Example sentences of "he [be] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is keen to pick up the pieces again . |
| 2 | As he does that , he is able to point out the way that Jesus is their liberator , from the limitations of being in such a net , to the freedom of a fish with a whole ocean to enjoy . |
| 3 | Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs . |
| 4 | He had wanted Lesley to have an abortion , but because he feels committed to Lesley he is prepared to bring up the baby as if she were his own . |
| 5 | I know he 's anxious to move up the price . " |
| 6 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 7 | But when the fever struck in 1756 he was obliged to give up the periodical work by which he made a living in London . |
| 8 | In November 1633 Crowe had been appointed ambassador at Constantinople , though he was unable to take up the appointment for another five years . |
| 9 | He felt the contact was so invaluable that he was prepared to turn down the job at the head of one of the UK 's premier blue-chip companies if it meant making such a sacrifice . |
| 10 | After fumbling for several minutes , his arms aching desperately , he was able to push up the catch . |
| 11 | Kammerer must have been imposing such intense selection on such a large sample of eggs that he was able to filter out the odd egg that carried the remnant complex of genes still present in the species ' gene pool at very low frequencies . |
| 12 | Once the Zodiac was in motion he was able to ease out the sheet . |
| 13 | Once his eyes became accustomed to the gloom he was able to make out the double curve of the banister as it snaked from the dark first-floor landing into the inky blackness of the main stairwell . |
| 14 | As the sun came up and he was able to make out the grassy track along which he had been striding through the night he realised that once again he had missed the verderers , that there were no fresh hoof-marks . |
| 15 | Bach classified these bacteria into seven different groups , from each of which he prepared a vaccine , and he was able to work out the temperaments associated with each group . |
| 16 | Two months later he was able to bring down the Government , and Lord Malmesbury took over as Foreign Secretary in the new Conservative administration . |
| 17 | Later he was able to bring in the malcontent Thakin , Tun Ok . |
| 18 | Above all , he was concerned to root out the evil of popery and overcome the influence of ‘ evil counsellors ’ close to the king . |
| 19 | He was slow to use even the basic idea of evolution in his paleontological work , and did so only in the mid 1860s after reading the work of the German evolutionist Ernst Haeckel . |