Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a similar vein , victims or witnesses may sympathise with the offender , or be unwilling to inform on a member of their family or a friend . |
| 2 | It might not be to everyone 's taste or be able to last for hundreds of years but you have to admit that she would turn a few heads if she appeared sitting casually in your garden . |
| 3 | In exchange , homesteaders will pay a lower rent or be able to buy at a reduced price . |
| 4 | Though his downy feathers were beginning to strengthen , he felt weak and vulnerable , for he never seemed to get enough food , or be able to beat off the brutal and painful pecks of his sibling from whom , by some ancient lore of eagles , his parents did not protect him . |
| 5 | Whatever the problems with these rather global and unanalytic formulations , none the less they do encapsulate one indispensable and basic argument of feminism , the argument that women 's experience has been left out : one of the central themes of feminism has been the importance of women 's experience , and one of its central enterprises has been to show how a great deal of male theorising about women has tended to deny , invalidate , or be unable to account for this experience . |
| 6 | Their problems are manifold : besides the obvious troubles of handling and riding such horses , they may also be more difficult to breed or be prone to suffer from minor or even major illnesses . |
| 7 | No withdrawal of deposits may be made prior to maturity , save by closure of your TESSA , in which event Midland will transfer the funds to another interest bearing account and be obliged to deduct from your TESSA and to pay direct to the Inland Revenue , an amount equal to Basic Rate Income Tax prevailing at the date of closure on all interest accrued on your TESSA whether it has been withdrawn or not . |
| 8 | Let the clinic or your doctor know if you can not keep an appointment and be sure to arrange for another . |
| 9 | Let me find some nice little girl , with someone else 's drink swilling inside her nice flat little belly , who 'll talk and talk and talk , and be nice to look at . |
| 10 | However any such rule would be inelegant and be impossible to apply in practice because of the prohibitive amount of case checking required . |
| 11 | Thus the merger of Fiat/Lancia and Alfa would increase Fiat 's existing dominance of the Italian car market and be liable to lead to an increase in monopoly power . |
| 12 | The front bridle legs have to pass over the cross-spar and be free to run in a straight line from the leading edge to the ring . |
| 13 | Always save your file before you sort it and be careful to include in the Data Range all the rows and columns that you want to sort but no others . |
| 14 | Surgeons should know about the potential of this subject and be prepared to participate in projects that will improve the health of their patients . |
| 15 | With your own project , you really need a distinct avenue to go down and be prepared to stick to that no matter what . |
| 16 | And while the rewards in terms of job satisfaction have not reached the dizzy heights of the 1980s , Mr Wilson stresses : ‘ You have to have a thick skin and be prepared to stick with it through the bad times as well as the good . ’ |
| 17 | He should hold the down wind wing-tip a little above the horizontal and be prepared to run with it , not just balance it and let go . |
| 18 | So everyone is unhappy and , what is worse still , the children are being brought up to believe that the old should always be given second best and be prepared to shrink into the smallest ‘ shell ’ that is offered to them . |
| 19 | A basic self-awareness ( a ) to reflect constructively about religion without being overwhelmed by prejudice , whether religious or non-religious ; ( b ) to see and understand the kind of assumptions about religion present in their environment and in society as a whole , and be prepared to think about these and not automatically either reject them or take them over ; ( c ) to develop trust in their own powers of perceptiveness and intuition , provided that this trust is balanced by openness towards the insights of others and the findings of fresh evidence ; ( d ) consequent on this , to develop willingness to modify , change , enlarge , or revise , what has so far been thought and felt about religion . |
| 20 | Instead we need to reflect on them , ponder and wonder , find out all we can about them , learn to appreciate some of the time-honoured ways of approaching them such as meditation and prayer , and be prepared to think about these matters in all sorts of different situations and moods . |
| 21 | The main point is not to be caught out unexpectedly and be prepared to launch into a contingency routine as smoothly as possible . |
| 22 | Of course , sea-trout never give themselves up easily ; you have to know your loch and be prepared to hunt for where the fish lie ; so be prepared for a lot of rowing , and a lot of finger-crossing on Oscaig . |
| 23 | Gainers may specify shorter maximum waiting times for their patients and be prepared to pay for new and expensive developments , which patients from loser districts in the same hospital could be denied . |
| 24 | will establish what children should normally be expected to know , understand and be able to do at around the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 and will enable each child to be measured against established national standards . |
| 25 | In turn , they would receive information from elsewhere in Scotland and be able to call upon the association 's greater muscle to aid their local fights . |
| 26 | Younger managers will grow in experience and be able to take on their responsibilities in time . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 28 | So , this is the situation you must practise and be able to cope with . |
| 29 | The idea was that PEPs would encourage individuals to invest in British industry , receive annual reports and be able to vote at the AGMs . |
| 30 | They mean that as well as being fed and warm , claimants should be able to buy newspapers , visit relatives , retain membership of trade unions and churches , and be able to live in a way that " ensures , so far as possible , that public officials , doctors , teachers , landlords and others treat them with courtesy due to every other member of the community " . |