Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | He constantly brings others into our lives who are able to bring out the best that we have , as well as those traits of which we are most ashamed ; the one for his glory and the other for correction . |
| 32 | In my experience , women often have greater stamina and are able to handle comfortably the long , often arduous hours of agency work better than many of their male colleagues . |
| 33 | Because our beds come straight from our factory we are able to cut out the middlemen 's profit and keep our prices down . |
| 34 | Many charities are happy to claim back the tax you have paid from the Inland Revenue for sums as low as £1 0 per annum . |
| 35 | Meanwhile , ITV companies are busy scraping together the highest bids they can muster . |
| 36 | They can , however , still be distinguished from organized political formations such as parties which are directly engaged in the struggle for power in the sense of seeking to retain or capture the government of some political unit , by the fact that social movements act in a more diffuse way and if they are successful establish only the preconditions for changes of policy or regime by bringing into question the legitimacy of the existing political system ( in part or in whole ) , creating a different climate of opinion , and proposing alternatives . |
| 37 | Some dogs become very excited when they are first taken on the beach , so it may be advisable to keep your dog on its leash at first . |
| 38 | Firstly , so that those who are slow know when the joke ends , or can have a moment to reflect and catch the subtleties of any double entendre . |
| 39 | It is a contradiction which thousands happily go along with because they are keen to advance up the social ladder . |
| 40 | Edward Hall , the director of the laboratory , says that archaeologists are keen to try out the new system . |
| 41 | Both the High Court and the county court are obliged to strike out the proceedings if they are satisfied that the person bringing the proceedings knew , or ought to have known , of the requirement that the proceedings be in the other court ( s 40(1) ( b ) and s 42(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 42 | In particular , policy rules and guidelines are necessary to spell out the presumptions of policy , but there should generally be a procedure by which firms can present a case for exemption if they can demonstrate offsetting efficiency gains ( an exception might be price-fixing cartels ) . |
| 43 | It needs an understanding of how all the parts contribute to the whole , so that new elements of collaboration can be introduced as and when appropriate , with the children 's confidence and understanding being developed until they are ready to take over the initiative for themselves . |
| 44 | One leading umpire told me : ‘ At last it seems the Board are ready to back up the umpires in this matter . ’ |
| 45 | Emanuel Shinwell , who has never changed his mind on this issue , was clear in 1918 about the wrong-headedness of destroying the people 's grammar schools while leaving unscathed the privileged Public Schools : ‘ We were afraid to tackle the public schools to which the wealthy people send their sons , but at the same time are ready to throw overboard the grammar schools which are for many working-class boys the stepping-stone to the universities and a useful career . |
| 46 | ‘ We need to learn how to break through this ‘ barrier of inhibition ’ before we are ready to face fully the challenge of AIDS . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee . |
| 48 | The ability of enterprises to transfer investment from countries in which the regulatory environment threatens to become uncongenial , and the damage to international competitiveness that will result if domestic industry is subject to a more stringent regulatory regime than rivals abroad , are liable to circumscribe severely the capacity of national governments to establish an appropriate control framework . |
| 49 | Our comrades from South Africa are eager to join once the moving gets going . |
| 50 | Is the Minister satisfied that the present staffing levels are sufficient to carry out the necessary pre-emptive intelligence work ? |
| 51 | Clearly if the substitutes are entitled to enter then the condition on the manumission can never be satisfied . |