Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often a family of bull , cow , and pup can be found quite close to the dunes and is most interesting to observe from a reasonable distance . |
| 2 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 3 | Why is it so pleasant to walk down a particular street , drive through a country village with its church , cottages and farms , or visit a country house and gardens ? |
| 4 | But it was obviously impossible to deal with a nation-wide emergency such as lorry-drivers ' strikes , and equally impossible to respond properly to a rash of major disputes all at the same time . |
| 5 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 6 | The system is further complicated by the fact that on many issues a Flemish socialist is far less likely to agree with a French-speaking fellow-socialist than with a conservative fellow-Fleming . |
| 7 | New work patterns , such a partial shifts , mean that senior house officers are less likely to work for a single consultant and also make it more difficult for all junior doctors to attend teaching sessions at set times . |
| 8 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 9 | Superbly intelligent and well-crafted on record , surfing along upon churning , chiming guitars , Chadwick 's crew have proved unpredictable enough onstage to make for a compelling night out . |
| 10 | This is only likely to happen on a large scale if an institution is failing to achieve a good return on the capital invested . |
| 11 | Desperate to contact Molly , who is unable to see or hear him , Sam discovers that he is only able to communicate with a psychic named Oda Mae Brown ( Whoopee Goldberg ) , a charlatan astonished to discover her powers are authentic . |
| 12 | However , legislation late in the century provided a new local government structure much better able to take on a wide range of functions . |
| 13 | Darwinism implies that some species must triumph over others not because they are fitter in some genetic or athletic sense , but because they are better able to survive in a competitive ambiance . |
| 14 | Larger firms , by virtue of having expanded , are better able to survive in a competitive market . |
| 15 | On some models you can adjust the distance that the blades will open and this can make them less tiring to use for a prolonged period . |
| 16 | His visits were regarded as occasions for embarrassment rather than pleasure or consolation , and he was left wondering why , when his motives were generous , these people should find it so difficult to respond with a matching warmth . |
| 17 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
| 18 | PP : … terribly difficult to project into a vast theatre . |
| 19 | As for the branches , it is perhaps invidious to focus upon a chosen few since in some places merely to carry on unheralded was a considerable triumph . |
| 20 | Some bands are extremely keen to sign with a respected manager who insists on collecting the artist 's money . |
| 21 | It was not pleasant to feel like a mindless bore . |
| 22 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court or transferred in contravention of the APO they are not rendered invalid and it is not possible to appeal against a final order on this basis alone ( APO , art 21 ) . |
| 23 | I had already discussed with Roger Penrose the idea of defining a black hole as the set of events from which it was not possible to escape to a large distance , which is now the generally accepted definition . |
| 24 | It is not possible to come to a firm conclusion about this project in financial terms at the moment . |
| 25 | It is not possible to come to a clean and simple judgement . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , often it is not possible to comment on a given source study 's assumptions as only summary calculations are presented . |
| 27 | For example , it is not possible to differentiate between a hilar stricture caused by focal sclerosing cholangitis from one resulting from a cholangiocarcinoma , or a distal stricture due to cancer of the pancreas from a stricture caused by chronic pancreatitis . |
| 28 | It is therefore not adequate to speak of a local economy . |
| 29 | ( 1986 ) and Borgman ( 1980 ) have found from their studies that older children especially are not willing to move to a new family if contact with their biological families is to be severed , though of course some children may be unable to voice their reluctance and tend to go along with the plans . |
| 30 | Not only was a papal judgement difficult to get , but there were some points on which Anselm was not prepared to abide by a papal judgement unreservedly . |