Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One correspondent asserts that whilst there is no shortage of organists , there is a dearth of those who are prepared to take on the regular commitment of parish church music . |
| 2 | In July last year he announced that ‘ we are prepared to set straight the brains of hundreds ’ in order to maintain stability . |
| 3 | At the moment , Hillsborough chairman David Richards insists they will not let Hirst go , but it seems United are prepared to step up the pressure to test their nerve . |
| 4 | Yet schools are prepared to tie up the time of senior staff , in effect the resource equivalent of at least a full-time head of department post , with the vaguest responsibilities for taking difficult pupils away from classrooms . |
| 5 | Linkage can happen informally in that high salaries are easier to justify where the company is profitable , but in many companies the connection between profitability and remuneration is now made explicit , through the use of bonus payments or share options . |
| 6 | Notice that in each of these examples we are careful to specify exactly the entities or particles to which the amount of substance refers . |
| 7 | After that they are free to carry out the search for their birth parents . |
| 8 | Once it has been demonstrated how the logic behind the traditional fidelity to the interests of the shareholders is flawed in the context of the large public company , we are free to examine exactly the nature of the stake which shareholders and others have in the company . |
| 9 | In the meantime , we are content to know how the thing functions . |
| 10 | To open the literature programme we are delighted to welcome back the internationally acclaimed poets James Berry and Miroslav Holub to read from work past and present . |
| 11 | We are delighted to hear how the bullocks are cared for on Mr and Mrs Taylor 's farm ( Points of View , 15 February ) . |
| 12 | If you 're willing to go down the route to drag hunting I am willing to support any hunt that wants to go down that route and I am sure this authority would . |
| 13 | ‘ For that pittance , you 're willing to sell out the most beloved son of the Romanian people , their greatest leader in history ? ! ’ |
| 14 | and , er well I did say er are you married ? , no , will you be having any children ? , definitely not , I said well unless you 're prepared to take on the responsibility |
| 15 | They 're unable to explain why the celebration turned to murder . |
| 16 | But for the time being , they 're happy to lap up the hospitality of their rescuers . |
| 17 | The councils say they 're ready to take on the job . |
| 18 | As it stands , few serious runners are likely to take up the challenge to turn it on . |
| 19 | Instead , countries such as the Czech Republic , Slovakia , Hungary and Poland , where conditions are more conducive to good business strategies , are likely to scoop up the funds on offer . |
| 20 | SOUVENIRS : These are likely to top up the EC jackpot , though it 's hard to guess a figure . |
| 21 | This compromise incorporates two tiers of tariffs which are likely to reduce marginally the price of British bananas but push them up for the Germans . |
| 22 | Such analyses might indicate , for example , which competitive weaknesses , if removed , are likely to bring about the largest increase in NPV ; how much market share needs to be increased in different SBU locations to provide an adequate NPV ; whether this is easier in some locations than in others ; and the degree to which some markets are more attractive than others in terms of potential NPV . |
| 23 | If antibiotics are likely to clear up the infection , why are we having this long discussion ? |
| 24 | People are supposed to fill in the job description on the first page of the appraisal form but do n't , in a lot of cases . |
| 25 | ‘ Crises are supposed to bring out the best in people . ’ |
| 26 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 27 | We have discussed this possibility with the company and have been informed that they are unwilling to take on the operation on a commercial basis . |
| 28 | Wiring up plugs is something we all have to do , but a recent MORI survey suggests that almost half of British adults are unlikely to carry out the job correctly . |
| 29 | Lawrence J stated at p601 , " I am unable to see how the word " indirectly " " can be limited so as to exclude the settlements which are made through the inter-position of a company . " |
| 30 | are still at an incompetent stage , they still are unable to carry out the job . |