Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was full of couples holding hands and plastic carrier bags that were as likely to contain laundry and groceries as books and revolutionary pamphlets . |
| 2 | In the final category , both parties to the transaction are acting in the course of business , and are presumably able to take care of themselves . |
| 3 | As ordinary synthetics do n't ‘ breathe ’ as well as natural fibres , look out for advanced synthetics ( polyester with viscose , polypropylene and Chlorofibre ) with hollow fibres that wick well , and are also able to retain heat . |
| 4 | On their own they lack the ability to form large pores for drainage and aeration , and are most vulnerable to wind erosion , panning , and poaching . |
| 5 | Children who smoke are more susceptible to coughs and increased phlegm and are more likely to have chest illnesses than those who do not smoke [ 9 ] . |
| 6 | Every day such people come to Britain and are still able to find work because they are determined to find it . |
| 7 | The Wards are most helpful ( they say that running Culver Lodge has restored their faith in human nature as their guests have always been such a pleasure ) and are always ready to give advice on places to visit , walks , bus and rail timetables . |
| 8 | Good management has attempted to meet these challenges in an organised and rational way , maintaining that planned changes are better than haphazard ones since they give a greater sense of control to the school and are less likely to cause stress to all concerned . |
| 9 | He says : ‘ What we are talking about is ensuring that the workers are confident in their own knowledge about HIV and are actually able to answer question , and can talk about sexual matters . |
| 10 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |
| 11 | In conditions of high unemployment , employers , having relatively increased bargaining strength , may be in a better position and be more willing to oppose trade unionism . |
| 12 | You must know and anticipate your climate and be ever ready to take advantage of any spell of good weather . |
| 13 | Most of the brains of the organisation , or those academics who were able to pull Establishment strings and make the best of college connections , were billeted fairly comfortably near B.P. or had private transport , and were therefore able to take part in the social life that was organised for the community . |
| 14 | This has been postulated as one of the reasons for the disease being more common among male homosexuals — anal intercourse being more traumatic than vaginal intercourse and being more likely to cause skin tears . |
| 15 | Both women were exceptionally free from egotism , always drawing out the talents of their co-workers and being very willing to delegate authority . |
| 16 | On his reappearance run when ooking backward , he led until falling seven out in the race won by Seagram , who meets him on 2lb better terms now and is thus entitled to start favourite . |
| 17 | On his reappearance run when ooking backward , he led until falling seven out in the race won by Seagram , who meets him on 2lb better terms now and is thus entitled to start favourite . |
| 18 | In fact , the Committee goes so far as to assert that business and industry have no distinctive educational needs , and is thereby able to collapse point 2 in its terms of reference ( " the needs of business , the professions and the public services " ) into point 1 ( " the requirements of a liberal education " ) . |
| 19 | If the British system of policing is a social construction geared to the maintenance of élitist power and is primarily concerned to keep control over a materially disadvantaged underclass , then these same ‘ dangerous classes ’ seem to have willingly entered into this game of power-relations with their masters ; and by doing so they have deflected attention away from their own lack of privilege and power . |
| 20 | The overweight person , on the other hand , is usually not so mindful of internal sensations as a cue for eating or abstaining , and is less likely to take exercise as an antidote to excess indulgence . |
| 21 | Suppose the government adopts a less ambitious spending programme and is therefore able to reduce income tax rates . |
| 22 | The spread of readily available and simple means of contraception has meant that the wife is less likely to spend much of her life in the bearing and rearing of children and is more likely to seek employment outside the home , thereby developing a source of income and interests outside her traditionally defined role : ‘ … in Britain the proportion of all wives in paid work went up from 10 per cent in 1911 ( as it remained in 1931 ) to 26 per cent in 1951 and 42 per cent in 1971 ’ ( Young and Willmott , 1975 , p. 101 ) . |
| 23 | Coleman naturally lent a commiserative ear , and was soon able to provide Donleavy with a complete run-down on the DEA 's network of informants in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley . |
| 24 | In 1972 , Henley formed a special link with Brunel , the University of West London and was thus able to offer postgraduate degrees validated by the University . |
| 25 | I could also see the potential that Llanbrynmair had to offer ( it took Carole a little longer to see te potential ) and was very eager to start renovation . |
| 26 | Gedge had still not fully applied himself to music and was quite happy to play board games with Solowka rather than the laborious task of writing songs . |
| 27 | Apparently , because my employment had officially been terminated by me , I had arguably made myself voluntarily unemployed and was therefore entitled to benefit money only after a certain period . |
| 28 | Our client met his bankers on twenty second of October and was only able to obtain funding as follows . |
| 29 | A son who accepted his responsibilities and was only concerned to do good was an honourable son . |
| 30 | They include the effect of rising divorce rates on the number of one-person households and single-parent families , which disproportionately seek accommodation in the rented sectors because of relatively low average incomes , but are also able to take advantage of the low-cost home ownership schemes introduced by the 1980 Housing Act and largely confined to the urban stress areas . |