Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [adv] to the " in BNC.

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1 Though civilization crumbles , let those who are civilized remain so to the end !
2 The question that Englishmen yes , and Englishwomen must decide is whether or not they are prepared to knuckle under to the unspeakable creep Mathews , the demented McLachlan and the absurd Bottomley .
3 Only specialist engineers are likely to go down to the level of AND gates and NOR gates , and only physicists will go down further , to the level of how electrons behave in a semiconducting medium .
4 Now we are all looking forward to the second leg .
5 ‘ We are all looking forward to the visit very much .
6 ‘ Blyth are a quick , young side and they will make it very difficult for us , but we are all looking forward to the game , ’ said the Southport boss .
7 locating which nights northern tracks operate and with Dungannon having already made great efforts to obtain Fridays — to move away from Saturday competition with Dunmore — the Oaks Park management are unlikely to take kindly to the idea of Friday racing at Ballyskeagh .
8 ‘ You are reluctant to go down to the hall , demoiselle ?
9 Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops .
10 I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures .
11 It 's based on the equality of opportunity we talk about , that it should , no matter what your background , erm where you come from , as Marianne rightly says , you are able to get right to the top .
12 Staff are able to contribute instead to the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme or contribute to a personal pension scheme .
13 Many more people are able to contribute creatively to the solution of organisational problems than do so .
14 When you are ready to go on to the next potency , the whole process is repeated with a single poppy seed granule of the desired strength .
15 Batch production can be relatively well planned and controlled , but queueing problems may arise when batches are ready to move on to the next operation .
16 Only the leading two candidates are entitled to go through to the second round .
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