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 | It may be difficult or impossible to establish at the date of the sale the value of the pension rights to be transferred . |
| 5 | We no longer allow the weak or foolish or unfortunate to perish in the gutters of a city slum . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Some nonsense or other to do with the nanny state . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Still buzzing from the morning , I was more than delighted to sunbathe in the sand and pine-needles . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You 're more than welcome to sit on the sofa . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Alter the dialogue to demonstrate failure of parent and professional to agree on the problem behaviour . |
| 21 | In use I found the sack comfortable and stable to carry with the back just long enough for me to use the hip belt , which was functional , if a little basic . |
| 22 | The winner is the regular work companion of Assessor , a 33–1 chance for the Ever Ready Derby and due to reappear in the Thresher Classic Trial at Sandown Park later this month , which is also the target for Robert Sangster 's River Defences ( also 33–1 for the Derby ) , an impressive winner of the Compton Maiden Stakes . |
| 23 | Climb up and right to land on the ledge which Mousetrap uses to the right . |
| 24 | I tried to think of something dignified and contemptuous to say to the officer but could find nothing . |
| 25 | Channel 4 said a top-level decision had been taken that the illustrations were ‘ inappropriate and unnecessary to get over the message of the programme ’ . |
| 26 | The staff are now feverishly working on ways to persuade the building trade and public to pay for the publications . |
| 27 | The successful trial of the system requires that the teachers understand and accept the intentions , and that they are able and willing to engage in the processes implied . |
| 28 | To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services . |
| 29 | Like recent commercials by British Nuclear Fuels , the tenor of the campaign was to present Nuclear Electric as being open and willing to communicate with the public . |
| 30 | What matters is that Ministers should be ready and willing to come to the House of Commons when expected to do so in order to answer questions from elected representatives on matters of genuine public interest and importance . |