Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in normal society it is boring and , after a while , meaningless to trace everything to a common source , especially when the detail is elaborate . |
| 2 | The scenes of destitution which the journalists could not be prevented from glimpsing-it is impossible to put someone in a hermetic bubble all the time , even for ten days — had not apparently impaired their appetites . |
| 3 | Energy was directed mainly to the primary sector , where , until recently , it was impossible to have anything but a church-sponsored school if it was to be funded by the state . |
| 4 | And it , they 're likely to need something like a further twenty thousand pounds er , if they do n't have sufficient funds to continue to at the balance of this financial year . |
| 5 | At first the hotel had been unwilling to employ someone with a young daughter . |
| 6 | It is dangerous to simplify law , but our understanding is that to convict someone of a serious crime like theft , we normally have to prove not only that they committed the alleged act , but also that they knew it was wrong . |
| 7 | It is unwise to erect one on a grassed area unless you use scaffold boards to spread the load |
| 8 | For practical purposes it is probably safe to assume something like a 50/50 split and this is probably putting inherited factors too high . |
| 9 | Output and display requirements dictate architectures which support high-resolution colour graphics , can display both RGB ( ‘ Red-Green-Blue' , the colour screen standard in which the three basic colours remain individually controllable ) and composite video information , and provide an audio capability able to handle anything from a feeble bleep to high fidelity stereo . |
| 10 | For others , the feeling of being trapped may arise from an early blueprint drawn up when they were literally helpless and unable to do anything about an intolerable situation or to get out of it on their own . |
| 11 | Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack . |
| 12 | Radio and television Local radio stations are usually hungry for news and will be keen to interview anybody with a strong point of view . |
| 13 | The skinhead revival is too recent to present anything but a confused picture to the observer . |