Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would then be possible to see what progress the Welsh Office and its various agencies are making towards the attainment of common goals . |
| 2 | The scale and importance of the nationalized concerns are so great that ministers are not prepared to give their managers a free hand . |
| 3 | In one of the most striking of his letters to his brother , the Emperor Joseph II , he stresses the need for a ruler always to be willing to give his subjects a complete account of the finances of the state and of their administration ; such action , he writes , is ‘ glorious , useful and just ’ . |
| 4 | The following table of classifications of errors from test recognition data shows that it is impossible to tell what type the original error was . |
| 5 | We believe it is valuable to give our trainees a rounded appreciation of our business from the outset , not least because so much of what we do depends upon high levels of teamwork . |
| 6 | One does get the feeling , none the less , that many traditional teachers still think of film as being a classroom novelty useful to give their students a welcome treat : yet many students , watching the grey , flickering images uncertainly projected on to unsuitable screens by elderly and noisy equipment in stuffy ill-curtained rooms , may be forgiven for wanting a bit of first-rate formal teaching as a relief . |
| 7 | Good to get your card the other day and to know that you got safely home from , even if concerned by the cost of the visit . |
| 8 | Or for a wonderful Christmas treat , spoil yourself with a vintage claret Chateau Lascombes 1986 Grand Cru Classé Margaux ( £18.49 ) from Augustus Barnett , a delectable fruity claret sure to make your meal a memorable occasion . |
| 9 | Where there is strong evidence of guilt , defendants given the benefit of the doubt by a jury in a criminal trial will be reluctant to chance their luck a second time by bringing a libel action . |
| 10 | In defence , the dismounted men-at-arms and archers ( the archers being either in ‘ wedges ’ or set out before the men-at-arms ) provided density of resistance , giving each other support , the men-at-arms being all the better protected , since the archers were able to fire their weapons a considerable distance against an advancing enemy , thus disrupting them before they reached the defending men-at-arms who , with their own cavalry , could then mount a counter-attack . |
| 11 | Some schools have insufficient specialist accommodation to be able to give their pupils the basic curriculum . |
| 12 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
| 13 | To be able to give your mother a better standard of living ? ’ |
| 14 | But we began with joy and Rossini and to sunshine we return with Hummel 's E flat Piano Quintet , and singing melody — pretty , but never quite elevated to greatness by a composer reluctant to accord his accompaniments a higher status than that of faithful doggedness . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , such a post had its drawbacks : the prince could detain his musicians at will , and , on one occasion , Haydn was obliged to drop his patron a heavy hint — in the form of the ‘ Farewell ’ Symphony — that the court orchestra members had been kept away from their families in Vienna for too long . |
| 16 | IPSWICH boss Mick McGiven is ready to give his side a roasting before today 's Premier League game against Sheffield United at Portman Road . |