Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commonest problem with central heating pumps is jamming , either after a period when the pump has not been used , or due to sludge in the system clogging the impeller . |
| 2 | Normally amongst these is included any matter where the complainant has or had a right of appeal or right to go to the courts but has not used it . |
| 3 | Money raised will be used to enable women who are low-waged or unemployed to go on the Delegation ( which is in March ) . |
| 4 | They do n't just give up at 25 or 30 to worry about the children . |
| 5 | It may be difficult or impossible to establish at the date of the sale the value of the pension rights to be transferred . |
| 6 | We no longer allow the weak or foolish or unfortunate to perish in the gutters of a city slum . |
| 7 | We never allowed two or three to gather on the corner . |
| 8 | Speaking in April 1987 , Yakovlev attacked ‘ dogmatic thinking ’ and located its social origins in that section of the society that had ‘ no interest in development , who are personally satisfied with the customary and convenient status quo , who are unable or unwilling to respond to the challenges of the times and to new phenomena in life ’ . |
| 9 | The CDP 's fear is that the local authorities will be so hard pressed , because of government policy , that they will be unable or unwilling to help in the future . |
| 10 | It is the West 's firmest commitment so far to helping clean up environmental damage in the East but also its clearest statement yet that it is not willing or able to pay for the process . |
| 11 | Also , perhaps , that sometimes at night , she finds her crying for the starving of Africa or unable to sleep with the terror of the possibility of nuclear war or desperately seeking a denial of the reality of the horror of the Holocaust . |
| 12 | A number of mourners were quite abusive after the service and if I had not found the funeral so moving I would of asked one or two to step into the vestry . |
| 13 | Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state . |
| 14 | The idealised FAOR solutions , although impractical to implement at the time , nonetheless provided a goal that could be pursued via a strategy that would recognise the speed of technological developments , the availability of finance , and other priorities of the two departments . |
| 15 | Nothing could be more enslaving and therefore less worthy of the human mind than to have it chained to the mechanics of the patterns of the language rather than free to dwell on the message conveyed through the language . |
| 16 | I know that the organisations that help the homeless would be more than willing to co-operate with the Minister to help to identify the many places throughout the country where posters would be of greatest benefit to the homeless . |
| 17 | Still buzzing from the morning , I was more than delighted to sunbathe in the sand and pine-needles . |
| 18 | When she said , ‘ What about bed , now ? ’ they were more than glad to escape from the kitchen where the Very Important Councillor Evans might appear any minute . |
| 19 | You 're more than welcome to sit on the sofa . |
| 20 | Also , uncertainty on your part can lead to the risk of you surrendering all control over the session to the engineer , who will be more than happy to move into the producer 's chair . |
| 21 | It is more than enough to refer to the analysis of Sir William Wade in Administrative Law , 6th ed . |
| 22 | But I like to be independent as much as I can , and they 've got more than enough to do with the people that ca n't help themselves . |
| 23 | And film makers can be confident that a single prize can earn more than enough to pay for the feasting . |
| 24 | Yet there is no trace of arrogance in his writings or pronouncements , and for those who could track him down , there was a man who was more than ready to mull over the ideas of lesser mortals . |
| 25 | This , perhaps , might not go down too well in Scotland where he will find firms of chartered surveyors more than ready to rise to the challenge . |
| 26 | As a result he 's probably better placed than most to reflect on the advance of professionalism . |
| 27 | Now , of course , it may well be that such a vision exists in your church , and that to insist on the importance of spiritual warfare , some of you might say , is only to preach to the converted . |
| 28 | One of the major purposes of this book is to show that there is much in psychoanalytic theory and practice which is social , and that to conceive of the theory as being only about individuals is to misunderstand and misinterpret it . |
| 29 | If you go and buy a a T V for a hundred and fifty pounds they 'd say thank you , a hundred and fifty pounds , plus VAT at a hundred per cent is another hundred and fifty to go to the government |
| 30 | Alter the dialogue to demonstrate failure of parent and professional to agree on the problem behaviour . |