Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be possible to acclimatize a specialised feeder to substitute foods although there is always a danger of a reluctance to feed deteriorating into anorexia and premature demise . |
| 2 | He was prepared to wait a long time to gain the king 's good will , and meanwhile to support the king in his enterprises . |
| 3 | That the views of Edwardian Conservatives elided so easily with those expressed by such a maverick as Maxse is evidence of how threatened the Conservatives felt and how far they were prepared to use a radical voice to pursue Conservative ends . |
| 4 | So this afternoon 's news that Paul Getty is prepared to give a million pounds to help construct a building to house the mediaeval map and chained library has presented the townfolk here with yet another opportunity of keeping their heritage intact . |
| 5 | Although this is the usual way of removing wax , some doctors find it easier to use a special probe to pick the wax out . |
| 6 | It 's blood that 's being lost at a high rate , it 's dangerous whatever ver vessel it 's coming from , so you will stop it by pad , pressure and elevation , you will attempt to reduce the loss of blood and assist the formation of a clot , once you 've assisted in the formation of a clot , by putting the pad on it , would it be sensible to have a little peak to see how it 's doing ? |
| 7 | Personally I choose to travel by train , and am prepared to pay a higher fare to do so , because I find it a more comfortable , and usually more enjoyable mode of travel . |
| 8 | ‘ We call ourselves the Unifiers — an inner core of trade unionists who are prepared to take a few risks to get what we must for the majority . |
| 9 | In addition it made some recommendations to BRAC , one of which was to encourage BRAC to make a greater effort to cooperate with the local village practitioners . |
| 10 | There are dozens of ways you can fire the shutter , which is pressure sensitive to the finger in normal application ; but it is not always easy to arrange a mechanical device to operate at distance . |
| 11 | However , while people were in general very willing to cooperate in the data collection , it should be added that it was not always possible to collect all items of information at each stage : for example , a very severely demented person might not be able to respond to questions at all ; it was not always possible to find a medical practitioner with up-to-date information about a person 's medical condition ; respondents sometimes refused to perform all the action tests ; it was occasionally impossible to find a key informant to give , for example , information about services received by a dementia sufferer or about his/her housing circumstances . |
| 12 | I wish only to add that in my judgment I have , after some hesitation , come to the conclusion that it is impossible to extract a general discretion to rectify the register from section 82(1) ( h ) of the Land Registration Act 1925 beyond that necessary to cover some unusual error which did not fall under paragraphs ( d ) to ( g ) . |
| 13 | The council of the International Natural Rubber Organization ( INRO ) , incorporating major producers and 20 consumer countries , agreed at a three-day meeting in Kuala Lumpur ( Malaysia ) on May 25-27 to form a working group to discuss a renegotiation of the International Natural Rubber Agreement ( INRA ) , a final decision to be taken by the end of March 1993 . |
| 14 | Solicitor David Parrish , representing North Yorkshire County Council , said : ‘ It is most unusual to attend a public inquiry to find an application with three alternative proposals . |
| 15 | This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport . |
| 16 | Heron 's properties are worth £1.3 billion and Mr Ronson warned that it will take until 1999 to sell a sufficient stake to repay debt . |
| 17 | Sociologists may , however , note that if God is converting someone to a particular belief , past experience indicates that He is likely to use a social means to achieve His end . |
| 18 | She must have told me once that I was lucky to have a warm bed to lie in at night . |
| 19 | The point was made that while it was valuable to have a specific workshop to deal with the issue of women , all the other workshops and all the topics discussed should have a clear women 's perspective . |
| 20 | Part of her was glad to have a practical task to address . |
| 21 | THE Governor of Hong Kong , Sir David Wilson , is likely to make a last-ditch attempt to influence the Government 's package for giving the right of abode to the colony 's British passport holders when he arrives in London on Tuesday . |
| 22 | However , once across it is usual to fix a Tyrolean traverse to ensure a dry retreat after the climb . |
| 23 | It is possible to use a mean-variance approach to formulate a model of the demand and supply of futures in terms of price changes rather than rates of return . |
| 24 | It may be early days to expect a consensus to emerge less than two weeks after the group was established , and it is now too late to forge a common front to influence the Budget . |
| 25 | She had not had it with her on Sunday during the walk to the belvedere and although it might now be too late in the day to catch the best of the light , it would be useful to have a few shots to help with descriptions of the scenery when she came to write her novel . |
| 26 | It is therefore useful to get a few adults to help calm down the too lively children . |
| 27 | Although it is quite reasonable to ask a human being to search by eye through a moderate number of drawings of artefacts it is not reasonable where thousands are involved . |
| 28 | The great weight of Scottish opinion finds it difficult to understand why , contrary to its Standing Orders , the House of Commons has been unable to establish a Select Committee to scrutinise Scottish affairs . |
| 29 | The muse 's intervention occurs after Astrophil appears to be carried away in a violent frenzy , unable to find a fit language to achieve his ends . |
| 30 | He said that one elderly man had been killed on Hollyhurst Road because he was unable to find a safe place to cross owing of the amount of cars parked along the street . |