Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family are due to fly out to America shortly . |
| 2 | Erm , so erm erm and that is the day that erm er both mum and Marion are due to fly off to Oz . |
| 3 | The question that Englishmen yes , and Englishwomen must decide is whether or not they are prepared to knuckle under to the unspeakable creep Mathews , the demented McLachlan and the absurd Bottomley . |
| 4 | If we do as the Russians want and hand over all these prisoners to them whether or not the prisoners are willing to go back to Russia , we are … sending some of them to their death ; and although in war we can not , as you point out … afford to be sentimental , I confess that I find the prospect somewhat revolting , and I should expect public opinion to reflect the same feeling … |
| 5 | Let us assume that the directive is fully supported by the Government , who do not wish to amend one jot or comma of it and who are willing to sign up to its immediate implementation . |
| 6 | All of my local contacts for people who are willing to travel up to Leeds etc , came as a result of either me , or them wearing a Leeds shirt . |
| 7 | Now frantic supporters who lost out are willing to pay up to £75 for a voucher they need to buy a ticket for the cup final on May 9 . |
| 8 | But my guess is early retirement too , unless you 're prepared to go back to divisional work . |
| 9 | He halted , and abruptly changed tack to demand , ‘ You 're prepared to go back to England without that interview ? ’ |
| 10 | You 're supposed to come on to parade with clean boots , Jones ! ( condition 3 ) |
| 11 | They 're able to hold on to that for the duration of the talk and be able to understand them as concepts and therefore it helps to put over the ideas . |
| 12 | They 've lived through history and know so much , which they 're certain to pass on to the rest of us . |
| 13 | Both men will be in Oxfordshire for some time yet , but they 're keen to go back to Sarajevo despite the dangers . |
| 14 | Both men will be in Oxfordshire for some time yet , but they 're keen to go back to Sarajevo despite the dangers . |
| 15 | Now they 're ready to go back to the wild , to a special purpose built set in Yorkshire which will be protected . |
| 16 | I think we 've got to work out better ways of machines interacting with doctors , perhaps before we 're ready to move on to machines interacting with patients . |
| 17 | Only specialist engineers are likely to go down to the level of AND gates and NOR gates , and only physicists will go down further , to the level of how electrons behave in a semiconducting medium . |
| 18 | Unlike the national services , which are likely to go out to competitive tender , these local and community services are expected to be awarded on the basis of their planned services and financial viability . |
| 19 | Similarly organisations that find themselves in difficulty ; where the profits are not coming through , where there is pressure from shareholders for a significant improvement in profit performance ; here again , the chairman and the Board are likely to reach out to executive search consultants to find them new talent . |
| 20 | However , what is worrying is that , once labelled , we are likely to live up to that label . |
| 21 | And now that I 'm up here the problem is keeping my eyes on this page and stopping my mind from wandering and my pen from straying to the edge of the paper and doodling , something I am sure to give in to before long . |
| 22 | ‘ You are reluctant to go down to the hall , demoiselle ? |
| 23 | Several of the larger equipment companies have a mail order service , which is useful if you are unable to get out to the shops . |
| 24 | I 'm happy with the five hundred thousand pounds suggestion , but my view when you come to the papers , if we are able to hold on to the two hundred thousand contingency we 've got for community care for the elderly and , and the hundred thousand we 've got for bad debts and other figures . |
| 25 | ‘ Criminals are able to listen in to our car and personal radios with them and that gives them an early warning of our approach . ’ |
| 26 | Like love , the more joy you are able to pass on to those around you , the more you will receive in return . |
| 27 | Education is one of the privileges that bureaucrats increasingly are able to pass on to their offspring , together with their important connections in the state apparatus , which Cliff maintains is used as their private property ( Cliff 1964 ) . |
| 28 | We are the largest cruise charter company in the United Kingdom and by chartering the whole vessel we achieve remarkable savings which we are happy to pass on to you , our passengers . |
| 29 | Erm , I 'm sorry to come back to the central overheads er again , but erm it , considering that the other income largely related to ninety one , I 'm a little unclear why the central costs went down , I ca n't believe there 's been any salary cuts at |
| 30 | I hope I 'm right to come back to Benedict 's . |