Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encourage those who are mobile to go to the toilet on their own . |
| 2 | On p 475 the results of the fellowship 's survey of mental hospital closures in England show that 45 hospitals are due to close by the year 2000 . |
| 3 | So not a very successful project in terms of getting people out into the community but people are due to move at the end of this calendar year and I have no doubt that the project will be very successful thereafter . |
| 4 | The ladies ' timing is impeccable : usually they turn up on the day that social-security cheques are due to arrive in the post . |
| 5 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 6 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 7 | More than 600 Warriors are already in service and by 1994 a total of 1,053 are due to roll off the production lines . |
| 8 | Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June . |
| 9 | The effect of day length on behaviour is mediated hormonally ; the birds are prepared to migrate in the autumn by declining production of sex hormones at the end of the breeding season ; they do not migrate if injected with sex hormones . |
| 10 | No , it even says in here , it says look , there well may be groups of supporters in different categories who 'd like to arrange seats together , unfortunately not be able to do this unless you are prepared to wait until the end of the main selling period |
| 11 | They are prepared to vote against the government , even at the cost of a damaging row just before an election . |
| 12 | Most of the children want the railway and are prepared to help with the survey , but a few want things to remain as they are , and they want to organise resistance to the coming of the railway . |
| 13 | It is refreshingly easy to overcome initial fears , however , if you are prepared to enter into the debate , and not allow yourself to take comments or criticisms personally when a student peers at you agog for carrying out what they see as an archaic approach . |
| 14 | The amount of money that people are prepared to pay for the meal plus the overheads and the establishment . |
| 15 | Generations of lobby journalists at Westminster have had to tussle with the challenge of reconciling the remarks Tory politicians are prepared to make off the record with the ringing declarations of total loyalty and conformity they deliver in public . |
| 16 | Environmentalist groups have criticised the plan , because it still allows some logging in ancient forests , but say they are prepared to work with the Administration to improve it . |
| 17 | They are free to evolve at the mutation rate . |
| 18 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 19 | Certainly , ultimate borrowers and lenders are free to switch as the advantage of doing so presents itself . |
| 20 | Surely where the boundaries are around rural settlements , whether or not there are boundaries around rural settlements , does n't flow from E two but flows from decisions that district councils are free to make at the moment . |
| 21 | We can at last give the Proof of Theorem 1.4.4 Let S denote the set of all positive integers of the form ma + nb where m , n are free to range over the whole of Z. Then clearly at least one of a , -a , b , -b belong to S. [ Why ? ] |
| 22 | There is something strange about a subject in which its research workers are willing to dabble at the application of the jargon of thermodynamics but unwilling to apply even the most rudimentary aspects of mechanics to these problems . |
| 23 | And an increasing number of people are willing to kill in the name of causes which they find holier than the discredited law of the land . |
| 24 | He is quick to point out that it 's not just enough to turn up in any of these activities : ‘ You have to prove to the examiners — and to yourself — that you can are willing to put in the effort to improve and better your standards . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | There 's no shortage of ingredients for the blend of feature articles and news that you say you enjoy ; the list of talented and distinguished alumni who are willing to write for the magazine is impressive and the University itself is a rich source of news . |
| 27 | The demand curve DD shows how much consumers are willing to pay for the output of the chemical producer . |
| 28 | The Sterlings are aimed at middle aged male high wage earners who are willing to pay for the status the British luxury car can bring . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | They have accepted that Government can avoid scrutiny of its conduct by calling to its aid a concept , ‘ national security ’ , the definition of which the judges are content to leave to the executive ( see the GCHQ case in Chapter 5 ) . |