Example sentences of "and [am/are] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Doctors are starting to think the mind can affect the body 's health and are unwilling to dismiss spiritual healing out of hand . ’
2 1 Bilingual Service Providers — people who are both qualified to provide a service ( such as doctors , policemen , lawyers and environmental health officers ) and are competent to offer that service in either English or another language .
3 Sheff Wed next , who might be a bit tricky and are sure to turn some team over soon .
4 Haslemere 's new road running section have had a very successful start and are keen to welcome new members at Woolmer Hill Sports Ground on Tuesdays at 7 p.m .
5 Sure , companies are proud of any little achievement , like shaving a millimetre off a neck here and there , and are keen to stress these points through magazines like Guitarist , but such details are hardly ever conceived as parts of a greater whole .
6 We work closely with the Department of Social Security in developing such guidance and are keen to preserve this relationship as we believe it provides more flexibility and enables actuaries to apply their professional judgement ultimately for the benefit of the pension scheme member .
7 WE closed the book on our share tips last night and are pleased to report another year of success .
8 Note that the children have seen that the outcome of the game can not be pre-planned , and are likely to take this understanding with them to the Example continued drama itself .
9 In short , some children will come from relatively stable homes for temporary care , others have had very damaging and painful experiences and come from permanently broken homes and are likely to require long-term care .
10 If they fail to meet the playing average , they are told to ‘ go away and practise ’ for the next four weeks and are unable to enter any tournaments .
11 They admit they are not the cheapest and are unable to quote average prices .
12 And last those who should probably be first — the experts who have the knowledge that enables them to evaluate books , records , stamps and other valuables professionally and are willing to put this skill and their time at our disposal .
13 Over the past 20 years , there has been a growth in the number of these schools , because many parents have felt that governments have not been providing the quality of education once found in grammar schools , and are willing to forgo expensive holidays and luxuries , in order to provide the education they want for their children .
14 Thus even bottom-dwelling molluscs can be dispersed widely over long distances , and are quick to colonize vacant sites that appear in the ocean ( new volcanic islands like Surtsey , for example ) .
15 However , what is most apparent generally in the provisions described is that deaf children are unable to interact , do not contribute to class lessons through speech , are subjected to distorted and exaggerated mouthings by teachers and pupils in order to convey specific information ( i.e. not natural language interaction ) and are unlikely to have secure peer group friendships .
16 It must be stressed that the concept of The Smiths will remain the same and the group will continue to promote their forthcoming single and album releases and are eager to plan live dates once a new guitarist has been selected . ’
17 Some people see very clearly and are able to describe actual images ; others do not actually see anything at all but know what is going on and are able to relate to it .
18 The fry free swim in three to four days and are able to take freshly-hatched brine shrimp as their first food .
19 Secondly , the research will assess the school-based experience and training that the students receive in teaching methods in order to determine the extent to which students have mastered an understanding of the nature and development of pupils ' historical thinking and are able to exemplify such understanding in their teaching styles .
20 The sooner the funding councils are started up and are able to discuss detailed formulae and arrangements for the distribution of funds to institutions of higher education and institutions of further education , the better .
21 Full time welfare officers represent individuals at pension tribunals , and are able to offer professional advice on legal matters and housing .
22 They both have large planning departments and are prepared to take young people with no previous experience and train them .
23 There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another .
24 Many readers possess their own forms of transport and are prepared to travel reasonable distances within the authority when requiring material urgently .
25 Alan Calladine added : ‘ We class ourselves as a working railway museum and are prepared to develop any aspect of the railway scene .
26 Let me assume that you would like to enter for practice at the Bar and are prepared to brave all hazards .
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