Example sentences of "he [is] [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | • Renault chief Raymond Levy says he is hesitant to conclude the present Renault-Mitsubishi-Volvo talks before the post-1992 level of Japanese imports to Europe is decided . |
| 2 | But he is anxious to embrace the whole city , which is why the council is sponsoring a series of 40 commissions embracing artists , musicians and playwrights . |
| 3 | But more than that he is anxious to win the one big race about which he has always dreamed — the National . |
| 4 | He borrows Grayson 's typewriter , with which he rewrites the paper he is due to give the next day ( scene ten ) . |
| 5 | During his two-week visit to Britain he is due to meet the foreign secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 6 | He is keen to exchange the first gifts , but the laibon 's family first want to see if he can cut the mustard . |
| 7 | He is right to emphasise the general safety level of the railways , which compares favourably with all other modes of transport . |
| 8 | If that is so , then the reason Papinian admits the daughter may be that he is inclined to favour the immediate family . |
| 9 | Second they determine under what circumstances he is likely to answer the first question correctly . |
| 10 | Mr Kinnock has to be protected from questions because he is likely to give the wrong answers , even about specific Labour policies he is supposed to know by heart . |
| 11 | If someone has suffered severe hearing loss for many years and suddenly is able to hear well through an aid , he is likely to have the same experience of surprise . |
| 12 | He says he is willing to amend the Indian constitution to give Punjab more autonomy , but not independence . |
| 13 | ( To the extent he survives , he is apt to make the illegal ‘ second economy ’ his habitat . ) |
| 14 | Club president Luis Cuervas confirmed last night he is ready to offer the unsettled Nottingham Forest midfielder ( pictured right ) a three-year deal worth a basic £15,000 a week . |
| 15 | Just as each child has to learn a series of lessons and skills as he passes from class to class until he is ready to enter the senior school , so I believe that the spirit too is given a series of lessons to learn before it is free of earthly life altogether and able to progress in whatever is the equivalent of its senior school . |
| 16 | Poidevin has announced he is unable to devote the same time and commitment to the game this year because of his business pressures with a Sydney stockbroking firm . |
| 17 | The new provision differs from the old in one significant way , by altering the terminology in which the Act is couched from the senior police officer 's ‘ opinion ’ that he is unable to prevent the serious public disorder to ‘ reasonably believes ’ that the imposition of conditions will not enable him to preserve order . |
| 18 | On these grounds he is able to advocate the open and sincere study of religions other than one 's own . |
| 19 | Learning occurs not because the person is somehow ‘ ready ’ for the next stage but because he is able to organise the incoming information in a satisfactory way . |
| 20 | Unless he chooses another ancient Egyptian theme he is unlikely to use the same style again . |
| 21 | As for young Pat McGibbon , he is unlikely to make the final panel on the day after his 20th birthday . |
| 22 | Even though his first impressions have not been positive he is prepared to give the new laws a run for their money . |
| 23 | Pardoe is delighted by the prospect of going to market , although he 's reluctant to undercut the small shops who for years have kept the organic movement going . |
| 24 | An Edinburgh man who 's fought for eight years to overturn a conviction for armed robbery says he 's prepared to go the European Court of Human Rights . |