Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But research indicates that guests are no more or less likely to use a phone when one is available in the room . ’ |
| 2 | In spite of having a range of injected plastic mouldings , there are always times when there just is n't anything for the size of a spar , the angle of fit , or sufficiently shock-absorbing to accept a crash , or to permit a kite to be folded . |
| 3 | It is just not realized that it is possible or even legal to arrange a funeral without employing undertakers — a gap in public knowledge which , of course , the undertakers do little to fill . |
| 4 | Petra , it was pointed out , was rather nervy and scared by nature so Chris announced that a ‘ bold and confident dog would be the best mate and most likely to produce a lit-ter ’ . |
| 5 | Although there would undoubtedly have been job losses after the merger , the proposal can be viewed as a relatively straightforward attempt to restructure and then rationalise an industry with excess capacity , with firms which were insufficiently large to exploit economies of scale and thus unable to make a profit . |
| 6 | Now bear in mind that you may be up anything up to three months in a condition where you 're completely and totally unable to move a muscle for yourself . |
| 7 | They also had a wonderful father who was never angry , and always ready to play a game . |
| 8 | Very sincere and always willing to help a human , dobies are nonetheless inept at most tasks . |
| 9 | For a deep , steep curve it is probably easier and more accurate to take a pattern of half the arch , and spread this to fit the curtain fabric width , as follows : |
| 10 | As has been shown , analysis of NCTs main 1979 survey results demonstrates that in general poorer people , less well educated people , those in lower social classes , old people and women rather than men are less well informed about credit , and more likely to use a type of credit out of habit or convenience rather than as a matter of rational choice . |
| 11 | In particular , mothers were socioeconomically disadvantaged , younger , and more likely to smoke and their infants were of lower birth weight and more likely to share a bed with another person . |
| 12 | They were more likely to find an area if a grid of squares was provided , and more likely to find a perimeter if there was no grid but distances round the edges of the figure were labelled ; the use of the terms " perimeter " and " area " , especially the latter , reduced success . |
| 13 | If still unable to make a decision , weigh the ‘ pros ’ and ‘ cons ’ in terms of importance . |
| 14 | Alison was surprised and slightly pleased to hear a trace of feeling breaking through . |
| 15 | Under the regulations of March 1956 the new army was to be made up of ‘ citizens in uniform ’ , committed to defend democracy , preserving full civil rights and even able to join a trades union . |
| 16 | But I had Hobart in yesterday and there willing to do a maintenance contract on everything , if you want . |
| 17 | If an entirely innocent character , Terentia perhaps , embarked on an angry critique of patriarchy , it would be very difficult to remain within the tragic form , and ultimately impossible to interest a producer in the script . |
| 18 | It 's socially and financially satisfying to make a movie , that 's for sure . |
| 19 | Too late for the truth and too late to invent a lie . |
| 20 | But the decision was made only hours before the share sale closed , and too late to cause a domino effect among other right-leaning unions . |
| 21 | Mr Handford was disappointed with the recording as the sounds did not meet his expectations , but by then it was too dark and too late to make a change of location . |
| 22 | And too preoccupied to hold a conversation . |
| 23 | Later on , when he was five and too heavy to play a dart satisfactorily , he became ‘ The Living Gladstone Bag ’ . |
| 24 | It may therefore become economically and politically expedient to encourage a shift to more labour intensive methods of primary production . |
| 25 | People with cystic fibrosis are less likely to achieve O level or equivalent qualifications than the general population but more likely to have A levels , and women with cystic fibrosis are more likely to have degrees . |
| 26 | Our hotel which dates to Queen Victoria 's reign is ideally situated , being slightly set back from the busy and noisy seafront road ( A259 ) , but still able to offer a view over Hove Lawns and onto the sea . |
| 27 | Her superiors in pastoral studies had , on the whole , been of the opinion it was not merely officious but often dangerous to move a drunk from the place he had chosen to lie down into one where he had not . |
| 28 | ‘ He taught me that is it very hard to make a profit but very easy to let a bunch of people spend it . |
| 29 | In the past he has been seen as too similar to form a partnership with Arsenal 's Tony Adams , but he said : ‘ I see no reason why we can not play together . ’ |