Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His view of the visible church , for example , was much wider than that of even Whitgift , as he appeared to argue that since Christ had died for all , all men and women — including Roman Catholics — were potentially part of the visible church , and as such should be offered the sacrament of the eucharist , if they were prepared to receive it in good faith . |
| 2 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 3 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 4 | Also , blotting paper is fairly costly to buy so it is much more economical to use it for pressing time and time again . |
| 5 | This anonymous peasant sensed intuitively the lack of communication between the centre and the grass roots , and was prepared to overcome it through personal effort . |
| 6 | The kind of non-randomness that can be generated by simple sieving is roughly equivalent to opening a combination lock with one one dial : it is easy to open it by sheer luck . |
| 7 | So important is this consideration , and it would be perfunctory to regard it as mere vanity , that it may motivate performances to anonymous and usually unconcerned strangers . |
| 8 | If an item is coached carefully step by step in the early stages the performers are more likely to remember it for future use . |
| 9 | There was Woil with the usual Man-welcoming expression on his face and looking as harmless as a tired sparrow and saying , ‘ Nice Man , welcome food , good to bring it to grateful Woil . |
| 10 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 11 | People who study psychology never seem able to apply it to real life . |
| 12 | But they could possibly , they surely must be able to do it through natural wastage to some extent . |
| 13 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 14 | The F-15 is capable of dealing with all foreseeable large threats for some time ; and if a new Russian regime started to develop a better fighter , America would still be able to beat it into large-scale production of an improved version of the YF-22 . |
| 15 | Indeed , the College told the Court of the University of London in June 1991 that it would not be adding significantly to its accumulated deficit of £1.2 million in 1991–92 , that student numbers were increasing ‘ comfortably ’ and that surpluses should follow in 1993–94 and 1994–95 and that the main building needed only £5 million until the year 2000 to keep it in good repair . |
| 16 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 17 | And if this 6Mb does exist , would it be possible to recover it for general use ? |
| 18 | For a start , it will be necessary to invest it with sufficient authority to act with independence and integrity as a basis for effective oversight of the financial reporting process . |