Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " 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 | Manager Mickey Duff has had talks with Coetzer 's management who are prepared to set up a deal . |
| 4 | Anyone considering buying a new Metro 1.0L , Montego 1.6L or Rover 820 Fastback can obtain interest-free loans over two years from AA Financial Services , provided you are prepared to put down a 25 per cent deposit on the car . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We are prepared to offer either a time based fee or a fixed fee . |
| 8 | Notice that in each of these examples we are careful to specify exactly the entities or particles to which the amount of substance refers . |
| 9 | After that they are free to carry out the search for their birth parents . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Companies seeking the Prince 's warrant will have to show that they are developing an environmental policy and are willing to carry out an internal environmental review and to set green targets , to be reviewed annually . |
| 12 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 13 | In the meantime , we are content to know how the thing functions . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | We are delighted to hear how the bullocks are cared for on Mr and Mrs Taylor 's farm ( Points of View , 15 February ) . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ For that pittance , you 're willing to sell out the most beloved son of the Romanian people , their greatest leader in history ? ! ’ |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | Yes , well that 's their er stipulations and that 's what they 're supposed to do once a year ! |
| 20 | They 're unable to explain why the celebration turned to murder . |
| 21 | But for the time being , they 're happy to lap up the hospitality of their rescuers . |
| 22 | Whilst we 're able to implement quite a considerable proportion of the er , objectives without any financial commitment , this particular er , issue does erm , provide us with a considerable test , and members need to know that in order to achieve the move from residential care to community care , we would have to have some ring-fence monies to be able , to enable that shift to , to take place , before the erm , the budget could be reduced on the residential side . |
| 23 | The councils say they 're ready to take on the job . |
| 24 | The television commentators are quick to say when a referee penalises the attacking team for collapsing in their opponents ' 22 metre area : ‘ Why would the attacking team want to collapse scrummage ? ’ |
| 25 | At the outset we must state that the picture is still very unclear and that those forms of depressions which can be linked to an abnormal body clock are likely to form only a small proportion of all cases . |
| 26 | As it stands , few serious runners are likely to take up the challenge to turn it on . |
| 27 | Initially , most contracts are likely to include only a broad specification of the service being purchased . |
| 28 | Now , instead of a day walking on the estate 's 50,000-acre grounds or picnicking on the heather-clad hills , the Queen and the duke are likely to send out a summons to Andy and Fergie , who are staying close by . |
| 29 | One is that policies which are focused primarily on small firms are likely to encourage only a relatively low level of technical innovation . |
| 30 | 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 . |