Example sentences of "they [am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other additions , we did earlier Chair , and that is we have received a mental illness specific grant , erm , on a number of schemes but they have been time limited , and they are due to cease , some of them are due to cease in the coming year . |
| 2 | Enthusiasm can spur one on to cram the border full of as many herbs as possible , but some of them are likely to die as a result , and others will be tall and weedy ; it is far better to plant with spaces between them to start with , allowing them room to grow to their full size so that their growth habit and leaf value can be made the most of in the context of the overall design . |
| 3 | Merchandising wholesalers will be approached by HC next , though discussions with them are likely to focus on the level of returns . |
| 4 | Record shops are legally prohibited from ordering directly from overseas : they are obliged to go through the record companies who are shamefully slow in fulfilling orders : two to three months is a minimum . |
| 5 | They are due to appear before a New York judge next week to present opening arguments . |
| 6 | This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes . |
| 7 | Philosophers have often been content to assign to the mind features that they are unwilling to ascribe to the physical world . |
| 8 | Some ministers perhaps keep it on because they feel that it caters for a section of the adult church with whom they are unwilling to compromise in the sermon . |
| 9 | As is so often the case , these gates have been made by someone who has obviously no experience of walking , because they are impossible to negotiate with a rucksack on , unless you climb onto the bottom bars of the fence around the gate to lift the sack above the top rail . |
| 10 | Applicants , providing that they are eligible to enrol on the programmes , may gain credits in respect of recognised qualifications and/or prior learning . |
| 11 | The economic base to garage servicing ( following O'Brien , Motor Magazine , 10th September 1977 ) lacks two conditions that normally operate in pricing : the first is that consumers should have speedy knowledge of defects in what they buy ; the second that they are free to move from an unsatisfactory supplier to a more satisfactory one . |
| 12 | Students are required to take courses in Social Theory and in Methods of Social Research but thereafter they are free to choose from a wide range of options . |
| 13 | They are free to evolve at the mutation rate . |
| 14 | But many shops continue trading on Sundays as they maintain they are entitled to open under the 1957 Treaty of Rome . |
| 15 | The first step in empowering house officers so that change can happen is to ensure that they know what they are entitled to expect from the job . |
| 16 | For example , it will be of importance to some tenants ( particularly greengrocers and other shopkeepers ) to know whether they are entitled to trade from a forecourt . |
| 17 | The village chiefs ask their people if they are willing to work on the water projects , and once agreed a project committee is set up carrying the authority of all involved . |
| 18 | President Bush himself , no less , effectively called on Gen Aoun 's loyalist troops to rise against him , but , though some senior officers oppose his high-risk strategies and resent his authoritarian style , they are unlikely to move in the recent climate of public adulation for the great new champion . |
| 19 | In theory , the media can be used to promote certain policies though , in practice , this is not often the case , partly because broadcasting , the obvious channel , needs to attract advertising to finance itself and , since educational programmes do not often have mass appeal , they are unlikely to draw in the necessary funding . |
| 20 | It seems reasonable to assume , therefore , that they are unlikely to come from the Author of Scripture . |
| 21 | They are quick to rally behind the team in a tight stadium which generates a potent atmosphere but also quick to register their displeasure with the dealings of Brian Little , a flamboyant , long-haired winger in his playing days but a cautious , grey-haired manager today . |
| 22 | The Lilliputians , like us , have learnt bad ways — choosing officials because they are able to dance on a rope is just one example . |
| 23 | In addition , some parents may find that it is easier to cope with a child who has a serious language problem if they are able to participate in the process of assessment and intervention . |
| 24 | With oil and gas exports , the objective is to get foreign currency with which foreign goods can be purchased and the domestic economy 's energy requirements are organised so that they are able to manage on the fuel which is left . |
| 25 | These ingredients continue to work after the toothpaste is rinsed away , as they are able to cling to the teeth and gums and remain in the saliva for some time . |
| 26 | This is perhaps the most fundamental principle of sign systems : no matter how much they are able to draw from a sign language they attempt to match their production to the spoken language which is produced simultaneously . |
| 27 | Nor does such staggered hatching cause any difficulties for such birds as eagles which build inaccessible nests in the tops of trees where their young can remain in safety until they are able to take to the air themselves . |
| 28 | Individuals believe that they are able to perform at the desired level ( effort performance outcome ) . |
| 29 | They are one wheel lighter than two-wheeled carts , and more manoeuvrable since they are able to turn on the spot and negotiate narrow gaps on rocky ground . |
| 30 | There is a convincing body of research indicating that people are educated and trained more effectively if they are able to interact with the educational or training medium . |