her husband and his employers , about whom he had heard a great deal , would be lucky to get back to Florence ‘ before war really takes hold ’ . |
| 26 | I 'm sure I 'm fit to go back to work . ’ |
| 27 | Shivering , he splashed cold water on his face and washed his hands and then hurried back to his own room , trying to decide whether it would be better to go back to bed , or to get up , get breakfast and do a little study before Senga was up and about . |
| 28 | They said it would be better to go back to Egypt . |
| 29 | Captain Faulknor was still concerned about the ship 's speed and said to Jenking , ‘ that it would be better to stand out to sea for the night . ’ |
| 30 | Well by the time she 's finished this course she should be confident to hold on to things in the water , you know |