Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [verb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chapter 10 explained that although the four macroeconomic objectives listed earlier are each related in some manner to the level of demand , the relationship is by no means uniform or in the same direction . |
| 2 | In other words , so far as I am concerned , unless and until we are prepared to deal with this demonstrated cause of inflation and want to do so , we are wasting our time ; and as soon as we want to do so , there is no reason to suppose that there will be any problem or therefore any reason for an incomes policy as defined . |
| 3 | We are therefore looking to YOU — Perhaps you are prepared to help in some way ? ? ? |
| 4 | Disintermediation may still occur as customers turn to institutions such as finance houses which , by specializing in longer-term loans , are prepared to operate with less liquidity . |
| 5 | Posterity stretches ahead without limit whereas disc and tape manufacturers , when they are prepared to commit at all , are reluctant to do so for more than a few years . |
| 6 | Reflecting on this , one issue for all churches desiring to grow is whether they are prepared to bring through such people into leadership . |
| 7 | The courts now adopt a purposive approach which seeks to give effect to the true purpose of legislation and are prepared to look at much extraneous material that bears upon the background against which the legislation was enacted . |
| 8 | Finally , the effort required of readers is to some extent always dependent on the amount of energy they are prepared to expend in any given situation . |
| 9 | ‘ The cells are luxurious compared to some of the things we put up with in the Army , ’ said one staff member during a Press tour of the jail . |
| 10 | Basically , the shape of the bow is created from leaves , and in most cases the smaller leaves and component parts are easier to manipulate into these less natural designs . |
| 11 | Ball winners are easier to come across all you need is someone pretty fit , willing to tackle and with reasonable distribution skills : I ca n't name a likely or desirable replacement though . |
| 12 | They are wrong to hope for this . |
| 13 | You are free to cancel at any time . |
| 14 | Mr Strouthos can offer hope to the empty souls and draw his magic circle of exclusion where he wants and the rest of us are free to disbelieve in any or all of his wares . |
| 15 | It gives counsellees ‘ permission ’ to talk about difficult areas , and indicates that we are willing to listen to all the emotion that they may harbour , but which they felt no-one else wished to know about . |
| 16 | If the policy makers are willing to learn from some of the mistakes made in industry , where hasty changes were made which led to a dramatic brain drain subsequently , the unpalatable adjustments that will need to be made in London should create less harm than will otherwise be the case . |
| 17 | Anglican polemicists had promised that they would allow the Dissenters some degree of toleration , if they helped them protect the Church of England from the Catholic onslaught , whilst the bishops in their petition affirmed that they did not act " from any want of due tenderness to Dissenters , in relation to whom they are willing to come to such a temper as shall be thought fit , when the matter shall be considered and settled in Parliament and Convention " . |
| 18 | The function includes part of the competitive labour supply function , i.e. that segment of L s above and to the right of point B , but renders inoperative the remaining part , i.e. that segment of L s below and to the left of point B. Workers who are willing to work at less than the wage stipulated by trades unions ( w 1 in Figure 5.1 ) will be excluded from active participation in the labour market for as long as these powerful combinations maintain their stranglehold as monopoly suppliers of labour . |
| 19 | However , he knows that several countries , including Britain , are willing to help in that process . |
| 20 | It is envisaged that , if the Friends are willing to help in this way , properly trained volunteers , who would have to be members of the Friends organisation and who would have their approval , could help with special events and special projects , where existing staff do not have sufficient time to carry out the work . |
| 21 | But I am prepared to play in any position the manager might ask me . ’ |
| 22 | I am prepared to pay for such information and pay well . |
| 23 | All three pick out the major features of the population density variation across northern Leicestershire but , of course , as they stand they are impossible to validate in any direct way . |
| 24 | Mis-recognitions and errors of spelling are impossible to distinguish from each other , given the nature of the data output from the pattern recogniser , however they should be detected and corrected if possible . |
| 25 | Machines are easy to use in this coalfield because the seams are fairly thick ; at seven different levels in the pits they vary from 1 m to 2 m in thickness . |
| 26 | Combined subject degrees are easy to implement under this scheme . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , only diatomic molecules are easy to study in this way , as larger molecules almost invariably fragment on excitation , but a vast amount of information has been obtained for atoms and diatomic molecules . |
| 28 | ‘ We 're sorry to go like this , ’ they told Mrs Dyson . |
| 29 | And if you if you compare those diagonal markings with the sorts of markings on on er some of these other stones , these these are a bit diagonal but if you look carefully they go there 're some going in that direction and some are going that direction . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're willing to experiment in any area outside of heavy metal , ’ he admits . |