Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 2 | How ever , there is no doubt in my mind that it would be quite wrong to confine her in a geriatric home among seriously deranged patients . |
| 3 | He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’ |
| 4 | I do not therefore mind leaving these matters in the safe hands of the Germans , just as many nations before 1914 were content to leave them in the safe hands of the British . |
| 5 | Specialist suppliers may also provide a cold-weld compound to seal joins where it 's impossible to lay it in a single sheet . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the principle of chisel ploughing has much to recommend it in the right conditions . |
| 7 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 8 | Especially unusual to find them in a Tyrian , because as a rule Tyrians only care about making money . |
| 9 | You may feed safer watching nature at second hand on the television , and would find it hard to rough it in an uncharted forest . |
| 10 | Woolf argues for improvements in prisons , not for their own sake , but because ‘ to treat prisoners in a way which is likely to leave them in an embittered and disaffected state on their release ’ will naturally lead to ‘ a deterioration in the ability of the prisoner to operate effectively and lawfully in society ’ . |
| 11 | I always said if I won the 100 it would be very hard to beat me in the 200 . |
| 12 | The design is exciting international interest ; Westinghouse has asked Nuclear Electric to join it in a joint bid for Taiwan 's new nuclear station on precisely this design . |
| 13 | Because different people will affect the circuits in different ways the Trickstick can be adjusted for sensitivity and it is also possible to use it in a switch-type mode . |
| 14 | In order to discuss the analysis of Musgrave and Musgrave , it is helpful to set it in a four-quadrant diagram , similar to that used by Sandler and Tschirhart ( 1980 ) . |
| 15 | For their part , trade unions showed little or no interest in the new community-based movements that emerged from the late 1960s , and saw little to interest them in the educational work that developed around community struggles . |
| 16 | The following details of courses were sent to us recently but we were unable to include them in an earlier issue . |
| 17 | I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction . |
| 18 | It is unclear just when this happens one is unlikely to be able to observe it in a casual experiment at the kitchen sink — but Fig. 24.7 shows observations made by varying the pressure behind a suitably shaped nozzle . |
| 19 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |
| 20 | Well , he , it 's not that far away and it 's , if he 's in here and they can see to him , fair enough , or they might be able to point him in a different direction , a better direction |
| 21 | Your GP may be able to point you in the right direction , and it 's worth finding out if the psychology department of your local hospital takes referrals . |
| 22 | Your dealer should be able to point you in the right direction . |
| 23 | If you keep your leading fist slightly to the correct side of the centre-line , then you will be able to use it in a direct thrusting action . |
| 24 | Now anyone with a spreadsheet should be able to do them in a few hours . |
| 25 | Experiments of the most Draconian nature wold be necessary to untangle these possibilities , says Altman , ‘ and you would n't be able to do them in a natural setting like Amboseli ’ . |
| 26 | You will then be able to soak them in the medicated solution for maximum effectiveness . |
| 27 | It looked like half a letter T. The needle was so bent that I knew I knew that I would not be able to remove it in the usual way , so I took my heavy pliers ( the ones with which I behead the Passap/Pfaff needles when they got damaged ) and cut off the top of the needle , below the bend . |
| 28 | Unless you have established for yourself what your motives are beforehand , you are unlikely to be able to present them in an attractive light to others . |
| 29 | Although they are much safer than allopathic or conventional drugs it is obviously advisable to store them in a safe place , out of reach of little fingers . |
| 30 | Isaac Mizrahi was the first to dress her in a big way , but since she came to Paris last year the designers all want to meet her , as do the socialites , the Left Bank social hostesses who receive prime ministers as well as actors . |