Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plan is due to go before a public enquiry next summer . |
| 2 | Tennant succeeds Lord Carrington who is due to retire after a five-year term as Chairman of Christie 's International next May . |
| 3 | However , with British Council assistance it has been possible to arrange for a Romanian student to successfully complete a conservations course at Cambridge . |
| 4 | Then , once the owner realizes that the building is of value , it may be possible to agree on a constructive course of action . |
| 5 | The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum , based on a set of headings or topics , which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines ( e.g. typographers , computer scientists ) . |
| 6 | I still have grave doubts as to whether it is right to go for a single currency , fixed exchange rates and the whole of that considerable abdication of political sovereignty . |
| 7 | The team began experimenting there in December ‘ 88 and by the end of January it was felt right to go for a public launch on Palm Sunday ‘ 89 with attendant door to door visiting with invitations , and publicity to the press and media . |
| 8 | Through the New Times of Burma and the Burmese Weekly we did everything possible to appeal for a concerted effort to restore the cultivation of rice to the pre-war level . |
| 9 | Where proceedings are commenced in the wrong court or transferred in contravention of the APO they are not rendered invalid and it is not possible to appeal against a final order on this basis alone ( APO , art 21 ) . |
| 10 | There are solutions of Einstein 's general theory of relativity in which it is possible to fall into a black hole and come out of a white hole . |
| 11 | The full committee was due to meet for a final session in mid-February , prior to presentation of the Basic Law to the Chinese legislature for approval in March-April 1990 . |
| 12 | Mr Horn , of Hurworth Moor , resigned from his £34,000-a-year job as education officer in charge of forward planning before he was due to appear at a disciplinary hearing at the council 's headquarters in Matlock last week . |
| 13 | He is due to appear as a Palestinian architect in a Channel 4 drama series The Big Battalions . |
| 14 | ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . ) |
| 15 | Unfortunately , often it is not possible to comment on a given source study 's assumptions as only summary calculations are presented . |
| 16 | It is not possible to come to a firm conclusion about this project in financial terms at the moment . |
| 17 | Even today it is possible to come across a secondary school without any library , in the sense of a collection housed in a room set aside entirely for that purpose ; some of these libraryless schools are in the private sector , and eager parents pay heavily for the " privilege " . |
| 18 | The advent of the new political regime changed this ; for the first time it was possible to conceive of a legal order which rested on a basis different from that of the civil law . |
| 19 | Although there had been a long established tradition of community and private forestry schemes , it was not until the launching of the Saemol Undong ( or New Community Movement ) in 1970 that it was possible to conceive of a nation-wide forestry policy and programme . |
| 20 | In addition to this , he thought it might be possible to work with a sympathetic artist in a good studio , and perhaps take lessons at an academy . |
| 21 | It is also vital to keep all abrasives dust-free , and if possible to work in a dust-free environment . |
| 22 | In those places where there is a delay in substantiation , faith is prepared to wait for a long time at the bar of history . |
| 23 | However , he went on to say that the acceptance of the existence of Communist China did not mean that Taiwan had abandoned its " one-China policy " and that the country was prepared to wait for a positive response to its proposals for unification on the basis of liberal democratic policies . |
| 24 | On the other hand , maybe that soft , slightly husky voice belonged to a nicely rounded wench willing to indulge in a little loveplay as well as sing about it . |
| 25 | The princess , patron of the Northern Ballet , told stars of the company 's production they had been brave to go for a modern version of the Tchaikovsky classic . |
| 26 | But since then things have changed , and if they are prepared to go to a little trouble and expense they can now acquire a cat that will almost certainly give them no problems . |
| 27 | In an area of weak lordship , Louis was prepared to capitalize on a simple right of protection to claim an old public obligation , a new feudal lordship , and a new territorial stake . |
| 28 | Whether or not it is sensible to invest in a tailor-made structure depends on the capitalized value of the savings derived from it in relation to the present value of its costs . |
| 29 | Nevertheless in Guildford Rural District Council v Fortescue the court was not prepared to accept as a general proposition that mere intensity of user could never be relevant . |
| 30 | Often a family of bull , cow , and pup can be found quite close to the dunes and is most interesting to observe from a reasonable distance . |