Example sentences of "and he [be] [adj] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 I respect the hon. Gentleman 's commitment to those matters , and he is right to point to one of the problems .
2 A manager is accountable to his superiors in the organisation for his actions and he is obliged to report to his superior how well he has exercised his responsibility and the use of the authority delegated to him .
3 That way , you then get his attention and he is obliged to listen to you .
4 It does not matter how convinced or dogmatic the judge appears to be : keep at him as long as you think you have some hope of success and he is willing to listen to you .
5 The youth … is capable of having principles ; his religious and moral ideas can be cultivated , and he is able to attend to his own refinement .
6 In this way the patient 's confidence grows during the course of the single session and he is able to bring to the forefront of his mind the relevant period in his life .
7 Within one week of starting penicillin treatment the ringing had gone and he was able to return to work .
8 He realized that there must be meetings , and he was prepared to go to them and fire off his battery of buzz words which signified he was ‘ one of us ’ .
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