Example sentences of "[adj] in [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Many appointed in this way were ex-professional theatre actors or directors who for various reasons ( not always the best ) were interested in transferring to the amateur world .
2 They were still interested in affiliating to the Labour Party , though under the Labour Party rules this could not be recognised until 1940 .
3 A literal rendering of an idiom is very rarely capable of serving as even an approximate translation ; it is most likely to be either uninterpretable , or quite unrelated in meaning to the original expression .
4 His stance should be relaxed , not fixed , since an unspecialized stance provides mobility and avoids the waste of valuable reaction time involved in switching to the best stance with which to meet an oncoming attack .
5 However , as we ex-Service members are constantly involved in appealing to the genral public for financial donations to our appeals , would it not be prudent to keep the expense of any such memorial to the minimum ?
6 Clover roots had become deformed in adapting to the polluted soil and had lost their ability to fix nitrogen .
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