Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This perspective is unduly restrictive of the role of law in its socially instrumental aspects and unduly kind to those who have power over the legislative and judicial functions of states in that to define law in terms of the pursuit of order seems unwarrantably to exclude the use of law to foment disorder when this seems desirable to the politically strong . |
| 2 | No doubt " and emptiness " adds a further precision or perhaps elaboration to the of line A ; that is to say , to the idea of ignorable non-existence is added that of chaotic absence of form . |
| 3 | It seemed to me at the time that the teachers of science at school , who had certainly shown themselves to be opposed to me were , if not actually off their trolleys , a trifle on the demented side and undoubtedly strangers to coolness . |
| 4 | Mrs Hawkins reported that she had been unable to take photos at this location as she had first to finish off a slide film , but will soon be in a position to take the required photos and also others to be displayed at the A.G.M. and then stored in the village archives . |
| 5 | This meant that school-children taking ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ levels were not moved during this crucial time and so disruption to schooling did not present a major problem for parents . |
| 6 | But the older MPs from these areas saw these efforts as merely concessions to the Nationalists . |
| 7 | Any precise quantification in the present muddled state of our economy is an obvious chimera and even approximation to the truth is so occluded by political utterance as itself to become unattainable . |
| 8 | The basis for this offer is the fact known by the cops and the criminals that the judge in the case has a history of giving reduced sentences and often clemency to guilty criminals who truly show remorse ; the judge also believes that co-operation with the police is proof that a criminal regrets his behaviour . |
| 9 | In many countries with very unequal land holdings , land reform is considered an essential prerequisite to a successful soil conservation programme ( e.g. Baker 1980 , for Peru ; and Eckholm 1976 : 55 ) , in order to encourage secure and long leases of land so that tenants would invest in conservation and in some cases provide marginal farmers with more land and therefore income to be able to afford conservation measures ( FAO 1977a : 27 ) . |
| 10 | a former chef but currently consultant to Merrychef Ltd , looks at the development of the commercial microwave and the microwave combination oven , highlighting their advantages in terms of speed and food quality . |
| 11 | When Mlanenko and Fran Mravak arrived in Cornwall from war-torn Crotia they had a battered car and just £400 to their names . |
| 12 | PeopleSoft Inc , Walnut Creek , California says it intends to file with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to offer about 350,000 new shares and about 1.2m to be sold by existing shareholders.The proceeds will be used for working capital . |