Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The implication of all this is that large numbers of firms are unnecessary to achieve economic efficiency , and so it is equally possible for oligopolies to attain an efficient allocation of resources . |
| 2 | It is one of four units run by the agency , which comes under the Department of Social Security , which are due to close next month . |
| 3 | Its fabrication skills will be called on for later iterations of the chip , the 0.5 micron 603 , the 604 and the 300 Specmark-to-500 Specmark 620 , all of which are due to arrive next year . |
| 4 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
| 5 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
| 6 | Well I must stop now as the V.C.s are due to arrive any minute . |
| 7 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
| 8 | Optimism is highest among members of the Royal Scots — the world 's oldest infantry regiment , which received the lion 's share of medals for bravery in the Gulf War — and the King 's Own Scottish Borderers , which are due to become one regiment in 1994 . |
| 9 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final R-series RISC-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
| 10 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final Mips-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
| 11 | Over 16 million different colours are possible using eight-bit representation for the three additive primary colours since any value in the range 0–255 inclusive can be selected for any of the three memory banks . |
| 12 | Very high storage rates are possible using this type of technology . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Tactile exhibitions help blind people enjoy the magic of sculpture , and theatres like Show of Hands encourage those who are deaf to enjoy live theatre like everyone else . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Only those whose prodigious skill gives them leverage for negotiating secure contracts are prepared to forsake higher education for sport . |
| 17 | Provided both are prepared to give some ground it is possible to sort out roles afresh and to plan new patterns for the marriage . |
| 18 | Conference , I believe that we can succeed if you are prepared to support this motion and I will leave you with this point . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | We pray for the next generation of ministers in the church and ask that you will be raising up men and women who are prepared to take pastoral responsibility for your people , as missionaries and as ministers . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | If a customer wants to spend time deciding on a holiday we are prepared to spend that time . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The style is artificial , which need not be blameworthy ; but the question is how far readers , in their generation , are prepared to tolerate unabashed artifice . |
| 27 | Detectives are horrified the men are prepared to use such violence for a comparatively small sum . |
| 28 | Detectives are horrified the men are prepared to use such violence for a comparatively small sum . |
| 29 | September , when the landscape is still green , can be very nice if you are prepared to risk some rain . |
| 30 | The world is full of unlovely places and we should even be grateful that people are prepared to do important work in uncongenial surroundings like prisons , operating theatres , field hospitals , soap factories , coal-mines , and sewage farms . |