Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I must stop now as the V.C.s are due to arrive any minute . |
| 2 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
| 3 | Except for those few unhappy souls who have so lost their emotional capacities that they are grateful to have all choice removed from their lives , each person who hears the prison door clang feels a desolation at being cut off from the life of the world and from those they love . |
| 4 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 5 | Two giant reservoirs — the Sardar Sarovar in Gujarat and the Narmada Sagar in Madhya Pradesh — are each to hold more water than any others on the Indian sub-continent . |
| 6 | Provided both are prepared to give some ground it is possible to sort out roles afresh and to plan new patterns for the marriage . |
| 7 | Conference , I believe that we can succeed if you are prepared to support this motion and I will leave you with this point . |
| 8 | They are so strongly committed to their unionism that they are prepared to go some way towards moving some of their evangelical principles into the area of private life and personal choice , rather than alienate non-evangelical unionists . |
| 9 | Lots of men I know are prepared to take some time ensuring their children 's food is fresh and safe , once they understand the issues . ’ |
| 10 | But looking at the whole thing from a higher perspective , it seems to me that the Leeds management may be thinking that we are not going to win the championship this season or at least they are prepared to wait another year to have a go . |
| 11 | If a customer wants to spend time deciding on a holiday we are prepared to spend that time . |
| 12 | If a long time is spent teaching pupils how to present work and arguments neatly , insisting on underlined headings , dates , and sharp pencils , there are going to be problems convincing them that rough work is valuable and that you are prepared to spend some time looking at it . |
| 13 | She says the volunteers who answer the phone are prepared to deal any problem a child contacts them with , no matter how small it may seem . |
| 14 | Detectives are horrified the men are prepared to use such violence for a comparatively small sum . |
| 15 | Detectives are horrified the men are prepared to use such violence for a comparatively small sum . |
| 16 | September , when the landscape is still green , can be very nice if you are prepared to risk some rain . |
| 17 | Alan Calladine added : ‘ We class ourselves as a working railway museum and are prepared to develop any aspect of the railway scene . |
| 18 | He says that some bank lenders and creditors have already indicated they are prepared to lend more money to the company . |
| 19 | Many practitioners still feel that a normal menstrual blood loss measurement does not affect their management , provided that the patient 's quality of life is affected , despite evidence that patients with normal measurements are prepared to forego any treatment . |
| 20 | It is therefore fair to say that , as a general rule , the courts are prepared to imply some degree of mobility into every contract of employment but this is likely to be limited unless the nature of the job or work performed by the employee is one where mobility would be recognised by both sides as being essential to the job . |
| 21 | So it seems unfortunate that they report that relatively few shops are prepared to work this system . |
| 22 | SF incoherence has been adopted by mainstream writers — from Borges to Rushdie , Doris Lessing to Woody Allen — as literacy and literary competence has developed and spread , and readers are prepared to accept more incoherence in texts and make more effort to resolve meanings . |
| 23 | People are afraid to use those Park erm Rides . |
| 24 | In a partnership the partners are free to make any arrangement they like which would be lawful between private persons . |
| 25 | ‘ In the psychic realm it means that we are free to follow any set of images and symbols which give us the right mental feedback — and the State encourages us . |
| 26 | In Zone ‘ UK ’ , 67 per cent of humans are willing to exchange more currency for such objects . |
| 27 | In theory , if customers are willing to give each bank enough business to survive , supply is balancing demand . |
| 28 | The teachers are willing to back each other up . |
| 29 | These commands will do the job but , if you are willing to spend some money , there are programs available which will make the whole process much easier , even automating back-ups so that your data is kept fully secure at all times . |
| 30 | And last those who should probably be first — the experts who have the knowledge that enables them to evaluate books , records , stamps and other valuables professionally and are willing to put this skill and their time at our disposal . |