Example sentences of "are [adj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 We are sorry to lose her .
2 ‘ My dear Nevton , ’ he wrote , ‘ you are right to chide me .
3 ‘ I know , ’ said Gildas , ‘ you are right to remind me of it .
4 You are right to remind us .
5 He said now , ‘ You are right to check me .
6 wonderful do n't like those , do n't really wan na give you those there are right have I got it on bloody hell mum !
7 ‘ I suppose we are right to send you and Jeremy out to get Tristram rather than leave him to take the full consequences ? ’ he said reflectively , as he loaded her and her possessions into his car and took the wheel .
8 ‘ This is all I shall have to remember him by — you are cruel to treat it with such levity . ’
9 Generations of the same familyes have worked at Cowley , in recent years the numbers employed have declined , two of the works are due to close he says , The opening of Act 2 is a song which dela swith the lethargy that is seeping in and coming to terms with being out of work .
10 This month , events are due to prove you right .
11 No conviction is truly our own unless we are prepared to hold it even if all men are against it .
12 Yes , but particularly with reference to John Major , I think he 's had an amazing honeymoon and people are prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt as you were about his quote treatment of women unquote , and I suspect that the media have been particularly sympathetic and wearing kid gloves with him , and I find that the role of the media is to probe and to pry and
13 pluggers exist to exploit the middle ground of those record releases which may be a hit , depending on whether radio producers and presenters are prepared to give them a ‘ run ’ .
14 So while I take your point that you are prepared to give us all the information we seek , may I reserve the right to interrupt when it is absolutely necessary to do so ?
15 the Crown is not bound to take the advice of a particular Ministry to put its subjects to the tumult and turmoil of a series of general elections so long as it can find other Ministers who are prepared to give it a trial .
16 He paused for a while , before saying , ‘ We are prepared to give you a month 's trial . ’
17 I have been looking for a recording ( with some difficulty ) , since not many shops are prepared to let me listen to different interpretations ) , indeed I purchased the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden/Marc Ermler offering only to be disappointed , all because I wanted CD sound quality to replace a home-made cassette of a live Radio 3 broadcast ( should I be telling you this ? )
18 This is obviously easier if you are fishing with a few friends who are prepared to let you move in if they locate the fish first .
19 A spokesman said : ‘ If there are assets out there , we are prepared to chase them anywhere . ’
20 It does not matter that you may perceive a witness to be a witness for the opposition ; although it will happen rarely , if they are prepared to see you , go and see them .
21 That 's have some more people from here who are prepared to go it locally and essentially say , ‘ I 'm ’ and prove it , by their record , that ‘ I can talk sensibly about these , these matters ’ .
22 It concludes by suggesting that the reforms are now at a critical stage but there are ways forward which could take us further on the road to Health for All , if we are prepared to take them .
23 Yeah , the one thing you have got there is that people are prepared to take him on .
24 and Selby are the people who are prepared to take it
25 In our view the the simple fact that Selby are prepared to take it , erm should n't carry that much weight .
26 ‘ Quite a lot of people , ’ said Maisie acidly , ‘ are prepared to hit you on the head . ’
27 Rightly or wrongly for instance , most of us are happy about the properties of rigid rods of iron , and we are prepared to use them as units of explanation of more complex machines that contain them .
28 They can bid against me if they are prepared to risk it .
29 The RAC tends to have local firms dealing with their matters and can always be approached as stated above to see if they are prepared to allow you some introductions .
30 Once those systems are in place , there must be periodic audits to ensure that those operating the systems know what they are doing and are prepared to do it .
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