Example sentences of "am [adj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am grateful to have the opportunity to raise the subject of the Maidenhead , Windsor and Eton flood alleviation scheme . |
| 2 | I am grateful to have the opportunity to do so . |
| 3 | I am grateful to have the opportunity to respond to the debate . |
| 4 | I am sorry to say the winch will not fit . |
| 5 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 6 | Reg Brealey said yesterday : ‘ I am sorry to see the club in this position . ’ |
| 7 | I am sorry to interrupt the Minister at this point , but he should clarify one great worry — we are concerned about exchanging a public for a private monopoly . |
| 8 | Since my remarks were unnecessary for the decision , R. not having yet attained the age of 16 , I am free to reconsider the matter and to reach an opposite conclusion . |
| 9 | But there is , however , one single paddle stroke where I am willing to use the word ‘ wrong ’ and that is the low brace . |
| 10 | If the Conservative party wins a general election , I am upset and I do n't like it , but I am willing to accept the result because I accept the verdict of the people . |
| 11 | He vowed to sever all connections with the United States , ‘ against which , as against all other nations , I am prepared to draw the sword in British interests . ’ |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman may be right — I am not in a position to argue with him — and I am prepared to concede the point for those 2 million pensioners ; but millions of other pensioners have benefited enormously under this Government , not only from increases in the standard pension but from rising income from the state earnings-related pension scheme , rising occupational pensions and increased income from savings . |
| 13 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 14 | I am delighted to second the motion that has been so ably and amusingly moved by my right hon. Friend the Member for Worcester ( Mr. Walker ) . |
| 15 | Health and Safety and COSHH have been very active in the year and I am delighted to see the way all of our service staff have responded to this . |
| 16 | ‘ I am delighted to have the support of one of the biggest teacher associations , ’ said Mr Balchin . |
| 17 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to further the work of collaborative ministry in the Church . |
| 18 | I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the question of adult education in Croydon , and to see you , Mr. Speaker , in the Chair , because you and I are privileged to represent constituencies in Croydon . |
| 19 | I am delighted to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE VI — this special mobile laboratory which The Nottingham Trent University has funded to provide your pupils and colleagues with a chance to experience the excitement of working with the equipment on board , which has been developed by the : |
| 20 | ‘ I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in this type of training . ’ |
| 21 | From amongst the numerous citations which could be made from the judgments and speeches in those cases , I am content to take the judgment of Byles J. in Cooper 's case , 14 C.B.N.S. 180 . |
| 22 | The matter is rather tangential to this Bill , but I am glad to clarify the position . |
| 23 | I am glad to have the opportunity to debate in the House today the White Paper which we published in July this year entitled ’ The Citizen 's Charter ’ . |
| 24 | Secondly , I am glad to have the opportunity of relating the framework of our Further and Higher Education Bill , which has today been debated in another place , to the education for adults as it take place on the ground . |
| 25 | I am glad to have the opportunity of welcoming you to WISE V — this special mobile classroom which British Rail Signal and Telecommunications Engineering has funded is to provide your pupils a chance to experience the excitement of working on the equipment on board . |
| 26 | I have never had any qualms about refusing to fund a cause I do not support , but am glad to have the chance to give to good causes I might otherwise have missed . |
| 27 | I am glad to have the chance to follow the right hon. Member for Shropshire , North ( Mr. Biffen ) , whom I certainly regard as far and away the most successful Leader of the House in all my time here . |
| 28 | I am glad to have the chance at a comparatively civilised hour to draw attention to the particular problems facing teachers dealing with allegations of child abuse . |
| 29 | I am glad to have the chance of following the hon. Member for Honiton ( Sir P. Emery ) , the Chairman of the Procedure Select Committee , although I strongly disagree with his suggestions , for reasons that I have given before and hope to repeat this evening . |
| 30 | The ‘ and Scottish ’ bit is an obvious reference to Elgin and I am glad to note the confirmation of the stolen loot as being the property of Greece . |