Example sentences of "[be] [adj] to come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why I 'm calling , sir , is to ask if you 're free to come to The Randolph this morning . ’ |
2 | The thing is , they 're likely to come on the market quite soon . |
3 | They 're happy to come to the rescue but most of all they want to see tighter rules regulating the ownership of such animals . |
4 | Turn to a risk-taking , entrepreneurial company and you are likely to come across the converse of the structure theme : |
5 | In a declining market one might well expect a business that had earlier established a dominant share position to be able to trade on this position in the short run and increase prices and profits , because rivals are unlikely to come into the market or compete strongly for market share . |
6 | It seems reasonable to assume , therefore , that they are unlikely to come from the Author of Scripture . |
7 | Do n't worry about the purple prose ( unless you are that way inclined ) , as the programme editors will be amalgamating all the information into one article , which we hope will be of interest to all Society members whether or not they are able to come to the Fairfield Hall . |
8 | We are delighted that the BBC Big Band has been able to come to the Festival as part of BBC 's ‘ Radio Goes To Town ’ — they will return briefly for a lunchtime programme with David Jacobs in the Ulster Hall on Wednesday ! |
9 | Also if a civil servant fails to answer to a committee 's satisfaction , the government accept that the appropriate minister should be prepared to come before the committee . |
10 | With Celia intermittently in a clinic on the outskirts of north London , Brian at his wits ' end and pondering whether to bribe Mrs Bennett to return , Karen had suddenly made the suggestion that her widowed mother might be willing to come to the rescue . |
11 | Within twenty-four hours Washington told Sullivan that the Shah would be welcome to come to the United States . |
12 | On Monday 27 February Fleischmann and Pons were due to bring their working cell to Brigham Young University for the neutron spectrum to be measured , but a graduate student had to go to a funeral and so they suggested it would be better to come at the end of the week instead . |
13 | We might be able to come to the mass but I 'm not sure . |
14 | ( c.26 ) " Since the kingdom consists of different regions , officers of the first , second , and indeed any rank should so far as possible be picked from different regions , so that [ men from ] the various regions should be able to come to the palace with a greater sense of knowing their way around ( familiarius ) since they would know that men who were from the same kin-group ( genealogia ) or the same region held a place there . " |
15 | As she said , for someone who was so lonely to be able to come to the studio at five o'clock every morning — picked up in a studio car , Ken had decided long ago he would never drive — and then play a very strong character , was worthy of that respect too . |
16 | What he meant was they might be able to come off the building sites , and fall into a featherbed job , one in which they could wear nice suits and drive fancy cars , in return for looking after one very rich old man 's ‘ interests ’ . |
17 | According to the terms of a collective agreement signed by Russia and five other Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) member states in Tashkent on May 15 , Russia would be obliged to come to the aid of Armenia in the event of a threat to that country 's security . |
18 | No traders were likely to come to the Hall that day or any other , and she could hardly risk being seen speaking to them even if they did . |
19 | We hope that it will never occur again , but if it does , may we have clear guidance so that those outside the House will know that if the police warn that it is unsafe to come into the House the Division either will or will not be extended ? |
20 | Words flung out in temper , for instance , do not carry lasting conviction although they may wound at the time , whereas a calm statement , arising from inner knowledge , is likely to come from the centre of one 's being and to hold fast . |
21 | It 's changed partly because Stalin 's er strategy in China has been shown to be a disaster and Stalin is trying to cover his tracks and most effective way of protecting himself against the criticism and the unpopularity which is likely to come from the failure is by insisting that the strategy was right all along and the revolution is about to triumph . |
22 | ‘ Be sure to come to the show ! ’ he called back , waving cheerily . |
23 | It 's all to come on the teatime show this afternoon . |
24 | 4.10 Cash should not be delivered by staff to clients in their own home unless the client is unable to come to the office to collect the money or go to the post office to collect it . |
25 | This was because the winding up petition was due to come before the court again on 30 July . |
26 | The Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill was due to come before the Commons this week , but campaigners predicted it would be blocked by the government once more . |
27 | The social taboo placed on discussion of birth control and sexuality , and the acceptance by a majority of middle class women of the idea that they lacked sexual drives — what Judith Walkowitz has called the doctrine of passionlessness — meant that little information was likely to come within the purview of women generally . |
28 | He was quick to come to the city 's defence , arguing that , what was lacking in financial support , was made up for in sheer determination , enthusiasm and innovation , ‘ We have been keen to draw out the general cultural life of Dublin ’ , he explained , ‘ much of our funding has been matched by donations from such organisations as the EEC ’ . |
29 | Ceauşescu was unwilling to come to the phone and Verdeţ had difficulty controlling the mood inside the cabin . |
30 | If for any reason the plaintiff was unable to come at the time fixed for his hearing , he became ‘ non-suited ’ , and the man he hoped to sue could collect the deposit he had left with the clerk on starting the action . |