Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun pl] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to acquire binaries from a package in place of the source modules . |
| 2 | Although it is possible to see networks as a mechanism through which workers exercise some ‘ degree of control over their labour market , it is important to acknowledge the extent to which they are , by definition , discriminatory . |
| 3 | It was not for English to supplant classics as a vehicle for elite socialization . |
| 4 | Women leave , afraid to bear children in a city so close to the reactor . |
| 5 | The Soviet government indicated that Moscow would be willing to provide troops for a U N peace keeping force in the Gulf , but urged Washington not to take unilateral action . |
| 6 | Whereas fascists and anti-semites were free to libel Jews as a group in the most foul language in their publications , the Jews were supposed to be more English than the English according to Morrison . |
| 7 | Yet during their tenure of office both have had to deal with a Russia now run by an apparently liberally minded head of government who has come to the conference table willing to reduce arms at a rate that the West sometimes finds embarrassing . |
| 8 | Sometimes the government has wished to avoid the politically damaging disruption of vital public services ; for example , Hannah , describes how , in the 1960 wage negotiations at the Central Electricity Generating Board , the settlement was made ‘ after management consultation with the Ministry had indicated that they should settle , as the Cabinet were not willing to force matters to a strike ’ ( 1982 : 223 ) . |
| 9 | Consultants will remain free to refer patients to a specialist in another hospital although the department has yet to decide the mechanism for payment . |
| 10 | ‘ It is impossible to obtain wages from a republic , ’ he wrote naively , ‘ without having duties attached . |
| 11 | What is the Government 's attitude to Labour 's proposal for a defence diversification agency , bearing in mind that if it were so easy to create jobs through a Government agency , it is surprising that Labour has always left behind more unemployed than when it took office . |
| 12 | If it is possible to apply rules to a subject such as desktop publishing then there are probably three . |
| 13 | By building Hypertext capabilities into the documents it is possible to select areas of a drawing , for example , and have the relevant text displayed or vice versa . |
| 14 | At the end of the twentieth century , at least some colour illustrations are likely to find places in a monograph . |
| 15 | In general , users were more likely to express opinions about a type of credit than non-users — so both positive and negative attitudes tended to emerge more strongly . |
| 16 | There may be real practical advantages in having a central source of expertise ; such a source is more likely to send documents in a form , and with accompanying material , required by the state of destination or specified in the applicable bilateral or multilateral convention . |
| 17 | Government departments were also more likely to utilize lectures as a format of instruction than other employer groups . |
| 18 | However , Echo is promising to cut ports to a matter of days , or at worst weeks , lopping off what could be years of development time in moving from one architecture to another . |
| 19 | * It is also possible to put presuppositions into a sentence by just rearranging the parts , as in the following example ( called a CLEFT ) , based on " Senecan influence brought blood to Renaissance tragedy " : It was Senecan influence which brought blood to Renaissance tragedy . |
| 20 | To this extent it is not especially helpful to see pubs as a category of buildings , but rather to keep a clear distinction in mind between interior and exterior . |
| 21 | ‘ But Oliver , ’ I said , trying to make some sense of the story , and also trying to make a bit of a joke of it at the same time , ‘ Is n't it traditional to give flowers to a girl when you arrive rather than after you 've left ? ’ |
| 22 | A number of feminists — Mary Daly is a good example — find it useful to subject words to a kind of archaeological excavation , turning to the etymological dictionaries to find out where a particular word came from , what it meant and how it has changed . |
| 23 | By the early 1830s the very ‘ glut ’ of petitions so held up the normal business of the day that , although an exceptional petition like that of the ladies could make an impression , the House of Commons acted to refer petitions to a committee and deny immediate speech on them on the floor of the House . |
| 24 | It is not right to share feelings in a sentence such as ‘ You make me feel … ’ because in actuality the other person does not make us feel this way . |
| 25 | Is likely to be able to obtain antibiotics via a vet . |
| 26 | I think there 's no doubt at all that erm from a Conservative point of view I actually believe that schools , under their heads , know best , and I am quite happy to trust schools with a budget of money which will enable them to buy in the specific needs that their school requires . |
| 27 | One-half of the trainees had derived more confidence from attending courses , ranging from ‘ now being able to feed lambs through a stomach tube ’ ( this from a 50-year old farmer who had had sheep for 30 years ) to ‘ the confidence to tackle all but the most difficult workshop repair jobs ’ . |
| 28 | What fixes the result of a particular experiment when the theory is only able to assign probabilities for a variety of possible outcomes ? |
| 29 | The school which , for whatever reason , enjoys parental support , is able to use parents as a means of increasing its resources . |
| 30 | It is unwise to keep medications in a handbag which could be lost or might be explored by a child , with disastrous results . |