Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its cause is uncertain — it is also found even if we do not eat then — but it means that it is often possible to catch up on lost sleep by taking a nap at this time . |
| 2 | The recording of fades to mark the beginning and end of a sequence is another of those chores which is easier to carry out during post-production editing than during live shooting . |
| 3 | It did n't take her long to decide she had precisely two choices — well , one , really , because even though it was n't cold it would look wrong to go out in thin cotton to the sort of party he was talking about . |
| 4 | As I have made clear , for some time the question of recognising Yugoslav republics , especially Croatia and Slovenia , has not been a matter of principle — clearly they will not be willing to go back into any entity called Yugoslavia . |
| 5 | But my guess is early retirement too , unless you 're prepared to go back to divisional work . |
| 6 | Stotland ( 1977 ) drew a portrait of the executive 's motives for being prepared to go along with corporate crime . |
| 7 | Unless the Government is prepared to come up with some cash there is a real danger that the Dearing vision will be blinded by the dust which the report is rapidly gathering . |
| 8 | They can be laid to direct or contain flow or to form a dam , the pooling so caused being easier to pick up by wet vacuum than widespread water films . |
| 9 | This was pre-eminently the case where the Area Boards were united in opposing the Central Authority or the Government ( as on the Clow differential ) , though Citrine was more willing to give in to such pressure on matters where he respected the Board Chairmen 's views , such as tariffs , than on matters where he was determined to impose his own , as in labour relations . |
| 10 | It was all Harriet could do not to confront her , have the whole thing out , tell her that she was not prepared to put up with such behaviour any longer , that she might be a war widow with a child , but she was living in her mother 's house and should at least not take such care and help for granted . |
| 11 | Evidence suggests that working class wives were prepared to put up with occasional drinking bouts by their husbands and the physical abuse that sometimes accompanied them rather than lose the economic support normally provided . |
| 12 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 13 | The party faithful might be willing to put up with such dissonance among their candidates . |
| 14 | Make it absolutely clear , as I did , that you are prepared to fight back at any time of the day or night no matter how painful it may be ; and that you will keep on fighting until the day you finally beat them . |
| 15 | Team organiser , Grove Projects ’ Robin Williams , explains that he would like to hear from players in the London area who would be keen and willing to turn out for regular league and cup matches . |
| 16 | In ‘ Comfort ’ , gear ratios are maintained as high as possible , while in ‘ Special Range ’ it is quicker to kick down for rapid acceleration and remains in a lower ratio until higher engine speeds . |
| 17 | If this arm was free to move about upon that plane , its position and attitude would be fully described by two translational and one rotational freedoms . |
| 18 | It is not easy to hit back at that sort of conversation . |
| 19 | Maybe it was because they thought it was dangerous to stand out in any way from the crowd , in case fate was tempted to drop a crate on their heads . |
| 20 | Some present MPs think it has already " become all too easy to opt out of real responsibility at Westminster by immersion in constituency work " . |
| 21 | ‘ It would be easy to give in to that criticism and just make mindless , utopian house records or ambiguous grunge records . |
| 22 | Being compact , it 's easy to soak up in just couple of days , making it the perfect place for a quiet weekend . |
| 23 | Perhaps 20 items is a bit much to take in at one sitting , but choose your favourites and you will not be disappointed , as everything is captured in wonderful sound and expertly performed . |
| 24 | It 's a good , well-made , sturdy one ( a Mothercare Taxi ) , so it should last for a second child and it 's easy to fold down with one hand . |
| 25 | In the case of sails , spars , standing and running rigging it will be possible to apply UP TO one-third deduction from the new replacement cost to allow for deterioration due to use . |
| 26 | What a way to spend the morning , hammering away at the base of a bomb that is likely to go off at any moment . |
| 27 | A psychological study ( Californian again ) once tried to explain why people were hard to tempt back to public transport . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's hard to stand up for that length of time , ’ said Couples , who had two double-bogeys in his 71 . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll have got my bearings by tomorrow , so you wo n't need to stand in for me , ’ she said , ‘ but tonight , I do n't mind admitting , I 'll be glad to catch up on some beauty sleep . |
| 30 | However , we believe that those who are determined to understand a phenomenon and to follow their research and their intuition wherever they may lead , are on the balance of probabilities , perhaps more likely to come up with new knowledge than those who are trying to solve a narrowly defined problem or to develop a product . |