Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What does a course do for students that they would find difficult or impossible to do on their own ? |
| 2 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 3 | If you should be so kind as to print my name and telephone number in Pilot I would be more than happy to hear from anyone interested in the project and to act as an initial clearing-house for information . |
| 4 | She was a foreigner and already had more than enough to do inside her own organisation . |
| 5 | The stress , arousal , motor activity and so on inevitably associated with learning themselves result in biochemical and physiological changes in the brain at the same time as the animal is learning , and they are all important and interesting to study in their own right . |
| 6 | If you have consulted the proxy and confirmed that he or she is able and willing to vote for you that is enough . |
| 7 | I love it knitted in three or four strands of fine polyester thread in a mixture of colours for a really light and summery confection , or make it very plain and simple to wear with my latest love , a pleated double jacquard skirt in light summery yarn ( or make it a two-ply wool for warmer wear ) . |
| 8 | However , all this was in the future and hard to visualise on our first visit . |
| 9 | I do not need any lead because the size 6 hook will hold a lobworm which is quite capable of being cast a short distance , and able to sink under its own weight . |
| 10 | Lawren was therefore well off and able to indulge in his favourite pastime of painting . |
| 11 | The regional health authorities must be aware of and able to respond through their educational strategies to the problem of the national perspective . |
| 12 | they were in one sense still asleep and unable to know about their sexual organs , using the defence of not knowing against an anxiety aroused by the prospect of copulation . |
| 13 | Emerging from a tent at 6.30 in the morning , desperate for the toilet , but too cold and stiff to move from your reeking sleeping-bag , the last thing you need to deal with is a hangover . |
| 14 | As a labour film Hamilton thought that it got nowhere and even as a film about a mining community he thought that ‘ everything is too neat and tidy and well-ordered to hint at what actual conditions may be ’ . |
| 15 | Even the USA , which in the 1980s still seemed sufficiently vast and dominant to deal with its economic problems without taking any notice of anyone else , at the end of that decade became aware that it ‘ had ceded considerable control over its economy to foreign investors … ( who ) now hold the power to help keep the US economy growing , or to help plunge it into recession ’ ( The Wall Street Journal , December 5 , 1988 , p1 ) . |
| 16 | She took her best outfit from the paper carrier on the mantleshelf , shook it to get rid of the creases , and soon was all dressed up and ready to go with her red lipstick , her pretty pinned-up hair and her fancy black peep-toe shoes . |
| 17 | The aim was to reach students in the Fourth to Sixth Form age group by setting up workshops and visits to the Hayward Gallery , persuading professional photographers to go to as many schools as possible to talk about their own work and the Magnum show , and encouraging ‘ young hopefuls ’ to shoot and print some of their own work . |
| 18 | You do n't want to spend the first morning of your honeymoon trying to re-do it yourself , so it is probably as well to stick to something simple . |