Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’ |
| 2 | As you will have realised by now this is not a fish for the person with a small community tank , but as long as you are prepared to provide it with the correct conditions , it is perfectly feasible for the novice to keep and breed the fish successfully . |
| 3 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 4 | My members are willing to assist you to the best of their ability . ’ |
| 5 | They are content to leave it to the building society , or they rely on their own judgement . |
| 6 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 7 | ‘ If you want a power-sharing executive , you are likely to blow it with the council , I said . |
| 8 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 9 | The cynics say you can only die once and either heart disease or cancer are likely to get you in the end . |
| 10 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 11 | Only 40% are likely to pass it to the child . |
| 12 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 13 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 14 | Regulation is an option , but creates additional problems of its own , which are unlikely to commend it to the authorities except in exceptional circumstances ( e.g. as part of a privatization programme involving natural monopolies ) . |
| 15 | Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time . |
| 16 | If confirmed transport is cancelled , changed or delayed by more than six hours or hotel is changed or if we are unable to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking due to war , threat of war , riot , civil strife , industrial dispute , terrorist activity , disaster , fire , flood ( including fire or flood in hotels ) or bad weather we can not accept liability or responsibility and compensation is not payable but provided the holiday has not begun we will offer alternative travel routing or alternative travel date or alternative hotel and advise additional cost if any or you may elect to cancel and we will offer a full refund of monies paid . |
| 17 | But if you see the top man around the business you are able to look him in the eye and tell whether you can trust him or not . |
| 18 | ‘ The Railway Bill is prepared and we are ready to introduce it into the Commons , ’ he said . |
| 19 | You are scared to pass me on the way to the stairs ? ’ he grated . |