Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other MPs also go on the record on Page 2 to give TODAY an astonishing list of threats that caused some to buckle under . |
| 2 | ( Though in fact she would not have said ‘ lumbered ’ , not because she was afraid to put forward an unpopular view , but because she was an honourable and exact woman . |
| 3 | Throughout our period , however , we see that Whigs were prepared to hold up an independent standard by which to assess the legitimacy of authority , that of fundamental law or natural law , and they were willing to challenge the legitimacy of established authority ( whether royal or Parliamentary ) if power was exercised in violation of people 's natural rights . |
| 4 | They could get money by robbing a fruit machine , but it is easier to beat up an old woman and grab her purse . |
| 5 | The choice indicates how much the state is willing to take on an active role of managing national resources for greater international competitiveness , and in what form . |
| 6 | It is easy to write down an equivalent definition of unc that is a straightforward recursion on syntax . |
| 7 | The Black Sea countries ( Bulgaria , Romania , the Soviet Union and Turkey , with Greece and Yugoslavia as observers ) met in July 1991 to work out an economic co-operation agreement [ see p. 38352 ] . |
| 8 | … With regard to a firm or a company , it is impossible to lay down an exhaustive rule as to what would be a libel on them . |
| 9 | It is not possible to draw up an exhaustive list of matters that may legitimately be taken into account . |
| 10 | US President George Bush , concerned above all to hold together an anti-Iraq coalition in the Gulf which included key Arab allies , had quite openly distanced himself from Israel in recent months . |
| 11 | Although standards for cycle track construction were set as part of the 1975 Act , it was felt necessary to provide some demonstration projects to give local authorities guidelines on costs , approaches to particular problems , and above all to demonstrate how an entire cycle route might be created . |
| 12 | It is a curious fact that native speakers are unwilling to attempt even an approximate gloss of the meaning of cran — , yet there is no such hesitation with foot in foot the bill . |
| 13 | However , if more than that was needed and the family began to have more serious problems , then on the whole it seemed to be better to bring in an outside agency unconnected to the placement process . |
| 14 | Thus it is possible to build up an accurate map of which etchings were printed together and so establish their place in a general chronology . |
| 15 | But we 've been unable to track down an official aid organisation which has worked with her . |
| 16 | The weather was gorgeous and I was able to look up an old friend . ’ |
| 17 | Yet it costs individual households nothing more to put out an extra binfull , although the community as a whole will have to pay more ; conversely , they save nothing if they recycle or compost or simply buy more carefully . |
| 18 | In the case of such a fixed action pattern , ethologists suppose that there is an innate structure in the brain , able to send out an appropriate sequence of commands to the muscles . |
| 19 | To this end , it is important to build up an impressive arsenal of resources to meet individual needs . |
| 20 | Just as they were able to single out an important member of my staff here , and address him by name . ’ |
| 21 | Nevertheless , you should be able to convince even an accounting-oriented government that it will save on unemployment payments if some of the unemployed are put to work . |
| 22 | Even a skilled fighter would be unlikely to beat off an armed attacker without suffering some sort of injury . |
| 23 | When buying from a dealer , or a person you do not know , it is advisable to take along an independent expert to negotiate on your behalf . |
| 24 | for example , the manual labourer is unlikely to take up an energetic hobby such as cycling and he is likely to spend his holidays relaxing at the seaside rather than walking in the mountains . |
| 25 | ‘ He and John have n't been able to strike up an amicable relationship since and David does n't seem to figure in the coach 's plans , ’ said chairman Robinson . |
| 26 | ‘ I put myself forward not expecting to win , but available to pick up an extra seat if it was there . ’ |
| 27 | It is easier and safer to free up an ordered society than to re-order a chaotic one . |
| 28 | Also , unless something particularly striking happened there , it is difficult to see why an English annalist should single out Witland from the various places which Cnut may have visited during a Baltic expedition . |
| 29 | It is difficult to see how an anti-Tory majority could be built without a realignment . |
| 30 | I find it difficult to conceive how an international hospital with a high with a highly regarded professional staff can be allowed to slip into terminal decline . |