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

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1 They are able to do a lot of things that former generations could not do ; for instance a lot of them are able to study now in the legal field , become nurses and so on .
2 So if everything goes all right with what we discuss here today then er Douglas you can er you are available to start immediately in effect
3 When you are ready to go on to the next potency , the whole process is repeated with a single poppy seed granule of the desired strength .
4 The Capo Boi is the ideal base for a really lazy , sun and beach holiday , but for when you are ready to venture away from the shore , Citalia this year offers two excursions .
5 You are reluctant to go down to the hall , demoiselle ?
6 You are supposed to sit up with a straight back .
7 Bricks , old tiles , new tiles , quarry tiles , Mexican , French or Spanish tiles , ceramic tiles , slate and even marble facing all look spectacular — provided , of course , that you are prepared to put up with the clattering noise from chairs being pulled up to the table and pushed back .
8 The more hard work you are prepared to put in during these 12 months , whether this applies directly to your job , a personal ambition , a family matter or a relationship , the better set up you will be for 1994 .
9 If you are prepared to splash out on costs Sunsail can organise your event in the Caribbean , Mediterranean or Thailand .
10 Make it absolutely clear , as I did , that you are prepared to fight back at any time of the day or night no matter how painful it may be ; and that you will keep on fighting until the day you finally beat them .
11 Your study will be effective only if you are prepared to apply intelligently to your work certain well-known techniques , most of which have been used successfully from time immemorial .
12 If you are prepared to tie up at least £1,000 for two years the National & Provincial has launched Security Bond III which currently pays 11.75 per cent net .
13 It 's based on the equality of opportunity we talk about , that it should , no matter what your background , erm where you come from , as Marianne rightly says , you are able to get right to the top .
14 Perform combination techniques on the move so that you are able to work effectively in a retreating as well as an advancing mode .
15 Even if no one is around who can confirm a particular incident , if you are able to come up with details of surroundings and personalities of which you had no conscious memory , and if these are later proved to have been accurate , there is no real reason to suppose that a significant event was simply a figment of an over-active imagination .
16 Like love , the more joy you are able to pass on to those around you , the more you will receive in return .
17 It is based on the simple proposition of self-defence : if you are verbally attacked , you are entitled to strike back with some vehemence to defend your reputation .
18 The fish are n't large and you are unlikely to return home with one that you could pop straight into a glass case , although you might well do so ; but they fight hard and give a good account of themselves .
19 You are unlikely to find much in the way of sheltered housing or retirement home developments in France .
20 If you have not been impressed by the very positive connection between a lack of dietary fibre and the incidence of' cancer of' the colon , and the possible connections between fibre and heart disease , you are unlikely to rush off for a wholemeal loaf in order to prevent appendicitis or gall stones , just two of the other ailments being associated with our fibre-depleted modern diets .
21 But , he maintains , if you do n't throw up a lot of worthless ideas you are unlikely to come up with sensible ones either .
22 Each of these sources provides new information that will enrich the ideas you start out with ; and the materials you explore will also provide a springboard into completely new ideas , that you are unlikely to have simply by contemplating the poems themselves .
23 ‘ Well , you are free to get on with your lives , ’ Ruth told him quietly .
24 Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops .
25 All of you are welcome to stay on in Faws Grove for as long as you wish .
26 Costs do rise , as you are careful to point out at the start of the feature , but there can be no excuse for the blatant abuse of the costings given .
27 If you are inclined to race along like a commentator at a horse race try to slow down and introduce a pause or two .
28 The standard of NHS accommodation available to trained staff is variable , and even if you are happy to put up with this in the short term , in the longer term it may have adverse effects on your personal life or hopes of a future career .
29 What you also need to do is an annual cashflow projection , which will show the periods when you are likely to have a lot of bills coming in and how long you are likely to have in between to put money aside for the tough months .
30 Otherwise you are likely to end up with an obese dog , and the resulting complications can lead to heart problems .
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