Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reply of the polytechnics to this charge is that while they are fully prepared to maintain part-time provision at a high level , students are simply not coming forward in sufficient numbers to make it possible . |
| 2 | These included the Foreign Office ( allegedly too pro-EEC and generally too prone to make diplomatic concessions at the cost of British interests ) , the Civil Service Department ( too accommodating during the civil servants ' pay strike in 1981 ) , the Department of Employment ( allegedly too ‘ soft ’ under Mr Prior ) , and Education ( allegedly too sympathetic to the education lobbies ) . |
| 3 | In many cases it will be impossible to make sufficient disclosure at the commencement of the relationship as material information which has to be disclosed will not be known and can not be predicted until a particular conflict arises . |
| 4 | You are likely to find qualified staff at an approved school and certainly beginner riders should try to find the best tuition they can . |
| 5 | I think that given that University work is supposed to encourage intellectual activity at the highest level of which any individual is capable it is very important to increase motivation by allowing those individuals to proceed at their own pace and to establish their cognitive frames as and when they feel capable of doing so . |
| 6 | If someone holds the common belief that we only grow through pain and suffering , for example , then they are likely to create traumatic experiences at a fairly steady pace . |
| 7 | In the blithe mid-century days when five-year plans were supposed to create industrial sectors at the flick of a wand , there were five-year plans galore . |
| 8 | In other words , uncertainties about the planning posture towards a proposal and doubts about local local authorities ' ability to approve a site are likely to deter potential investors at an early stage . |
| 9 | We realise they are complex and detailed , but we believe it is better to give maximum information at the start of the new system of teaching , and modify them as our needs dictate . |
| 10 | ‘ It is more/less effective to employ experienced teachers at the top of the scale than to employ a larger number of less experienced teachers . ’ |
| 11 | This would provide a framework in which it would be possible to understand automatic processing at the tactical level . |
| 12 | Although this has been relatively under explored by economists ( Labelle , 1987 ) , presumably those providers concentrating on certain clinical services may be able to agree large contracts at a lower implied unit price . |
| 13 | Oxygen booths , in which people will be able to breathe pure oxygen at the cost of $2 a minute , are to be installed around Mexico City centre . |
| 14 | In addition he and his mother were able to obtain free lodgings at the house of the Privy Court Councillor , Serrarius , in return for lessons for his 15-year old daughter . |
| 15 | A system of retention ratios at least gives exporters part of the benefits due to them , since they are assured of most of their import needs , and can sell any surplus foreign exchange on the black market to other enterprises , who also benefit by being able to obtain foreign exchange at a price instead of being at the mercy of administrative decisions by bureaucrats . |
| 16 | Too many congressmen in both parties were reluctant to aid Soviet retraining at a time when growing numbers of US citizens were unemployed . |
| 17 | In families where they are able to identify good characteristics at the beginning of treatment the parents and child may have a sufficiently positive relationship to move directly into this phase . |
| 18 | ‘ We want our tenants to be able to offer good beers at the right price , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Nor was it easy for her at first to make new ones at The Milebrook , having only a pony and cart and her nearest neighbours being two , four and five miles away . |
| 20 | The problem is that to get sufficient heating at the site of the tumour from an external source generates unacceptable levels of heat in the healthy soft tissues surrounding the tumour . |
| 21 | It is vital to tap New line at the ends of lines in tables . |
| 22 | The future It was peculiarly difficult to predict future trends at the present time when it was anticipated that there would be a major re-distribution of work in the trial courts in consequence of legislation to give effect to the recommendations of the Civil Justice Review . |
| 23 | Building societies are legally obliged to sell repossessed properties at the best possible price . |
| 24 | Additional knowledge about how words may combine to form sentences , and about how sentences are put together to produce text will also be necessary to resolve remaining ambiguity at the lexical level . |
| 25 | France should , de Choiseul hoped , be able to assemble a striking force of 22 large vessels from Brest , Ferrol , 13 miles [ 21 km ] north-east of Corunna , and Cadiz , sufficient to obtain local superiority at the decisive point , provided Spain contributed eight ships . |