Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you , er that implies you 're prepared to see inequalities widening in the short , perhaps even the medium term . |
| 2 | Although the Israeli delegation said that it was prepared to discuss issues raised by the Palestinians , the two sides remained deeply divided over the organization of the talks . |
| 3 | The editors of tabloid newspapers are still prepared to finance expeditions to search for the yeti , the Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas . |
| 4 | In presenting who gains and loses , the Government has been careful to cite figures based on the number of households . |
| 5 | Again , it was thanks to people in the industry who were prepared to spend hours arguing in the committee rooms of Brussels that common sense prevailed . |
| 6 | If you look out to sea it 's fairly easy to spot seals basking in the water or if you 're lucky , you might catch sight of a school of porpoise , a dolphin , or even a turtle . |
| 7 | In actually measuring subjective risk while driving it seems appropriate to encourage drivers to think about the external environment in a more normal way and answer questions about subjective risk with reference to their internal states . |
| 8 | It was very easy to imagine eyes peering from the gloom , or strange beings creeping along the path behind them . |
| 9 | Editing a program you like is fine if you know what you 're doing but it 's too easy to spend hours fiddling with the EQ to get the distortion to sound just so , when getting the right room size is the element that makes the sound . |
| 10 | This approach does little to help teachers cut through the educational rhetoric and sort out those practices which are most productive in terms of the quality of children 's learning . |
| 11 | By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) . |
| 12 | Go into any church in a poor area and you 're likely to find candles lit before the statue of Mary and little messages on scraps of paper asking for her help . |
| 13 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
| 14 | ‘ Passengers are requested not to throw out of the window anything likely to injure men working on the line ’ , said a notice in the compartment . |
| 15 | It is frequently not practicable to withhold benefits gained by the organization from non-joiners in the same area of activity ( wage increases or better working conditions , for example ) . |
| 16 | On Wednesday morning the prince , in his role as president of Scottish Business in the Community , will visit Craigmillar to see projects developed by the local community , local authority and other agencies , with help from the Friends of Craigmillar — a group of business leaders . |
| 17 | Of course no experience is self-authenticating , but it is reasonable to accept claims made on the basis of experience ( *b and c ) unless sufficient reason is produced ( *a ) for not doing so . |
| 18 | It was good to hear voices echoing around the sometimes solemn house and the laughter of the women as they moved around attending to their chores . |
| 19 | This is the more paradoxical as Soviet leaders have expressed their readiness since the Twenty-Sixth Soviet Party Congress in February 1981 to discuss issues linked with the international aspects of the Afghan problem in connection with questions on the security of the Persian Gulf . |
| 20 | The 1976 act spoke of a person who died from ‘ personal injuries sustained by him ’ and Lord McCluskey said : ‘ In my view it is clear that the whole phrase is perfectly apt to include injuries inflicted to the person of a child immediately before his birth and continuing to have their effects on him by impairing his physical condition at and after the time of his birth . |
| 21 | The Harpy is able to evade blows aimed through the bars of the cage , and missile fire is at a -30 penalty ; if you wish , missile fire has a 10% chance per missile of freakishly breaking open the cage door , allowing the Harpy out ! |
| 22 | In no sense are the responses unwelcome or unimportant ; however , if the assessment is to be formative , it is important to emphasise features relating to the requirements of the task ’ ( SEAC 1989 : 22 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ They are very reluctant to see brokers included in the remit . |
| 24 | Change the patient 's position two hourly to encourage secretions to drain from the chest and to relieve pressure on the chest wall . |
| 25 | It is probably unwise to feed results direct to the estimating department . |
| 26 | Our decision was strengthened by the fact that we were able to buy materials direct from the Devon suppliers . |
| 27 | Half an hour later , descending the stairs , she was startled to hear voices coming from the first floor . |
| 28 | Well we do have erm some discussions seminars where between ten and fifteen students are able to discuss matters relating to the course . |
| 29 | It is not advisable to let patients travel outside the country with a pump . |
| 30 | If a rhetorical approach to social psychology is to prove worthwhile , it must be able to illuminate issues relating to the structure of ideology and the movement of public opinion . |