Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A full council meeting is due to go ahead with the formality of passing the decision taken in January by members of Durham County Council 's social services committee . |
| 2 | It may seem petty to distinguish between the plural and singular form , and therefore unnecessary to include both in the index . |
| 3 | Walter Heape , a reader in zoology and an anti-suffragist , writing at the end of the century , exulted in a description of menstruation which wallowed in gore , a picture of devastation , rupture , torn membranes , ‘ from which it would hardly seem possible to heal satisfactorily without the aid of surgical treatment ’ … |
| 4 | So now he sat there , his napkin tucked around his chin , smiling gently : a mild-natured , weak , weakened old man , loyal to his bully of a wife , glad to be included , glad Shirley had n't found it all too much for her , grateful to sit there in the warmth of the nice oil-fired 1970s central heating . |
| 5 | The Standing Committee on Postgraduate Medical Education is due to report soon to the secretary of state for health on how staff in NHS teaching hospitals can be helped to teach better . |
| 6 | I am a Labour supporter with many friends carrying cards , and , despite having observed the ‘ anti-Labour virulence ’ of the SNP , I do want Labour to come together with the Nats , the Liberals , the Greens , the Unions , the churches , the mosques , the synagogues , Uncle Tom Cobbley and all . |
| 7 | A fuller treatment of trust the industry is due to appear soon as a CIOB Construction Paper . |
| 8 | It is not only impossible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations which are nothing but abstract relations , but it is only possible to theorize fruitfully on the basis of abstract relations that refer directly to observable phenomena in material reality . |
| 9 | Karen Hamilton , as a director , feels that it is still possible to work collectively within a hierarchy , given the right working relationships and circumstances . |
| 10 | The creative way of handling tensions is to be prepared to forgive right from the beginning . |
| 11 | But just around a bend in the road an opposition supporter who was frightened away from the station , Mr Ram Raj Upadhyaya , said : ‘ We are all terrified and afraid to go anywhere near the polling station . |
| 12 | But I was n't prepared to sit patiently on the sidelines while this process took place . |
| 13 | ‘ We are not prepared to go ahead with the Lord Chancellor 's proposals about fixed fees . |
| 14 | Leece says he is prepared to go anywhere in the world to obtain a reliable resist . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm not prepared to go all around the world with England any more as third or fourth choice . ’ |
| 16 | For visitors willing to penetrate deeper into the Südstadt , Galerie der Spiegel at Bonnerstrasse 328 will exhibit small sculptures , models and sketches by Bozetti , and still further south , Galerie Gmurzynska , at Goethestrasse 65 , will have a double exhibition of Malévich and Ellsworth Kelly . |
| 17 | According to Barry Morris , Blackpool 's tourism boss : ‘ People are not prepared to accept less in a B&B than they have at home . |
| 18 | Despite Rayners Lane 's lowly position , they were not afraid to come forward in the opening fifteen minutes , but could find no way past a resolute Milton defence . |
| 19 | They were afraid to come too near the house , so he escaped . |
| 20 | It 's clear that the many non-party political groups which sprang up in the wake of the election , bodies such as Common Cause and Scotland United , are now prepared to work together in a coalition to stage further events highlighting the deficiencies of the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 21 | They were not prepared to comment further on the matter . |
| 22 | She was free to wander all over the estate and Mitch kept with her , his collection of shots growing . |
| 23 | Always be prepared to listen patiently to a guest 's chatter no matter how boring , but develop a technique of being able to detach , oneself politely from a conversation without giving offence , especially if there is work to be done or other people waiting for attention . |
| 24 | In acute diseases it is generally adequate to look only at the symptoms of the acute disease itself . |
| 25 | And , in addition to having to keep his clothes clean , his body was often too bruised and painful to play apart from the fact that he did n't know how to . |
| 26 | The newly retired partner is often prepared to do more around the house , but may not realise that there is a difference between being helpful and fully sharing domestic responsibilities . |
| 27 | This carries two great dangers : It risks damaging the UN 's moral authority and reputation for impartiality if it is seen as the vehicle of superpower foreign policy ; it causes huge embarrassment to the UN when , because of its own priorities , the US is unable to help , and the UN is then confronted with the question why have you failed to act decisively in our crisis while you were willing to do so in the case of Iraq 's aggression ? |
| 28 | That , as pressure groups , they are free to campaign openly for the changes , Mrs Whitehouse accepted . |
| 29 | Motoring : Miles of smiles as the diesel comes of age : Brett Fraser on the Citroen AX , which offers fuel economy without much sacrifice in performance to drivers willing to turn away from the petrol engine |
| 30 | I was indifferent to anything outside myself , and I was conscious of not being prepared to live entirely in the mind . |