Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She hoped that when he stopped smoking he would fill out a little and his knees would be less likely to bruise hers in bed , but no .
2 Their numbers are comparatively small , most receive cautions and they are less likely to make it to court .
3 This way you are less likely to drown it in butter ( though what more delicious accompaniment could there ever be ? ) .
4 They 've got less fat to insulate them from cold .
5 ‘ Government regulations make it extremely difficult to move it by road , ’ said Allister Anderson , of Nuclear Services at Peel Park , who became involved at this stage .
6 In order to enslave the English people , we might argue , it is only necessary to enslave them at election time : once in four years Is enough .
7 It may be accepted that Althusser is describing science by its theoretical practice , its ‘ labour of theoretical transformation ’ , but this is not adequate to distinguish it from ideology as a practice .
8 ‘ Nurses everywhere are working under intense and growing pressure and today 's announcement will be a heavy blow since it says clearly that the Government does not value their efforts and is not prepared to treat them with fairness or justice . ’
9 Edward VI had n't reached sixteen years of age before he died , in July 1553 , and for just nine days Lady Jane Grey was considered to be Queen Jane , but the country was not prepared to accept her as Queen .
10 This was speedily agreed , but the Headmaster was not able to see it in use himself , for in July 1902 he announced to the Governors that he had been offered — and intended to accept — a small country living , a " less onerous position " .
11 I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman was not able to join us in Committee because I have enjoyed his contributions in previous Committees of which he has been a member .
12 Of course , the holders of irredeemable stock were not obliged to exchange it for South Sea stock , but as fast as they did so the company would issue an equal amount of its stock .
13 A heart has just become available for transplant , with a patient waiting for it , so they want to hold blood for that , and for the weekend , when they 're more likely to need it for trauma cases .
14 If you subject your fish , which will already be disturbed by the journey from the dealer to your pond , to a further spell in ‘ solitary ’ you are more likely to lose it from stress than from specific infection or parasite infestation .
15 As Freud has pointed out , however , children do not normally repress the thought of death , but are more likely to express it in fantasy .
16 ‘ I was going to leave it on your desk for you to find tomorrow morning , but it 's much more satisfactory to deliver it in person . ’
17 The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping .
18 On present thinking , it would be more logical to treat it as revision and to do it at the later stage .
19 ‘ Perhaps he considered it more important to warn you against venery than venality . ’
20 I was more able to forgive her for past hurts because , as Nancy Friday says , I needed to do so .
21 ‘ Since Maisie was taken ill I have found it even more difficult to leave her at home sometimes , ’ she says .
22 But although it is easy to write fine-sounding words about the vision which should inspire community care services , it is much more difficult to put them into practice .
23 Since the other Nematodirus species do not have such critical hatching requirements , a sudden flush of L3 does not occur and although N. filicollis , N. spathiger and N. helvetianus have all been associated with outbreaks of nematodiriasis in sheep and cattle , it is more common to find them in conjunction with the other trichostrongyles .
24 and it is usually necessary to remove it by flocculation with alum or alum with sodium aluminate , followed by filtration ; the final pH should be adjusted so as to be close to neutrality on the alkaline side .
25 ‘ It was unduly punitive to take him to court and throw him out of the centre , ’ Silcock said .
26 In another sense they may seem to know them too little , to be too little able to see them in relation to other , contemporary , young people : as much chance of a fair assessment from a family as from a school .
27 I think very often you do need professional help and it is n't possible to do it with family and friends because of the interaction that actually makes it worse .
28 They are also closely associated with University College Cork , which makes it particularly pleasant to welcome them to Queen 's for their first visit .
29 She expressed her condolences briefly and tactfully , in marked contrast to some of those present , who could n't quite bring themselves to approach the grieving widow but were quite prepared to quiz me at length about the details of Dennis 's last hours .
30 But it 's almost impossible to separate it from thinking of Alexander Pope the man .
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