Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it was of relatively minor importance to whom the words for setting up a trust were addressed , it was possible to conceive of the trust as inhering in certain property in the estate , and therefore of the recipient of that property as automatically in the position of trustee for the intended beneficiary . |
| 2 | Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’ |
| 3 | In the unlikely event that there are no restrictions in the lease prohibiting alienation , the tenant will be free to deal with the premises as it so wishes , whether by means of assignment , underletting , charge or otherwise . |
| 4 | All you have to do is to be willing to co-operate with the hypnotherapist as he gently takes you through the relaxation exercise to the hypnotic state . |
| 5 | There are local sceptical arguments of this strongest type , as we shall see in chapter 5 ( our knowledge of other minds ) ; and in our discussion of our knowledge of the past and of the future ( chapters 10 and 11 ) we shall have to bear in mind arguments that it is impossible to conceive of an event as other than present , i.e. as being in the past or in the future . |
| 6 | The often surprising results of the January Old Master drawing sales in New York revealed that it is just as easy to overspend on a drawing as it is on a painting , and conversely , that despite high prices for a few grand names , drawings still remain a little understood and modestly priced field . |
| 7 | I take it that they were too realistically magical to exist in the world as we know it . |
| 8 | Witness the image of the watch : it remained easy to think of the system as having a grand purpose built into it . |
| 9 | The decline in house prices is likely to come to a halt as vendors become more reluctant to accept distress prices . |
| 10 | It was wholly inappropriate to deal with the matter as the judge did . |
| 11 | The triangle Greece-Rome-Judaea is still at the centre and is likely to stay at the centre as long as Christianity remains the religion of the West . |
| 12 | It is real all the same , if only because close finishes , in which the result is determined by a marginal number of votes , are just as likely to occur under the STV as under any other electoral system . |
| 13 | I also got two fleshy herrings and a couple of smoked mackerel ( and a few tiny pieces of sole to put in the freezer as , sadly , John 's nephew and nice Irish girlfriend can not come to supper this weekend — they were IMMENSELY cheering and encouraging when here recently ) . |
| 14 | It seemed futile to go to the police as they appeared to be in the plot . |
| 15 | It is helpful to think of a business as operating in a number of different markets . |
| 16 | And from the caller 's voice were you able to come to the view as to his age ? |
| 17 | Pickets were unable to communicate with the strike-breakers as they were whisked by — peaceful persuasion was not possible . |
| 18 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 19 | After that , there being no predestination , it is up to the human being concerned to deal with the problems as they arise — successfully or otherwise . |
| 20 | Prise it away carefully , and have some timber offcuts handy to pop into the gaps as the board comes away . |
| 21 | Without our help they might not have been able to fight off the Germans as they did . |
| 22 | After Lithuania , Spain come to Dublin and , the way the group is shaping up , the Spaniards may not be able to settle for a point as they did in Belfast last year . |
| 23 | In keeping with the tourism-oriented Perth scene , she would always be available to potter in the garden as coachloads of Japanese tourists pointed their cameras . |
| 24 | Perhaps the main reason why we are so strongly inclined to talk of the head as the locality of our thoughts is this … |
| 25 | Many transracial adopters find it difficult to refer to the child as black , and moreover they feel , as we have seen , that telling the child about his or her ethnic origin is potentially dangerous ( Gill and Jackson , 1983 , p. 130 ) . |
| 26 | It is legitimate to speculate about the Devil as long as we do not assume that our speculations have the solidity of holy writ . |
| 27 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 28 | If it is legitimate to speak of a gene as affecting the wrinkliness of a pea or the nervous system of an animal ( all geneticists think it is ) then it must also be legitimate to speak of a gene as affecting the hardness of the stones in a caddis house . |
| 29 | If it is legitimate to speak of a gene as affecting the wrinkliness of a pea or the nervous system of an animal ( all geneticists think it is ) then it must also be legitimate to speak of a gene as affecting the hardness of the stones in a caddis house . |
| 30 | this method was essential as the vast majority of targets had Commonwealth forces bounded on each side , ready to pounce on the bandits as they attempted to flee from the air attacks . |