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 Notice that in each of these examples we are careful to specify exactly the entities or particles to which the amount of substance refers .
6 After that they are free to carry out the search for their birth parents .
7 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 .
8 In the meantime , we are content to know how the thing functions .
9 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 .
10 We are delighted to hear how the bullocks are cared for on Mr and Mrs Taylor 's farm ( Points of View , 15 February ) .
11 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 .
12 ‘ For that pittance , you 're willing to sell out the most beloved son of the Romanian people , their greatest leader in history ? ! ’
13 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
14 They 're unable to explain why the celebration turned to murder .
15 But for the time being , they 're happy to lap up the hospitality of their rescuers .
16 The councils say they 're ready to take on the job .
17 As it stands , few serious runners are likely to take up the challenge to turn it on .
18 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 .
19 SOUVENIRS : These are likely to top up the EC jackpot , though it 's hard to guess a figure .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 If antibiotics are likely to clear up the infection , why are we having this long discussion ?
23 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 .
24 ‘ Crises are supposed to bring out the best in people . ’
25 It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 . "
29 are still at an incompetent stage , they still are unable to carry out the job .
30 How many of my readers can give the answer to ⅜ ÷ 15/16 but are unable to explain why the answer is ⅖ ?
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