Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | As this develops it will be helpful ; but it is not a complete solution , for institutions will never be sufficiently well-equipped to intervene in the thousands of firms they own . |
| 2 | How much would you be prepared to pay for the two of you to go to Pwllheli by bus and train ? |
| 3 | Before attempting to describe the various approaches to learning and teaching which may be found in the contemporary primary school , it would be appropriate to list in the broadest of terms the key elements which lie at the heart of the curriculum . |
| 4 | Yet it involved a principle which many could not accept : regardless of the sacrifices demanded of the rest of the community , it seemed too much to ask of the poorest of the poor . |
| 5 | Be sure to apply before the first of the calendar month when you want the rebate to start . |
| 6 | We needed to take with us clothes that were comfortable for travelling in , were easy to care for and were able to cope with the worst of the conditions . |
| 7 | People wore different clothes , shopped in privately-owned shops and were able to talk with the thousands of foreigners living , working in or touring China . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's no one of any consequence in London at the moment , ’ she told him , ‘ but you wo n't be able to move for the millions of nobodies going to look at the Tower . ’ |
| 9 | A public inquiry is due to commence on the 16th of February . |
| 10 | However , her books , though absorbing to the adult reader , are difficult to revive for the young of another generation because of their preoccupation ( even greater than that of her female contemporaries ) with social status . |
| 11 | Such a transfer is difficult to achieve at the best of times . |
| 12 | It is difficult to achieve at the best of times , but is , perhaps , especially problematic in education . |
| 13 | It is only necessary to refer to the second of those cases which were decisions of this court , because in the judgments in the second of those cases , reference is made back to Brown v. Draper . |
| 14 | It is simpler to begin with the second of these questions . |