Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , a reference space check may indicate two components as clashing , whilst in a local space , again containing both , it may be possible simply to show their separation ( see Figure 2.27 ) . |
| 2 | While it may not now be possible fully to recover their critique of mass culture from the totalizing force of its own negative rhetoric , it is at least possible to regret the ease with which it has been adopted as the convenient apostasy of a new rhetoric , operating as a kind of semaphore , signalling correct positions across great distances with a simplified and purely functional code . |
| 3 | It would be simple enough to avoid their hospitality given sufficient ruthlessness and he had never lacked that when it came to safeguarding his privacy . |
| 4 | With the changes in housing association operation as a result of the 1988 Housing Act , it seems unlikely that these organizations , in the past an important supplier of accommodation for older people , will be able dramatically to increase their share of provision . |
| 5 | It is likely to be up to 10 years before the banks would be able either to sell their stake on the local stock market or to pass on their holdings to other investors . |