Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | For this reason , they feel that the siege of Londonderry has never been lifted and they are prepared to die to defend that heritage . |
2 | Few MPs are willing to risk antagonizing those upon whose electoral favour they depend , especially where there are no immediately apparent benefits to be earned by the espousal of penal policies in the way that policy changes in health , housing , social security , education and the environment can be of direct benefit to their constituents . |
3 | I am fortunate to have had enough support to recover from the hell of being abused . |
4 | ‘ We are delighted to have created this prestigious exhibition which has been well received and enjoyed by so many visitors . ’ |
5 | ‘ We are delighted to have achieved this within a year . |
6 | Rod Turnbull , Joint Managing Director comments : ‘ We are delighted to have received this prestigious retail award . |
7 | Rod Turnbull , Joint Managing Director , comments ‘ We are delighted to have received these three awards . ’ |
8 | We are delighted to have found this beautiful establishment which is not really a hotel , in the conventional sense , rather a whole village turned into a hotel — with the exception of one or two buildings which house the wine production . |
9 | I said , but if you 're willing to sacrifice to keep all them lot happy I said and you 'd call most |
10 | A junior hacksaw : You 're likely to have to tackle some small metal-cutting jobs from time to time . |
11 | Many paddling pools can also be used as sandpits , but once you 've filled your pool with sand , you 're unlikely to want to take all out again to make it into a paddling pool for the afternoon . |
12 | In other words teachers and schools will readily seek to improve their practice if they regard it as part of their professional responsibility , whereas they are likely to resist change that is forced on them . |
13 | In the country , blackbirds and mistle thrushes are likely to have stripped most of the glistening haws by the end of November . |
14 | Each patient 's fasting plasma glucose and insulin measurements can be interpreted by the model to predict the β cell function and insulin sensitivity that are likely to have given those measurements . |
15 | Slated urban roofs are likely to have reached this state after about eighty years . |
16 | But other local families are likely to have served both lords , among them the Musgraves of Edenhall . |
17 | But other local families are likely to have served both lords , among them the Musgraves of Edenhall . |
18 | Recent changes in the social security system are likely to have intensified these widening income inequalities among families with children . |
19 | ‘ Master Corbett , you 've told me how I am supposed to have killed this woman , but not the reason why . ’ |
20 | If this seems like a catalogue of disaster , do n't be discouraged : you are unlikely to have hit all of these problems on your first outing , and forewarned is forearmed . |
21 | Such plots are unlikely to have provided all the necessary food for their inhabitants , so not surprisingly traces of fields have been identified which predate the late cemetery in the Northover suburb . |
22 | Heavy redemption penalties also apply ; but you are unlikely to want to redeem such a good deal . |
23 | As I am unable to call to discuss these with you in person during bank opening hours I should be grateful for a reply in writing which I can present to the Council at their next meeting on 2 April 1992 . |
24 | It was then that she said something which later I remembered and understood : ‘ I 'm sorry to have to do this to you , dear … |
25 | I 'm sorry to have brought this down to ! |
26 | Erm , I would have to say that 's going to be in the range of five hundred to six hundred , and very much depends to some extent on what happens in the winter months , and I 'm sorry to keep stressing this point , but we have n't yet got twelve months ' experience of operating this particular change , and until we 've got at least a year 's experience , and I think one would have to say , that some of the figures need to be portioned , but equally , you ca n't afford to be too cavalier in terms of your assumptions about that demand might reduce to , and I 'll touch a little later on how you control expenditure in those terms . |
27 | I 'm delighted to have secured this deal at long last . |
28 | I 'm pleased to have remembered that ! |
29 | In the Apostles she perhaps displayed her most dramatic singing on record , and I am proud to have shared that performance with her . |
30 | I am pleased to have obtained this debate on the important and serious matter of the increasing use of knives in crimes of violence . |