Example sentences of "inclined to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The star , not inclined to be bored by his own performance , gave a slightly different interpretation every time , keeping the rest of the cast on its toes . |
| 2 | Eco 's social perceptions , too , are inclined to be trite . |
| 3 | At the same time , readers of right-wing papers were significantly more inclined to be optimistic about the economy , had a significantly better image of the Conservative Party and its leader , gave the Conservative Party better ratings for handling issues , felt more warmth towards the Conservative Party , and swung more strongly towards voting Conservative . |
| 4 | Before I was Minister of Health , I was inclined to be sceptical of the utility of this hierarchy , especially of the tier interposed between the minister and the direct administration of the hospitals . |
| 5 | Wexford was n't inclined to be sentimental over the Cullams but he could n't help being faintly touched that they who were poor in everything had been affluent , extravagant and imaginative in one respect . |
| 6 | The premiers of the 16 Länder are due to meet on January 9th to decide what the quotas should be ( some seem inclined to be far more generous than others ) . |
| 7 | For people already inclined to be critical of Mr Bush , it is easy to leap from saying that he can not articulate a policy to saying that he does not have one , or that such policy as he has is flawed . |
| 8 | None of them is temperamentally inclined to be an activist on macroeconomic policy . |
| 9 | He was , therefore , at least until 1938 much more inclined to be hostile to Italy than to Germany . |
| 10 | Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live . |
| 11 | He argues that servants were inclined to be discontented as they observed others climb in society . |
| 12 | But of the two I think there is more love on his side ; Mama is inclined to be cool . |
| 13 | The route has been described to death and there have been so many accounts of the leading objects , I am inclined to be silent till I reach some spots where fewer pens have essayed to give to the world their portraiture , allowing the sketches engraved to leave my mite of tribute alike to the noble natural architecture of the Isle of Caves and the art treasures in the Isle of Ionic Crosses . |
| 14 | He was less inclined to be so , it seemed , about private matters . |
| 15 | As you probably know , Herr Sanders is a gentleman of advanced years , inclined to be a little vague . |
| 16 | Her Majesty , although in most respects quite alive to the progressive spirit of the age , was in some things inclined to be curiously conservative , and particularly so with regard to her personal surroundings . |
| 17 | If anything , she was inclined to be somewhat erratic . |
| 18 | When the day came , Grégoire was carefully prepared : he was given a new haircut ; George himself supervised his washing procedure , which was inclined to be haphazard . |
| 19 | If her personality tends to be an obsessive one — if she is excessively devoted to tidiness and perfect order in every part of her life and home , a great maker of ‘ lists ’ for everything and a habitual ‘ double-checker ’ in all her activities — you may find that although she is grieving deeply , she may throw herself with remarkable zeal into the business of ‘ tidying up ’ her husband 's financial affairs and concentrating even more strongly on getting everything in the house cleaned and polished ; for this is the method used by most people who are inclined to be obsessional , to control their anxiety . |
| 20 | They have usually been inclined to be rather self= centred all their lives in a quiet way , and this tendency has become overt and accentuated in old age . |
| 21 | Others were not inclined to be as sensitive as Mara : ‘ I say ‘ Good for Di ’ , ’ opined the loudest at a table of women . |
| 22 | If it was now , they might be inclined to be physical ’ . |
| 23 | He is competent , but , like Tom , inclined to be easygoing . |
| 24 | ‘ Just like the Japanese , you tend your gardens , have tea ceremonies , revere royalty , are inclined to be puritanical and drive on the left . ’ |
| 25 | Although by rights she was not eligible , Mozart not having fulfilled his qualifying period of 10 years ' court service , the emperor was inclined to be generous . |
| 26 | I understand that Sharks and Sucking Loaches are inclined to be territorial , so if I add a Red Tailed Black Shark will they be liable to fight ? |
| 27 | But my ex-husband says I 'm inclined to be intimidating and also I give out powerful signals that I 'm desperate to get another husband . |
| 28 | She also remarks , rather acidly , that women these days are inclined to be arrogant when they 're in charge . |
| 29 | At the time I did the course I was still very inexperienced , and inclined to be impatient with Dawn 's training . |
| 30 | Inclined to be an unpredictable live outing , the Veggies do the business with an energising blur of Neds-ish guitar fodder . |