Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry to inform you that hair that splits excessively probably wo n't grow much longer . |
| 2 | So while I take your point that you are prepared to give us all the information we seek , may I reserve the right to interrupt when it is absolutely necessary to do so ? |
| 3 | The RAC tends to have local firms dealing with their matters and can always be approached as stated above to see if they are prepared to allow you some introductions . |
| 4 | Wainwright 's books must continue to be available to all who are prepared to accept his own work , as he wrote it , and as the product of his own generation ( and preferably bearing the cherished stamp of the Westmorland Gazette ) . |
| 5 | Since few actuaries will have had much practical experience of teaching before becoming tutors these notes have been prepared to give you some guidance towards helping students most effectively in the context of the tuition system . |
| 6 | Had not the American players been prepared to meet their own expenses , which included travel from often distant points of the continent , the game would never have taken place . |
| 7 | They have generally been free to regulate their own affairs , sometimes with statutory backing , and have been specifically exempted from the scope of competition laws . |
| 8 | Francis had never shown any real interest in either side of the business and , as far as the shop was concerned , this had meant that Cathy had been free to go her own way under the old man 's eye . |
| 9 | The Secretariat has stated that individual countries are free to set their own environmental standards , as long as they do not impede free trade . |
| 10 | The local authority can provide them , but employees are free to wear their own if they wish . |
| 11 | At HCI Clubs we look after the children so that parents are free to enjoy their own holiday . |
| 12 | They are free to move around ; they can plan their own work schedules ; and they are free to use their own initiative . |
| 13 | People are free to choose their own future , so the patient knows what is best . |
| 14 | ‘ The Lord Chancellor 's interest in introducing competitive tendering caused the Society very great concern because competitive tendering would destroy the principle that legal aid clients — like all others — are free to choose their own solicitor . |
| 15 | At home you are free to choose your own . |
| 16 | If we are so satisfied , then we are free to exercise our own discretion . |
| 17 | As I am satisfied that the judge applied an incorrect test to the foster mother 's application , and was also deprived of material necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion , it follows that we are free to exercise our own discretion and it is to that question that I now turn . |
| 18 | Of course , you are free to make your own arrangements if you prefer . |
| 19 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 20 | With the latter form of regional economics association , nation states are free to adopt their own tariff levels upon goods imported from the rest of the world . |
| 21 | Member States of the EC are free to determine their own policies towards competition within their national boundaries . |
| 22 | I value my privacy and I am prepared to defend it all costs . |
| 23 | Most homosexuals are content to lead their own lives and pursue their own relationships with others of like feeling — or would be , if they were allowed to do so . |
| 24 | No you 're supposed to answer them all yes . |
| 25 | They 're supposed to pay you more money . |
| 26 | Smoke alarms can cost you between £10 and £15 in the shops , but we 're happy to offer you this Sleep-save Smoke Alarm as a FREE GIFT with your Reader 's Digest DOUBLE PAYOUT PLAN . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , you 're entitled to have your own legal representative present , if you wish to be really formal about things . |
| 28 | For Rex and Tomlinson , the only way in which black people are likely to change their own situation is to develop forms of self-defence and self-help which are , in a sense , anti-colonialist , in that they are based on Third World models , ‘ looking to a change in the balance of power and resources between rich and poor nations as a means to their own liberation ’ ( p. 293 ) . |
| 29 | If you think that there is a good chance of a daily newspaper using one of your pictures but do n't feel that they are likely to send their own staff photographers , a phone call to the picture editor could arrange the delivery of exposed film immediately after the event . |
| 30 | In activities with children and families , said to dominate generic teams ' caseload , or conversely in definitely minority areas such as work in the field of mental health or ( in Scotland ) with offenders , the scale as well as the content of the work are likely to exert their own effects . |