Example sentences of "[noun] is [adj] [to-vb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tantalising mixture of talent is due to appear at the Town Hall in Oxford on Friday . |
| 2 | Such a transfer is difficult to achieve at the best of times . |
| 3 | And the TCCB disciplinary committee is due to meet at the weekend to decide whether to increase Lamb 's punishment for the awful crime of failing to get his comments cleared by Lord 's before they were published in the Mirror . |
| 4 | A customer capable of signing a cheque for £100,000 is unlikely to balk at the extra £10,000 or so , and Aston 's aberrant mid-'80s profitability was due in no small part to the fact that Gauntlett made his car more expensive , in real terms , than it has ever been . |
| 5 | Consideration by Ministers of the member states at the Research Council is likely to follow at the end of December and it is hoped that this will produce a ‘ common position ’ , that is agreement on the proposal possibly as amended in the light of the comments of the Parliament and of the advisory bodies to the Council . |
| 6 | For example , if the adult holds an object , such as a doll , in the child 's line of gaze , the child is likely to look at the object and then immediately glance at the adult 's face to check that they are looking at the same thing . |
| 7 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 8 | Today every able-bodied man is liable to serve at the front — in a war in which casualties are sickeningly high . |
| 9 | THE qualifying pattern of the 1995 WORLD CUP is likely to change at the IRB meeting in Wellington , if the proposals worked out by World Cup Director Russ Thomas are accepted . |
| 10 | A bucket is useful to look at the animals more closely . |
| 11 | Secondly , if the tenant is entitled to break at a specified date linked to a rent review , the effect of the break-clause may be to make time of the essence as far as the review is concerned ( United Scientific Holdings Ltd v Burnley Borough Council [ 1977 ] 2 All ER 62 at 77 , 98 ) . |