Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] [verb] to the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unfortunately , the government has not yet backed up this realization with sufficient hard cash , and the benefits available for supporting relatives are paltry compared to the costs incurred by the state if someone is in long-term institutional care . |
| 2 | Encourage those who are mobile to go to the toilet on their own . |
| 3 | If tens of thousands of people are prepared to take to the streets and to camp outside obscure air-force bases for months on end , what will they do when cruise becomes a reality ? |
| 4 | As is most common in holistic healing , too few people are prepared to stick to the dietary disciplines –or long . |
| 5 | Interiors are light owing to the large clerestory and aisle windows . |
| 6 | Secondly , the decisions must be about units which are self-contained according to the problem definition . |
| 7 | 7.2.1 At present , general practitioners are free to refer to the hospital and consultant of their choice , although in practice this freedom has been restricted in recent years , partly because of health authorities ' reluctance to accept cross-boundary patients . |
| 8 | ‘ If any of you have any problems , at any time , you know you are free to speak to the officers in charge of your landing or to me personally , ’ Nicholson continued . |
| 9 | The fibre layers are different according to the required stiffness at that point of the frame . |
| 10 | They have accepted that Government can avoid scrutiny of its conduct by calling to its aid a concept , ‘ national security ’ , the definition of which the judges are content to leave to the executive ( see the GCHQ case in Chapter 5 ) . |
| 11 | But those figures are tremendous compared to the figures I used to have , because we update these every two years , and the ninety ni eighty to ninety figures were poor , and the and worse than that between er er you know the previous two years . |
| 12 | There are a few exceptions amongst the sea slugs which are herbivorous belonging to the Aplysia family and commonly called sea hares . |
| 13 | ‘ Why I 'm calling , sir , is to ask if you 're free to come to The Randolph this morning . ’ |
| 14 | And all I what my my parting statement to most people , although I 'll say it right now because I 've started it , erm is that if you 're prepared to listen to the advice given by the people who 've been doing er selling advertising in these environments |
| 15 | having problems today cos she 's got the two girls there from school and they 're supposed to go to the school , the doctor , for an examination but whether she realized that I do n't know . |
| 16 | Could you please give some indication as to when you 're likely to respond to the letter sent to you on the twelve of the first nineteen ninety three ? |
| 17 | They 're happy to come to the rescue but most of all they want to see tighter rules regulating the ownership of such animals . |
| 18 | ‘ As long as we 're able to go to the cemetery we will keep an eye on Brian 's grave . ’ |
| 19 | Erm and how we can speak to time and how we can control that time and make sure that even with interruptions which is what in a way what a meeting is about a discussion , that we 're able to stick to the time that we 've allocated for the particular meeting or presentation that we 've got . |
| 20 | You 'll have no seed left before you 're able to get to the shops to buy more . |
| 21 | Vital liquid refreshment is stowed away , and … if you 're desperate to go to the toliet … well there 's no alternative at five thousand feet . |
| 22 | Marxist feminists are quick to point to the essentialism of much of radical feminism , and argue that while women 's oppression is almost universal , it has taken different forms in different societies . |
| 23 | Overall , clients are likely to go to the executive search firm they feel most comfortable with , which has the most appropriate range of experience and is closest to the image of the type of people they wish to recruit . |
| 24 | About 10 per cent of the new jobs are likely to go to the self-employed , most of them coming from the ranks of those already in employment . |
| 25 | These changes in the international competitiveness of UK exports and imports are likely to lead to the development of a UK balance of payments deficit . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , early efforts are likely to lead to the model charging backwards towards the pilot followed by a large application of forward stick causing an uncontrollable build up of forward speed . |
| 27 | The danger of the current developments is two-fold : that they are likely to lead to the curriculum becoming dominated by technique ; and that the techniques in question are imported from the outside world , and are imposed arbitrarily upon , and unconnected with , the curriculum . |
| 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 | The express terms contained in a booking contract are likely to relate to the following points : |
| 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 . |