Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [prep] an " in BNC.

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1 A valuation of the business has to be undertaken before pricing analysis since it will not be possible to advise on an initial asking price unless a reasonable estimate of current market value can be established .
2 In cases where the price is difficult to establish , a pricing analysis should only be carried out if a valuation of the business has been undertaken , since it will not be possible to advise on an initial asking price unless a reasonable estimate of the current market value can be established .
3 Would I be prepared to participate in an open air service that would bring Protestants and Catholics together on the peace-line ?
4 You must be prepared to reply to an unexpected remark or joke by the previous speaker .
5 In it , you mentioned that you would be willing to write to an official in support of the building of a proper path between Bloomiehall Park and Muirwood Road , to give children a shorter and potentially safer route to school avoiding the Lanark Road .
6 Asked if the Clinton administration would put pressure on Israel to solve the deportees crisis , Mr Christopher said : ‘ It would be wrong to speak of an honest broker and putting pressure on any of the parties .
7 It is recognised , however , that it may be appropriate to include as an element of the CPE programme , time spent on the development of interpersonal or management skills .
8 Answer guide : This question should read which costs would be appropriate to include in an absorption costing system .
9 for example , would it be appropriate to attribute as an expression of parliamentary intention a ministerial assurance on the effect of a provision which was given and accepted in the Lords when considering a Bill which had already been passed by the Commons ?
10 After observing the industrious building of castles in the air in the past few days , I thought it would be appropriate to look at an odd phenomenon that has puzzled meteorologists for the past ten years : the series of giant mushroom-shaped cloud formations round the periphery of the Siberian land-mass .
11 This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics .
12 Such a crack is far too small to see under the optical microscope and might be hard to see with an electron microscope .
13 It would certainly be remarkable to think of an inland loch containing something so large .
14 After all , what would you , as a reader — even as a reader sympathetic to language variation and unpersuaded by prescriptive manuals — be likely to make of an essay on symbolism which repeatedly tells you that things are " symbollic " ?
15 It might be useful to think of an organisation chart as a kind of London Underground map .
16 Finally , when you have mastered the techniques you will be competent to demonstrate to an examiner your ability to control your performance and conform to the requirements of the IMC rating and the full IR .
17 And it looks as though it would be helpful to speak with an expert about important money issues .
18 For all of us , to be able to talk in an atmosphere of trust and support is often all that is needed .
19 The neophytes were still growing , and only a good while after they had received their final implant of all — the carapace — would they be able to jack into an armoured suit .
20 They find out that they 'll be competing against three local councillors from Kent , one from each of the main political parties — everyone crosses their fingers that they wo n't be able to agree on an answer .
21 There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task .
22 I asked Joyce what aspect of her phobia she felt still remained and she said that she would like to be able to go into an open space such as a park , where there were likely to be many more birds around .
23 But in the future a diverse ecology will only be able to coexist with an efficient agriculture within the context of a planned land-use strategy , and such an attempt to resolve the various and conflicting demands on the countryside can not be successful without farmers surrendering at least some of their freedom of action to do as they wish with their own land .
24 Somehow we then got on to the theme of French poetry , and Eliot expressed surprise at one of Herbert Read 's recent pronouncements on Laforgue and another nineteenth-century poet I can not recall and about whom at the time I knew too little to be able to arrive at an opinion .
25 Other women might be able to cope with an affair that was based on passion and nothing else , but she knew herself well enough to realise she could only be permanently scarred by such an involvement .
26 Lawyers will not be able to take an American-style slice of the damages if successful , but they will be able to ask for an extra percentage on top of their normal costs , with a maximum to be fixed by the Lord Chancellor .
27 Now look at our country , we are absolutely by we want more , we want fewer regulations , we want to be able to live on an island , without being told what to do , by the politicians , and I support the view that politicians ought to stop telling individuals what to do .
28 In London your pupil-master is unlikely to be able to arrange for an offer of a seat ( i.e. a room , or share of a room ) to be made to you .
29 And he must be able to put on an American accent .
30 If you are not told of the risk that you run , you might be able to complain of an unfair dismissal if you are sacked following a recurrence of the same conduct .
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