Example sentences of "to be [adj] to this " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is wise to be alert to this , and to stand your ground if asked to work in an area which is beyond your present capabilities . ’ |
| 2 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 3 | To be equivalent to this , an investment in a two-year bond has to yield the same amount , implying that the current two-year rate is rs 2 = 7 per cent : 100(1.07) 2 = 114.49 . |
| 4 | It is widely accepted that one of the main factors contributing to the relative decline and adverse trading position of the British economy is a shortfall of investment in private industry , and socialists can not afford to be indifferent to this since the employment prospects and livelihood of millions of workers are at stake . |
| 5 | If the House were to decide at a later stage to enter a single currency , it would be , first , because it had decided that the economic convergence conditions in Europe were right for a single currency to be beneficial to this country . |
| 6 | A decision to the contrary in the British Columbia Court of Appeal , City of Prince George v. British Columbia Television System Ltd. , 95 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 577 , held that a municipality could sue for libel , but did not consider the argument of competing interests and the balancing exercise required under article 10 , and I do not consider it to be relevant to this appeal . |
| 7 | I would therefore think it 's appropriate to be in this sort of format er so that if any other issues other than questions of in migration appear to be relevant to this situation , then it can be taken on the move . |
| 8 | And , quite apart from demonstrating maturity by dismissing the incident and behaving normally , if she could manage to be polite to this man there was just a chance she might discover some clues to his plans for her family 's business . |
| 9 | Please , O Lord , knowing my weaknesses , help me to be faithful to this . ’ |
| 10 | Both animals and humans seem to be prone to this . |
| 11 | It is highly probable that many public library users do not make known unsatisfied demand , and any system which leans heavily on the use of existing stock as a barometer ( as McClellan 's does ) is bound to be sensitive to this criticism . |
| 12 | Teachers need to be sensitive to this possibility . |
| 13 | Although all felt that they had found a means of living which enabled them to be open to this reality , they nevertheless say that it was experienced as a gift and a grace beyond anything that could be achieved by conscious effort . |