Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We are right to sympathise with the hon. and learned Member for Leicester West .
2 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 .
3 ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . )
4 An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old are due to appear in the same court to face a similar charge .
5 For the four clubs Rovers are due to meet in the next stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup are setting the pace in Italy 's Serie B.
6 Deliveries of the new jet — which is designed to tap the market for business aircraft with an intercontinental range — are due to begin in the first quarter of 1991 .
7 It is not that men in management — MIM s as they are labelled by the pages of popular business handbooks — are unused to talk of a corporate future marked by chaos , turmoil , and ‘ reality turned upside down ’ .
8 You are clear to fly over the inner ring defence system . ’
9 But they are prepared to act on the political stage according to a script which permits pragmatic compromise up to the point where further compromise would endanger the fundamental evangelical principles of the background .
10 If we are prepared to participate in a European bank for reconstruction and development to help countries in eastern Europe which are facing the same problems as Britain 's defence industry workers , could we not at least set up a defence diversification agency to help the tens of thousands of workers in the north-west and throughout the United Kingdom who will be thrown on to the scrap heap ?
11 But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems .
12 ‘ Until we can get enough food through to stop people starving to death , you wo n't be able to stop those who are prepared to kill for the few precious supplies , ’ said Julian .
13 Whether you can only spare the occasional day or are prepared to help on a regular basis , Chapter 12 , Voluntary Work , lists a fund of suggestions you might like to consider .
14 As is most common in holistic healing , too few people are prepared to stick to the dietary disciplines –or long .
15 Even if the PSBR is reduced , this may be insufficient to prevent the growth of credit , especially if banks are prepared to operate with a lower liquidity ratio .
16 Specifically , this means provided they are prepared to work with a smaller ratio of balances/ liabilities .
17 At the moment they are prepared to work with the political parties in keeping up the momentum December generated , but it 's clear they intend to progress with their agenda whether or not the formal politicians continue to drag their feet .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 Certainly , speakers are free to select from a wide range of surface forms in order to achieve a particular communicative purpose , and it is quite likely that they will do so to attain appropriate levels of politeness , solidarity or social distance .
21 As the proposed Directive establishes essential standards only , Member States are free to provide for a lower threshold to trigger the compulsory bid ( the UK rule is 30% ) .
22 Having put these levers in their basic positions , you are free to concentrate on the three ribber controls that you 'll be using all the time .
23 If we are willing to embark on an inner journey , we can discover all of the beliefs , expectations and hidden agendas through which we create our own lives , and begin to create the future of our Dreams .
24 The legal recognition of corporate character may be obtained either by a charter from the Crown , as in the case of most of our older corporations , like the Hudson 's Bay Company , some universities and their colleges , as well as of some more recent ones ; or directly by means of an incorporating Act of parliament , as in the case of certain public utilities ; or indirectly through an Act of Parliament like the Companies Act 1948 ( which has been amended by several later Acts of the same name , and consolidated by the Companies Act 1985 ) , which offers corporate character to any number of persons ( usually not less than seven ) associated for a lawful object , who are willing to comply with the statutory requirements as to registration and otherwise .
25 I ) and consequently the pores are prone to infill by the latter .
26 We are content to develop on a co-operative basis a whole range of policies .
27 For him it becomes so self-evident where true fulfilment lies that those who are content to rest in the basic reformation in faith appear ludicrous .
28 Rabbits are easy to remove from a shallow burrow of the type just described but the situation is rather more difficult when the burrow is a deep one , 5 or 6 feet ( 1.5 to 1.8 metres ) below the surface .
29 The drawings show a few of the many dozens of different kinds of animals that are easy to keep in a small aquarium , for a short while , at least .
30 This is so that they are easy to find on the large boxes .
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