Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To attack their anti-racist policies would have exposed Labour to ( more ) accusations of racism ; far easier to attack the much less extensive lesbian and gay policies ; and if that meant abandoning lesbians and gays to isolation and intimidation , so be it . |
| 2 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 3 | do n't want to go , and there 's some who wo n't be able to go due to other commitments . |
| 4 | She was a warm-hearted , affectionate person and I shall always remain grateful to her . |
| 5 | He used language , the politician 's only weapon , to build a momentum for change sufficient to carry Labour to power on a modernising platform . |
| 6 | Unfortunately our present ante-natal teacher is unable to continue due to work and family commitments , but is more than happy to answer any ante-natal queries via the telephone . |
| 7 | She had previously benefitted from a credit and loan scheme , but had been unable to continue due to lack of funds . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 9 | Occasionally , flights may be delayed due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 10 | Delayed due to staff shortages . |
| 11 | Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta . |
| 12 | Last week 's launch was delayed due to a ‘ legal technicality ’ , said a DoH spokesman . |
| 13 | Publication of this long-awaited new guide has been delayed due to unforeseen production problems , outwith control of the publishers — the Scottish Mountaineering Trust . |
| 14 | It is also possible to identify land scheduled for development in future years , particularly where the development of an area is delayed due to problems with infrastructure , for example where the release of land is delayed pending improvements to sewers or sewerage disposal facilities . |
| 15 | An estimated $84,000,000 in further US aid was also delayed due to protracted negotiations with the US government on a " legal assistance accord " to lift Panama 's strict banking secrecy regulations so that investigations could proceed into drug trafficking and " money laundering " . |
| 16 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 17 | The implementation of privatization legislation was delayed due to a decision on Nov. 6 by the Czech Minister for Privatization , Tomas Jezek , who said that too little time had been allowed for compiling the list of companies suitable for privatization . |
| 18 | The production of up-to-date Class Lists has been delayed due to the tardy response of teachers to requests for current details . |
| 19 | 27 responses as of 31 March — delayed due to distribution difficulties . |
| 20 | At least 95pc of emergency calls were responded to within the agreed 19 minutes and the remaining 5pc were delayed due to exceptional circumstances . |
| 21 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 22 | Although there was an attempt to introduce some competition for BT , this has been limited due to the natural monopoly position of parts of the telecommunications industry . |
| 23 | Corpus availability is currently limited due to legal constraints although some have been cleared for academic research . |
| 24 | It is argued that the contribution that the technicians make to the industry will be severely limited due to their lack of training in computer aided design . |
| 25 | The scope of tackling these problems , along the existing routes is extremely limited due to physical and and environmental constraints . |
| 26 | There are many people who suffer due to lack of affordable housing to rent and inability to cope with mortgage repayments . |
| 27 | This doubt had been in my mind for some time but the research was undertaken due to a number of reasons . |
| 28 | While there is no regulation that specifically excludes due diligence work on a listed company , in practice it is rarely undertaken due to the rules on equality of information to be given not only to all shareholders but also to offerors or bona fide potential offerors . |
| 29 | Nezavisimaya gazeta of Sept. 18 reported that the withdrawal of the Russian regiment stationed in Kishinev [ see p. 39060 ] had been halted due to Moldovan Defence Ministry protests over the removal of military equipment which it claimed should be transferred to the republic . |
| 30 | In the later stages of the disease , anaemia and hypoalbuminaemia develop due to the combined effects of protein loss and leakage of blood through the damaged mucosa . |