Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is prepared to risk everything to avoid this war . ’ |
| 2 | When a judge , particularly one with Lord Scarman 's breadth of mind , is appointed to inquire into an outbreak of violence and serious disorders on the streets of Brixton and the policing of the area , it is unrealistic to expect him to avoid any recommendations of a political nature as to the causes . |
| 3 | She might secretly find this tall , elegant man extremely disturbing , but she was n't prepared to let him guess that fact . |
| 4 | The Greater London Association for Pre-Retirement ( address on page 154 ) publishes Something Different To Do which lists unusual interests and organisations to contact all over the country . |
| 5 | A soft rubber ball like a squash ball is easy to insert over each cane : your local squash club may be willing to give you discarded punctured balls . |
| 6 | Encrusting types spread onto the substrate , and it 's interesting to watch them producing root-like processes which then grip the rock or sand beneath . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm delighted to know you have such faith in me ! ’ |
| 8 | They had also lost part of the roof of the house , which he was trying to replace himself , as it was impossible to get anyone to do any work . |
| 9 | But it is hard to see it making much headway against the ideology that now pervades academic institutions . |
| 10 | Because an excess of caffeine can bring about many of the symptoms of stress and because these symptoms actually impair mental ability , you are likely to find yourself making foolish mistakes . |
| 11 | It 's hard to imagine him manoeuvring hefty cargoes through Le Sentier 's teeming streets , but that is how he makes his living . |
| 12 | A few of the Holocaust Armenians are in Beirut old people 's homes , too senile to record what happened 74 years ago . |
| 13 | Northern men seem to have most sex : it 's slightly more common for them to be having sex 4–6 times a week , they 're least likely to have had only one partner in the past year , and most likely to say they get enough sex . |
| 14 | When allocating time for the garter carriage , first decide whether it is possible to leave it knitting all night . |
| 15 | Some of Lovins 's old colleagues will be frankly unhappy to see him laying such stress on ‘ the nation ’ as a subgroup of humanity . |
| 16 | She was impressed to see they had electric light . |
| 17 | People — usually women journalists — are curious to know what makes British men tick , and how they differ from other men . |
| 18 | If you have single-frame advance , you will also find this very useful to help you find particular frames on which to make a cut . |
| 19 | Police were called but arrived too late to stop him mugging 60-year-old Rose McDevitt , who was knocked to the floor and robbed of her handbag as she waited for the lift . |
| 20 | We are happy to visit you to discuss individual requirements and advise on all aspects of letting , including : |
| 21 | The Inspector concluded , ‘ The questions we have to ask , therefore , and which we hope you may be able to help us shed some light on are , one , who was motivated to kill Hereward Marr ; two , what precisely might have provoked them to do it ; three , who drove the mini into the Broad and four , where is Mrs Marr at this moment ? ’ |
| 22 | There are two areas in the Project Video programme in which we need to have some stills or artwork and I wonder if you might be able to help us find suitable material ? |
| 23 | It was so beautiful to hear you say those words . |
| 24 | So although we know the fundamental equations that govern the brain , we are quite unable to use them to predict human behavior . |
| 25 | Serafin knows now why Summerchild was so reluctant to let him see this place and so anxious to make him settle for the dingy remoteness of Northumberland Avenue . |
| 26 | I had never been able to persuade her to accept any money for her kindness and tried to reciprocate by doing any small repairs she needed to her flat , and by supplying occasional tickets for the theatre , for the tennis at Wimbledon , and for the races at Epsom . |
| 27 | Unfortunately we have not been able to persuade her to have ophthalmic screening , so the presence of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium is not known . |
| 28 | Clearly , it is important to consider who undertakes this analysis , how , and where it is likely to lead us . |
| 29 | You see , there are people in the City who would pay a vast sum of money to be able to boast they had real rabbit at one of their dinners . ’ |
| 30 | As well as being unsightly , they have also been very painful , resulting in my not being able to wear tights , etc. and often not being able to touch them to rub various oils and ointments on them to ease the pain . |