Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [noun] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controlling either the monetary base or broad liquidity is difficult given that the Bank of England is always prepared to provide liquidity to the discount houses as lender of last resort . |
| 2 | I think that many of his readers would be prepared to bear witness to the sense that somewhere in there among the changing shapes is the usual nonpareil . |
| 3 | Then Romano took me to one side — my father was sitting at his desk — and told me that I had a great future in front of me and that people would be prepared to sell property to the Damianis . |
| 4 | Does not the Secretary of State understand that it is precisely because the TGWU is so committed to effective training and the future expansion of British industry that it is not prepared to give credence to the Government 's sham arrangements ? |
| 5 | It is noticeable that managements are more willing to give responsibility to the project leader than they are to delegate commensurate authority . |
| 6 | In the past GPs were free to refer patients to the specialist and hospital which both felt most appropriate to the patient 's medical condition . |
| 7 | If the landlord insists on the provision remaining then he should be prepared to pay compensation to the tenant for loss of business if the opening up reveals nothing untoward . |
| 8 | The banks are willing to lend funds to the discount houses at call , overnight , or at short notice because the banks earn some interest on these funds , while at the same time retaining a pool of liquidity . |
| 9 | ( 1 ) It is possible to cause injury to the foetus before birth with consequences after birth that are physical sequelae of the earlier injury . |
| 10 | The English Shakespeare Company 's forthcoming performance of Macbeth at Darlington Civic Theatre looked set to fall victim to the play 's ‘ unlucky ’ reputation . |
| 11 | It is , of course , impossible to do justice to the thought of a religious tradition with one or two quotations . |
| 12 | It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of the poem in such a brief account . |
| 13 | For these reasons , it would not be appropriate to assimilate idioms to the category of words . |
| 14 | It is , he argues , almost impossible to gain access to the nature of working-class consciousness in the past ; secondly , political practice is more strongly related to strategy and tactics than to views of society ; and thirdly overarching concepts such as culture presuppose internal coherence . |
| 15 | Before we came away , I bought a special cream supposed to restore elasticity to the skin , but I destroyed the wrapper on the jar and the accompanying , incriminating literature , as furtively as I had , when young , removed the cover of a book on sex . ) |
| 16 | This is likely to encourage loyalty to the chain . |
| 17 | This is likely to encourage loyalty to the chain . |
| 18 | Those living in rural areas are likely to meet barriers to the fulfilment of their aspirations . |
| 19 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 20 | Many solicitors still obtain business through ‘ networking ’ , that is , establishing a network of friends and business contacts likely to refer business to the solicitor . |
| 21 | The defendants were presumably outside the class of people who were likely to have access to the information publicly . |
| 22 | Hair was cut short into the neck and layered to add texture to the crown by Umberto Giannini |
| 23 | The above is intended to indicate the fairly small amounts of formaldehyde likely to gain access to the air in an embalming theatre , never-the-less we are very aware of the potential hazard of the gas and advise our members accordingly . |
| 24 | In a rapidly changing society , with many people living on the margins of subsistence , such support was limited in cost and likely to bring benefits to the giver in return . |
| 25 | Cllr Brooks was unavailable for comment but Elizabeth Leitch , Monklands housing convener , said it was regrettable that Cllr Murphy had seen fit to make allegations to the press instead of to the appropriate authorities . |
| 26 | I thought it the gesture of someone who has noticed a fellow human being about to step in something horrible but who is too polite to draw attention to the fact by seeming sorry for her . |
| 27 | But the legislation does make it clear that they will be operating in a Church which has declared that it is right to ordain women to the Priesthood and does so ordain them . |
| 28 | He is right to draw attention to the hypocrisy of those local authorities , as he has described it . |
| 29 | That was an eloquent and honest speech by the hon. Member for Aldridge-Brownhills ( Mr. Shepherd ) and he is right to draw attention to the savagery of the guillotine on this measure . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the pattern of killing involving those who are described as collaborators . |