Example sentences of "[noun] [am/are] [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cyclists and horse riders are keen to progress with the scheme but there has been some opposition from one particular village . |
| 2 | The express terms contained in a booking contract are likely to relate to the following points : |
| 3 | The latest figures for Stockton South show 4,894 out of work and opponents of the town 's Conservative MP Mr Tim Devlin are quick to seize on the loss of the planned Ministry of Defence Quality Assurance Division as a major blow for the area . |
| 4 | A number of different synfuel projects are likely to continue in the US including shale , coal , gas , coal liquids , alcohol and very heavy oil . |
| 5 | Beyond the fact that most cases are likely to arise in the context of trade or business it is not apparent why liability should be confined to cases where those activities are interfered with . |
| 6 | These energies in nuclear reactions are enormous compared to the amounts involved in chemical reactions . |
| 7 | The Carmel Woods case helps highlight the enormous difficulty of challenging the validity of IDO claims under the 1991 Act and also helps keep the spotlight on the legacy of old minerals permissions which planning authorities are powerless to tackle under the 1981 Act . |
| 8 | We can at last give the Proof of Theorem 1.4.4 Let S denote the set of all positive integers of the form ma + nb where m , n are free to range over the whole of Z. Then clearly at least one of a , -a , b , -b belong to S. [ Why ? ] |
| 9 | I 'm not sure what Mr and Mrs Bloggs are supposed to gain from the pages of ticked sums and the often half finished pieces of writing . |
| 10 | The procedures adopted for each category of incident are of less interest than the issue of how these patterns are able to coexist with the unexpected nature of much police work . |
| 11 | Some owls are unable to return to the wild , having been brought up by breeders . |
| 12 | Both products are due to ship at the beginning of June . |
| 13 | The machines which they order in the good times are apt to arrive in the bad times , when the products can not so easily be sold and when borrowing costs are exceptionally high . |
| 14 | The effect of day length on behaviour is mediated hormonally ; the birds are prepared to migrate in the autumn by declining production of sex hormones at the end of the breeding season ; they do not migrate if injected with sex hormones . |
| 15 | Russian groups are keen to play in the West and will be in a position to arrange gigs for your band in Russia if your group can do likewise for them in Ireland . |
| 16 | It has reduced the claims that groups are able to make on the state . |
| 17 | Strawcrete firedoors are unlikely to appear in the near future . |
| 18 | I know that all my readers are keen to know about the knitting in Australia , but it was a working holiday , and I must tell you a little about the ‘ holiday ’ . |
| 19 | They differ both in terms of the types of deictic references they contain , and in terms of the degree of overlap that readers are likely to perceive between the evoked situations of utterance and the actual contexts of production and reception of the texts . |
| 20 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 21 | Whether any of these intuitions are valid depends on the data yet to be reported . |
| 22 | The crankshafts are different depending on the type of rear oil seal ( rope type or rubber lip seal ) and can not be swapped without machining. |
| 23 | However , Lyngby are ready to part with the Danish international as soon as their interest in the European Cup is over — and following Rangers 2-0 win that is likely to be in 10 days time . |
| 24 | " Final " means that the decision is not subject to review , and " binding " means that the parties are obliged to comply with the decision . |
| 25 | Indeed , while the parties are anxious to continue with the fighting such steps are unlikely to lead to peace . |
| 26 | Third parties are able to accede to the Treaty Concerning the Permanent Neutrality and Operation of the [ Panama ] Canal and thereby accept the rights and obligations of the regime . |
| 27 | If the parties are unable to agree on the precise application of the method of calculation to the information derived from the drilling and production , the dispute may be referred by the agreement to an expert to determine . |
| 28 | Major research programmes involving several research students within a single department are likely to lead to the completion of several theses within the same academic year . |
| 29 | Inexperienced fighters are apt to stay in the centre all the time , making it easy for an opponent to strike , as it is nearly akin to hitting a statue . |
| 30 | These goals are likely to relate to the following areas : — improvement of academic achievement , — improvement of the staying-on rates , — improvement in attendance and punctuality , — development of record of achievement , — commitment to Work Experience for all , — commitment to teacher secondment to industry , — involvement of adults other than teachers in curriculum development , — service to the community . |