Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [verb] [det] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But generally it 's been unnecessary for us to have much contact . |
| 6 | Perhaps the brothers had waited in vain for me to make some retraction . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | Since I 'll be on call anyway , it would seem more sensible for me to fill both roles . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was too painful for me to repeat those words from my childhood , ‘ Please do n't go , ’ and risk further rejection . |
| 13 | ‘ It was wrong of you to steal that money ’ is of this latter kind . |
| 14 | Members may be interested in who fills those positions and I therefore list the other Area Presidents below . |
| 15 | Now I 'm interested in you saying that chemistry is really physics . |
| 16 | ‘ It was crucial for us to secure this contract . |
| 17 | Having been to a coeducational school , she did not find men a novelty , and in theory ought to have been able to discriminate better than Liz ( who endured some fairly dreadful experimental evenings in her search for entertainment ) , but her natural kindness made it almost impossible for her to refuse any overture , however offensive , however louche . |
| 18 | ‘ I also know that Mrs Chapman has arthritis which makes it almost impossible for her to climb those stairs to the little flat , ’ I added for good measure . |
| 19 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 20 | According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’ |
| 21 | But mind you , according to some people it was virtually impossible for him to beget any bastards , but still . |
| 22 | → Taking your points in reverse order , David , I think it would be difficult , if not impossible for us to give such data in a way that 's meaningful to guitarists . |
| 23 | In this brief speech , it is not appropriate for me to attempt that task but I shall give the House three examples of the sort of arrangements for which the Government should press in the second half of 1992 when we have an opportunity to carry them forward . |
| 24 | Er a a and then say , well we can take that on board for you if you like but it might be more efficient for you to do the possessions because the civil engineer Leeds , actually is part of your organization a a and it might be more appropriate for you to get those possessions in , for you to decide whether or not you want one big bang o o o of a week 's possession or , or you want to do it i in four hour no-trains periods for the next three years . |
| 25 | When people do cross the threshold of the church , do we make it easy for them to take that step ? |
| 26 | It 's too easy for them to find another kid . ’ |
| 27 | While Nicholson 's experience made it easy for him to contemplate such preparations , the work of the Perkins at King David For indicated that it was unlikely that more than quart quantities of aniline could be prepared safely on the Kennington Road premises . |
| 28 | We picked two poems on which it 's very easy for me to answer that kind of question because of course I did go back to the town where I was born , and erm wrote actually quite a lot of poems — well a lot , a lot for me would be four or five in that situation — of which this is probably the most successful and this one I 've put in a book . |
| 29 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 30 | Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast . |