Example sentences of "[prep] be [adj] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both United and Darlington Transport Company say independent surveys carried out among passengers show 41pc of people to be opposed to using Crown Street as an alternative to Prebend Row . |
| 2 | A national survey of teachers ' attitudes to equal opportunities found that men were more likely to be opposed to promoting equal opportunities than women , but that differences in subject taught were more important than the sex of the teacher in determining his or her attitude . |
| 3 | The difference caused by the placement of the tone-unit boundary is seen to be equivalent to giving two different paraphrases of the sentences , as in : a ) A profit was made by those who sold quickly . |
| 4 | If parents continue to be resistant to discussing their difficulties , this should not be pursued . |
| 5 | This education may go well beyond simply fostering understanding of the change itself ; it may include needs assessment and subsequent training in the skills and knowledge that are shown to be essential to functioning successfully in the changed environment . |
| 6 | But his company is believed to be close to appointing advisors for a flotation in New York . |
| 7 | Negotiations were reported to be close to reaching agreement on the sale of the empty Cummins factory in Yarm Road , Darlington . |
| 8 | At time of NME going to press , the situation in the charts was still ongoing , but the MAS campaign seemed to be close to striking its first blow with the new HOLLY JOHNSON single hovering around the Top 100 . |
| 9 | Enjoying bondage is related to the early , or joyless , loss of virginity , while it is the men earning over £25,000 a year who are most likely to be partial to using whips . |
| 10 | Securing a job in Digital , opened in the recession-free days of the early 70s , was thought to be akin to getting a position in the civil service : once in , there forever . |
| 11 | A deficit of isolated teeth may indicate preferential loss of teeth , but in most cases it is more likely to be due to sampling error , by the failure to extract all the teeth from the pellets . |
| 12 | On the other hand , an excess of isolated teeth is all the more unlikely to be due to sampling error , and so excess is considered to be significant and to indicate preferential destruction of mandibles and maxillae . |
| 13 | It is this concept which ISS held to be fundamental to increasing the commitment and achievement of pupils who now underachieve , especially many working-class pupils . |
| 14 | The prisons do not appear to be full to overflowing as in so many European countries . |
| 15 | However , since central government in Britain is the dominant influence upon the availability of local finance , there is a certain political duplicity here in legislation which requires local agencies to provide benefits that the centre knows they are unlikely to be able to affords . |
| 16 | Speeds goal in particular was a quite poorly taken effort for someone that is supposed to be able to used both feet . |
| 17 | And TP+ , Gresham 's transaction processing technology said to be complementary to teleprocessing managers such as Tuxedo , Top-End and Encina , has been integrated into Dun & Bradstreet financial accounting software which is now beginning to ship . |
| 18 | The thought provoking verses of the songs and Sister 's words served to challenge the ministers to be open to meeting Christ in the daily situation of life . |