Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we meet , we seem to go in circles ; we 're great at telling the others how wrong they are or how to solve the problem , but we are not prepared to give in a bit and make the necessary compromises . |
| 2 | The vast majority of Oxfordshire 's teachers claim that they were involved or very involved in their school 's review , an equally large majority ( four-fifths ) feel competent to carry out a review and that theirs was thorough or very thorough . |
| 3 | Being able to pick up a colour and press it on coloured paper was all very exciting . |
| 4 | Indeed honours were shared all the way to a tie-break in which Adebisi was able to switch up a gear and take a firm hold of the situation , winning 7–2 , to take the first set . |
| 5 | ‘ I was going as carefully as I could because I had a 25-second cushion over Berger so I was able to slow down a bit and the pain eased . |
| 6 | In the market , a person who can perform certain activities more efficiently may be able to take over a firm and capture the rent accruing as a result of greater efficiency . |
| 7 | Similarly , only one transition action may be specified and it is not possible to have both a task and transition associated with the same state . |
| 8 | AFTER A couple of years on the indie circuit , Arista signed The Hollow Men , releasing their ‘ Cresta ’ album late last year , and it looked like these hard-working Leeds-based popsters were ready to step up a league and move on to a new , higher profile . |