Example sentences of "are [adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Single lines of plants are preferable to double staggered rows for ease of weeding and hoeing . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
6 | The first inmates are due to arrive next month , and they 'll benefit from some of the best facilitites in Europe . |
7 | Well I must stop now as the V.C.s are due to arrive any minute . |
8 | Two working parties are due to report this summer on the issue . |
9 | Pre-1974 ( Local Government re-organization ) Local Acts are due to expire 31st December , 1979 in Metropolitan areas and 31st December , 1984 elsewhere . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final R-series RISC-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
12 | Digital Equipment Corp 's final Mips-based Ultrix machines are due to ship next month . |
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 | But we are prepared to give some guidelines or pointers as to the practice and procedure to be adopted when a hearing as to a wasted costs order takes place . |
19 | Today , when even Catholic priests are prepared to advocate radical departures from conventional morality , Eliot 's views may appear nostalgically old-fashioned . |
20 | Conference , I believe that we can succeed if you are prepared to support this motion and I will leave you with this point . |
21 | The writer in us has to know that we are making it a priority , that we are prepared to let other obligations go in order to play with it , nourish it , accord it a central place in our lives . |
22 | As I understand it , Mr Maxwell 's company has approached the Housing Committee and said we are prepared to let these houses be used for homeless families , so it 's a small but significant step in the right direction . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | The currency convertability restrictions threaten to wipe out the country 's domestic base of small resellers unless suppliers opt to extend credit facilities further , but to date there has been no indication that suppliers are prepared to take such steps . |
26 | They both have large planning departments and are prepared to take young people with no previous experience and train them . |
27 | If you are prepared to take fewer flights and welcome the security of confirmed flights , a fixed-route airpass may be best . |
28 | 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 . ’ |
29 | 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 . |
30 | they say even though unemployment rates are very high now , people are prepared to wait ten years before they get a job . |