Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What probably happened was that she suddenly decided the time was right for her to do some publicity and she had something to talk about , her book , Elizabeth Takes off . |
| 2 | However , since there had been open and vigorous debate about what everyone wanted , it had been possible for her to exercise considerable discretion on the department 's behalf when ordering , or selecting at book suppliers . |
| 3 | in making it possible for me to do part-time research . |
| 4 | Equality brings emancipation : according to Marx it will be ‘ possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow , to hunt in the morning , fish in the afternoon , rear cattle in the evening , criticise after dinner , just as I have a mind without ever becoming hunter , fisherman , shepherd or critic ’ . |
| 5 | If we have such a debate , it will be possible for him to raise this matter , as he will be able to do on other occasions . |
| 6 | Yet there is striking evidence that carts and wagons had been much improved , and that bridges were being built in many parts to make it possible for them to go longer distances . |
| 7 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 8 | At last it was possible for them to achieve absolute precision . |
| 9 | From these women 's descriptions of their days , it is clear that rarely , if ever , is it possible for them to make this distinction either . |
| 10 | It was only possible for us to teach four girls and five teachers . |
| 11 | The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms . |
| 12 | In Newham there were better domiciliary services in 1984 than in Ipswich ( for example it was possible for someone to have seven-day-a-week home help and meals-on-wheels cover ; there were day centres and day hospitals , and a good deal of voluntary organisation provision ) . |
| 13 | It was quite normal for us to find large quantities of the latter goods stowed away by crew members against the possibility of long stays in UK waters . |
| 14 | But generally it 's been unnecessary for us to have much contact . |
| 15 | Peasant enclosures , however , were not so likely to do this as those by greater men , whose lands were sufficiently extensive for them to support large flocks and who would therefore have found such a conversion of land usage economically worth while . |
| 16 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
| 17 | ‘ I am delighted to record that the Group 's recovery has been sufficiently strong for us to undertake two acquisitions during the year , Sekers and Mercia Carpets ’ . |
| 18 | BMC General Secretary Derek Walker would not speculate on the outcome of these meetings , adding : ‘ It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any decision of the Management Committee . |
| 19 | The S.D.D. ( Scottish Development department ) had been approached about funding such a project but they had replied saying that the projected cost of such a project would be too high for them to offer financial aid . |
| 20 | It was OK for her to do this kind of thing when in a mediumistic trance , but this was n't quite that , was it ? |
| 21 | The choice of material is much less free for someone studying natural speech . |
| 22 | Since I 'll be on call anyway , it would seem more sensible for me to fill both roles . ’ |
| 23 | But when consumers have a choice which includes widely different types of credit arrangements , it may often be more sensible for them to give more weight to the total cost of credit or the amount of each instalment . |
| 24 | He saw himself as the political leader of the Evangelicals , but in reality his views were too extreme and his style too combative for him to command general support . |
| 25 | It might be quite acceptable for somebody to have three packets of sweets a day , whereas I would n't . |
| 26 | She endured his company , that was all ; he told himself that she behaved in all ways like a young lady : it would not have been proper for her to show more feeling . |
| 27 | It was too painful for me to repeat those words from my childhood , ‘ Please do n't go , ’ and risk further rejection . |
| 28 | ‘ It was wrong of you to steal that money ’ is of this latter kind . |
| 29 | Leonard could be fastidious to the nth degree in completing his own work — he has always said that he works ‘ one word at a time , ’ and can spend months , even years , in adding finesse to it ; he is nevertheless dismissive of anything approaching scholarly exactitude , still more so pedantry . |
| 30 | Members may be interested in who fills those positions and I therefore list the other Area Presidents below . |