Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [to-vb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As one jaundiced critic put it in 1733 : " A set of brocaded tradesmen cloathed in purple and fine linen , and faring sumptuously every day , raising to themselves immense wealth , so as to marry their daughters to the first rank , and leave their sons such estates as to enable them to live in the same degree . |
| 2 | Pavel Penkin is the strike leader , what farmers want he says is a massive injection of state investment to enable them to compete in the new free market and improve their lot . |
| 3 | The tree itself is beautiful but the combination of the clay soil and the shade from the tree means its not easy to know what to grow in the west-facing border underneath . |
| 4 | was of a description which it would be reasonable to expect him to obtain in the ordinary course of that business , and that he does that thing in good faith in the course of that business . ’ |
| 5 | Chamlong Simaung , the popular and charismatic Governor of Bangkok and leader of the Palang Dharma , announced on Jan. 14 that he was resigning his post to allow him to stand in the forthcoming elections in Bangkok Constituency 2 , one of the country 's most fiercely contested seats . |
| 6 | The company justified the closure as part as part of a cost-cutting exercise necessary to allow it to compete in the private sector . |
| 7 | The Izmailovo , which has 5,000 bedrooms is about to undergo a three-year , £20m refurbishment to enable it to compete in the international business and tourism travel market . |
| 8 | There is a big difference between the terms that you may be able to negotiate with , say , a US company seeking to recruit you to work in the Middle East and those offered by , say , a West German company offering a job at their headquarters , for which you are competing with a West German national . |