Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This is all I shall have to remember him by — you are cruel to treat it with such levity . ’ |
| 2 | As you will have realised by now this is not a fish for the person with a small community tank , but as long as you are prepared to provide it with the correct conditions , it is perfectly feasible for the novice to keep and breed the fish successfully . |
| 3 | There is no harm in adding , say , 5% to that price as long as you are prepared to reduce it by that amount in negotiation . |
| 4 | Should you still feel dissatisfied you may personally bring your grievance to the notice of Personnel Management Division or you are free to raise it with your staff association or trade union who may take action on your behalf . |
| 5 | ’ These people are willing to do it at the beginning of the night when they 're sober ’ she says . |
| 6 | It is important to remember that the linguistic utterances of others are just as much externally observed behaviour as walking down stairs or pressing a button in a psychophysics laboratory although , because of the high information content of linguistic behaviour , we are prone to endow it with some mystical quality which opens a special window on to the mind of the person generating it . |
| 7 | They are content to leave it to the building society , or they rely on their own judgement . |
| 8 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 9 | This decision must not be left to the magistrates to make as they are likely to base it upon pragmatic considerations only . |
| 10 | ‘ If you want a power-sharing executive , you are likely to blow it with the council , I said . |
| 11 | Despite the fact that the sale agreement will treat income arising after the transfer date as belonging to the purchaser , the Inland Revenue are likely to treat it as income of the vendor . |
| 12 | A number of nurseries are offering it now , and you are likely to find it on the plant stalls of plantsmen 's gardens open to the public . |
| 13 | Whilst a through understanding of AI is not required they should have a little background since all are likely to meet it at one time or another . |
| 14 | Only 40% are likely to pass it to the child . |
| 15 | Mr MacGregor , who supports strongly the principle of loans for students , is believed to be embarrassed by the controversy created by Mr Robert Jackson , the junior minister for higher education , who devised a top-up scheme which has angered backbench Tories and the banks that are supposed to administer it from next September . |
| 16 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 17 | But Ministers are unlikely to give it to either group as Mr Major does not want the lottery to be seen as gambling . |
| 18 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 19 | As for NT , Microsoft is back describing it as primarily a server operating system , and acknowledging that vendors are unlikely to bundle it with more than about 10% of the desktop machines they ship . |
| 20 | Regulation is an option , but creates additional problems of its own , which are unlikely to commend it to the authorities except in exceptional circumstances ( e.g. as part of a privatization programme involving natural monopolies ) . |
| 21 | It is not fair to have a dog if you are unable to take it for walks — even a small lap dog . |
| 22 | Everything that happens to you has been chosen by your spirit so there must be a reason , even If you are unable to see it at the time . |
| 23 | But we have found that with support , especially in information technology and communication , they are able to complete it with success . ’ |
| 24 | The complicated problems surrounding the temperature management of prepared food for volume consumption are all too apparent by the time you get your meal on the plate and are able to eat it in comfort . |
| 25 | Please confirm that you are able to make it to my personal assistant . |
| 26 | They are desperate to furnish it in time for their Easter service . |
| 27 | But if and when a bid comes they are likelier to use it as a stimulus to change or otherwise discipline the incumbent management rather than selling out . |
| 28 | But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection . |
| 29 | ‘ The Railway Bill is prepared and we are ready to introduce it into the Commons , ’ he said . |