Example sentences of "are [adj] to do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another . |
| 2 | The South Koreans offer cheaper materials and are willing to do more of the grunt work than Americans or Europeans are . |
| 3 | Pedantic people are prone to do this with minor typing errors or spelling mistakes . |
| 4 | General checklists or weighting systems not based on such an understanding are likely to do more harm than good . |
| 5 | A possible change , still to be approved by the Committee and the AGM , is that Vic Smith and I are likely to do this job jointly in future . |
| 6 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 7 | If the company are unwilling to do this , the accountant , possibly with the assistance of a computer bureau , will generally be happy to get this done . |
| 8 | If you are unwilling to do this , you are unlikely to get more of it . |
| 9 | Whatever happens , the TV viewer of the future looks likely to be presented with a bewildering array of alternative television systems , that are unlikely to do much for the sales of HDTV or any other wide-screen television . |
| 10 | Where there are no established rules to guide decision we must make a direct judgement as to what will have the best consequences , concentrating on the more immediate and those we are personally most motivated to promote , as the remote future is highly unpredictable and we are unlikely to do much to promote what is not personally inviting . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , companies are unlikely to do any financial favours just because you 're young . |
| 12 | Since governments are unlikely to do this over the long term , this will not be a long-term source of excessive monetary growth . |
| 13 | To see things differently means changing ourselves in some way , and most of us are reluctant to do this . |
| 14 | If they are unable to do this then they should resign as Michael Hesseltine did during the Westland affair . |
| 15 | The Census Offices are unable to do this themselves since they can only extract six areas at a time ! |
| 16 | They are unable to do any of that because they can not leave their children and start to climb the ladder that the Prime Minister has exemplified . |
| 17 | We realise that there are many problems caused by people who are n't able to park er in a restricted area er and we need to ensure that people are able to do that satisfactorily and safely . |
| 18 | This is work they are able to do little about , despite public faith , and it is unpopular because of a reluctance or inability to display that little will be done . |
| 19 | By transferring the capacity to produce the toxic protein to a different microorganism which does live on roots , it should be possible to kill the insects before they are able to do any material damage to the crop . |
| 20 | In fact , if you are able to do this successfully , and if there is an empathy between yourself and your partner , the experience will be enlivening for both parties . |
| 21 | They are able to do this because they are formed by a special type of cell division , during which the 46 chromosomes in the body cells of the father and the mother assort into 23 pairs , following which the two members of each pair segregate , so that the resulting germ cells receive only 23 chromosomes . |
| 22 | When you are able to do this with the major scales , try the various minors , modes and arpeggios , mixing them up as they might occur in a chord progression . |
| 23 | Seen in this way , it is clear that fairy tales play a significant part in helping us grow up — and that they are able to do this because they MAKING A SHORT STORY 57 introduce us to ideas about change , conflict and coming-to-maturity through the medium of make-believe . |
| 24 | They are able to do this because they have a dominant position in many markets and have the financial resources , excellent graduate training schemes , pay competitive salaries and offer a broad range of opportunities for young would-be executives to gain early experience . |
| 25 | It is thought that they are able to do this partly by measuring pressure , just as we rely on atmospheric pressure readings from barometers to forecast the weather . |
| 26 | Most are able to do this without any marked ill effects . |
| 27 | For example , some local authorities produce their financial statements very quickly ; on the other hand , they are able to do this by including more estimates of accrued expenditure rather than waiting for invoices to come in . |
| 28 | They are able to do this because with a large number of depositors it is highly unlikely that they would all want to withdraw their deposits at the same time . |
| 29 | I know major projects do , are able to do this . |
| 30 | And one of the reasons why the black women in Liverpool put this exhibition together erm and they tried to pick out different kinds of jobs that women had to show that black women could do those jobs , and they were saying look , there 's lots of stereotypes erm about the kinds of jobs that black and Asian women can do that fit in with their personalities , and you know the world is wide open and you are able to do this and you do n't have to be erm a singer or a model or erm or erm erm a runner , you know , the whole stereotypes in terms of what black people are good at and they 're saying let's break away from this , let's show the kinds of things that we can do and we can do anything that we set our minds to and erm the exhibition is very positive , actually . |