Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Coalition is able to organise events which all the opposition parties attend , such as last weekend 's conference to respond to the Government 's stock-taking announcement . |
| 2 | Yarm District Lions Club is keen to raise funds for those in need within Yarm , Eagelscliffe , Thornaby , Hilton , Seamer , Ingleby Barwick and Hutton Rudby . |
| 3 | On 11 May , 1925 the following advertisement appeared in The Athletic News : ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB is open to receive applications for the position of TEAM MANAGER He must be fully experienced and possess the highest qualifications for the post , both as to ability and personal character . |
| 4 | Even so , potential examiners are known qualities : some are likely to be severe , some lenient , and the experienced and canny supervisor or head of department is likely to make nominations accordingly . |
| 5 | Fourth , the elimination of exchange rate uncertainty is likely to yield benefits in terms of higher growth rates of intra-union trade and investment . |
| 6 | Further research is necessary to investigate mechanisms responsible for the low conception rate in normal weight women with an increased waist-hip ratio . |
| 7 | ‘ Research is vital to improve standards of patient care . |
| 8 | The abolition of the earnings rule is likely to widen inequalities in income between older men and women as it will allow the former 's higher earnings to be extended into old age . |
| 9 | Amongst its other activities it hosts Members Days at Henley each summer , when the College is pleased to welcome members and their families from all countries to Greenlands . |
| 10 | Amongst its other activities it hosts Members Days at Henley each summer , when the College is pleased to welcome members and their families from all countries to Greenlands . |
| 11 | Presumably this effect is due to stray reflections . |
| 12 | However , Echo is promising to cut ports to a matter of days , or at worst weeks , lopping off what could be years of development time in moving from one architecture to another . |
| 13 | Unlike other PTPases the vaccinia protein is able to dephosphorylate proteins modified both at serine and at tyrosine residues , but the structural basis of this altered specificity and its biological significance are unknown . |
| 14 | A peer review is likely to reveal errors , omissions , ambiguities and weaknesses in style , and also help to motivate and train the staff involved . |
| 15 | The screaming exultation of the descending Doom Diver is enough to scatter troops who are not particularly steadfast . |
| 16 | Early diagnosis of the condition is essential to avoid crises which can be painful and debilitating . |
| 17 | Moreover , as the Netherlands Institute for Road Safety Research has argued , further work is necessary to establish priorities for tackling the problems and to identify the particular measures that are most effective . |
| 18 | But , said competitors , IBM is likely to announce dates rather than products . |
| 19 | The Harpy is able to evade blows aimed through the bars of the cage , and missile fire is at a -30 penalty ; if you wish , missile fire has a 10% chance per missile of freakishly breaking open the cage door , allowing the Harpy out ! |
| 20 | Incorrect spelling is unlikely to lose marks . |
| 21 | Any bank with a UK banking licence can issue a CD in London , which can be denominated in sterling , US dollars , yen , Canadian dollars , Australian dollars , SDR and ECU ( although the Bank of England is prepared to accept issues in other currencies , subject to approval from the relevant central bank ) with no minimum maturity and a maximum maturity of five years . |
| 22 | The precedent has now been established that European Community law is invulnerable to deliberate Acts of Parliament , and that British courts are under obligation to disapply those Acts where they conflict with it . |
| 23 | Within the framework established by the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 for the head teacher to be in overall control of discipline in a school ( taking account of the governors ' policy on discipline ) , the law is content to allow teachers much discretion in the enforcement of school rules and application of sanctions . |
| 24 | Gartmore management is anxious to assure unitholders , along with investment trust , pension and offshore investors that it is ‘ business as usual . |
| 25 | Accordingly , having regard to maintaining the doctor 's primary duty , a Family Practitioners ' Committee is entitled to impose conditions limiting the number of visits per 1,000 patients which might be made by the deputising service , so as to prevent excessive use being made of a deputising service . |
| 26 | The committee is supposed to prepare reports for the board , but the reports read more like glowing company prospectuses , and there are various discrepancies between what they say and what seems actually to have happened . |
| 27 | DeKalb High School principal Jed Dunbar is reluctant to allow visitors a glimpse at the 1984 year book with rare pictures of Cindy . |
| 28 | Getting both producers and consumers to agree to any new set of quotas is likely to take months , perhaps years , of haggling — one reason why coffee prices fell back within hours after jumping 15% on the news of Brazil 's ban on new exports . |
| 29 | Is the Minister aware that in Scotland we have gained the impression that while the Secretary of State for Scotland is prepared to have meetings about the industry such as the one that he had yesterday with the shadow Secretary of State for Industry — the man with the real power in relation to the steel industry , the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , is not prepared to lift a finger to help secure a future for steel production in Scotland ? |
| 30 | The whole hall is convulsed to see children elbowed out of the way while the adults take over skipping ropes and doubledutch , 1920s style , fills the screen . |