Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Homunculi do not allow anyone to see the oracle unless invited.The adventurers will need to keep their wits about them to get past these pests . |
| 2 | The vulnerability of minor revenue officials to demotion or removal made it imperative for them to remain on good terms with men of influence able to mar their careers , and shortly after his clash with the provost of Inverkeithing Main made his peace with the Cunningham family . |
| 3 | As we have seen , horses have basic physiological and psychological needs which must be met for them to remain in good health both physically and emotionally . |
| 4 | They therefore consulted their solicitor to see if it was necessary for them to remain in this country for the purpose of attending the hearing in August . |
| 5 | The Republic blitzed us , but it will be difficult for them to put on that type of performance in Italy . ’ |
| 6 | As people grow older , however , they may be more likely to develop illnesses or conditions which make it more difficult for them to cope without some help or support . |
| 7 | But if the police or the security services are perpetrating the illegal acts there may be little incentive for them to deal with such complaints seriously . |
| 8 | Therefore either the customers must continually be changing identity ( so it is sensible for them to engage in some search ) and some expectation must have been built up about potential high benefits to search , or else search costs must be truly trivial , in order for the potential incumbent to stand a chance of usurping the established firm . |
| 9 | This fact in itself may be a symptom of the illness , particularly if it is not usual for them to behave in that way . |
| 10 | While long-standing fans either relished it or waited patiently for them to return to straightforward indie pop , more than a few older folk fans switched on the enigma of The Wedding Present . |
| 11 | A degree of interaction between themselves and their source is required for them to act in this capacity . |
| 12 | is the problem of soil erosion perceived to be important enough for them to unite on this issue so that their combined power leads to a coherent response ? |
| 13 | But it 's important that they get abroad and see these because they also imbibe a lot of feeling from just walking around these places and seeing what the ladies are wearing so it 's very important for them to go to those places . |
| 14 | It is common for them to drown in heavy rain because they stand gazing skyward with their beaks open to see where the rain is coming from . |
| 15 | But we 've got a young side at Cardiff now and it 's good for them to play against these players , to see that they 're only human beings after all . ’ |
| 16 | Secondment is an opportunity for them to learn at first hand about the world of work to which their students are aspiring . |
| 17 | The colleges , including Chester , have argued that the breadth and standard of their courses is good enough for them to compete on equal footing with the old polytechnics , which are now universities . |
| 18 | The problem is that when a parent is feeling depressed or overwrought it is difficult for them to think of alternative strategies . |
| 19 | mainly in those areas which concern women ; it is impossible for them to disappear from one day to the next . |
| 20 | The small number of area health board staff working on the schools ' programmes makes it impossible for them to cater for individual classroom visits . |
| 21 | It became extraordinarily difficult for them to speak with one voice on critical issues . |
| 22 | ‘ It would hardly be proper for them to speak to such women . |
| 23 | Charlie told me it was n't nothing for them to get through twenty nicker poking about in the shops . |
| 24 | Futurologists however continue as confidently as ever to predict what we shall soon be doing , and it has been very easy for them to extrapolate from contemporary trends , possibilities and experimentation into an even more thoroughly machine-using future . |
| 25 | Two microscope slides can be placed together with water or oil between them to allow for easy movement across one another , but trying to pull them apart without sliding the surfaces together is very difficult . |
| 26 | All I know is that I think it 's a safe distance for me to drive behind that car at any given time . |
| 27 | I wondered if it would er be appropriate for me to respond at this juncture ? |
| 28 | It 's a big effort for me to behave like other people . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It is not easy for me to talk of such things to you , ’ he murmured , a trifle hesitantly . |
| 30 | Sometimes Bentham is represented as having held a significantly different view from that just described , according to which an action which it is right for me to do at any moment is either one which produces a greater surplus of pleasure over pain than any alternative action then open to me ( in which case it is the one right action ) or produces as great a surplus as any alternative ( in which case it is a right action ) , while all actions not thus right are wrong . |