Example sentences of "we are [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are delighted to hear from the shadow to the shadow Secretary of State . |
| 2 | We are right to sympathise with the hon. and learned Member for Leicester West . |
| 3 | We are supposed to melt into the background . |
| 4 | ‘ We are prepared to work with the police and to provide the information needed to bring the perpetrators of attacks to justice , ’ he says , adding that he would like to see Mr McLean in the hope of building a relationship . |
| 5 | Grover : ‘ We are prepared to work with the police ’ OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 6 | In about late July , with the scion foliage strong and healthy and the rootstock main stem still green with no sign of ageing , we are ready to think about the most back-breaking job in gardening ! |
| 7 | Like a good Renaissance poet he replies that this is the principle of decorum ; his form merely recreates his subject-matter : We are inclined to smile at the self-depreciation , as we are at the similar joke in 105 : He has no need for other forms , other themes . |
| 8 | Such passages to us seem prophetic of industry tactics we are likely to see in the 1990s . |
| 9 | Now commuting is a consequence of human nature to a large extent , people choose to live away from their place of work and if they do choose to live away from their place of work then we 'll need a much more authoritarian government than we are likely to see in the next ten or twenty years to stop people from living away from their place of work . |
| 10 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 11 | A spokeswoman for Marks & Spencer said : ‘ We are concerned to learn of the poor perception people have of us but we are carrying out a number of ongoing initiatives to improve the situation . ’ |
| 12 | If we do not try to grasp the relations between popular music discourses and the material musical practices to which they refer , and at the same time the necessary distinctness of level between these , we are unlikely to break through the structures of power which , as Foucault makes clear , discursive authority erects . |
| 13 | General Manager said ‘ We are happy to respond to the request and were able to provide a competitive price in a very quick time ’ . |
| 14 | We are able to see into the heart of things for other people . |
| 15 | In a constantly changing economic environment we are able to draw on the strengths of our parent companies — The Royal Bank of Scotland and Scottish Equitable — and create effective and flexible ways to meet the needs of people like you . |
| 16 | To some extent we are able to get round the problems of localizing lesion sites by using modem imaging techniques like NMR ( nuclear magnetic resonance ) and CAT ( computerized axial tomography ) scanning ( Carlson 1986 ) . |
| 17 | Once we see that the relationship between a set of explanatory principles and the more specific analyses offered by social scientists must be a reciprocal one we are able to benefit from the fact that , just as social scientific practice is moulded by existing views of explanation , so those views can be refined and altered by the impact of practice . |
| 18 | You might put it this way : We are human beings , not because we have souls but because we are able to conceive of the possibility that we might have souls . |
| 19 | Prospects of wholesale changes in working practices and conditions of services , if we will be if we are able to compete with the private sector in an aggressive market . |
| 20 | ‘ In this respect we are unable to conclude on the completeness and accuracy of the company 's accounting records . ’ |
| 21 | The lady of the house loved to be called by her Christian name , Martha , and she was not without traits in her character we are prone to associate with the name . |
| 22 | We welcome the positive steps that the Minister says have been taken , and we are glad to hear of the amount of money being spent on monitoring . |