Example sentences of "[adj] to [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely it is clear to anyone who might imagine that we are discussing an activity that could legitimately be called ’ joyriding ’ — from the incident that I have cited and from the horrors of the case in Liverpool , where a car ploughed into some children — just what a murderous evil that activity is . |
| 2 | I think if I 'd opened my mouth to say something irrelevant or personal to myself I would have been in jeopardy . |
| 3 | But the biblical material may simply not be amenable to what they would say . |
| 4 | ( The interpersonal function is something extra to which we shall return in Chapter 8 . |
| 5 | It is usually only fair to deny you a right to appeal if top management has already been closely concerned in the matter because of your senior status or because the business is so small that there is no one left to whom you can bring your complaint . |
| 6 | The connection is obvious to anyone who can put two and two together . |
| 7 | This was obvious to anyone who could think , ’ it says . |
| 8 | He said that if the lawyer had felt he was being unfair to him he could appeal to another court . |
| 9 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 10 | If God was good to them she 'd find no hide nor hair of Frank Arbuthnot . |
| 11 | And if you were I 'd be so good to you you 'd stay . |
| 12 | You should be equal to whatever you can evoke from your own impulses . |
| 13 | Can can I just say that I think it 's interesting that Mao 's sort of targeting the local tyrants and the erm the evil gentry I mean because you could , you could ar argue that basically the landlords are only trying to get a return erm which is , which is equal to what they can get if they invest all their money in or you know erm or whatever or big cities |
| 14 | PC SASPAC is therefore not useful to someone who will want to study low-level data for a large number of counties , though it is suitable for someone who is only interested in one or two and not fond of computers ! |
| 15 | For , hard on the heels of being asked to play in Jack Nicklaus 's Memorial Tournament in June , he has also been invited to play in the Benson & Hedges International at St Mellion , prior to which he will play a practice round with Jose Maria Olazabal , himself a former British Amateur champion . |
| 16 | He was saying that the gods had so far been unkind , that they might turn kind , but that what the gods did for him was secondary to what they might do for Niki , a remark that turned out to be prophetic . |
| 17 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
| 18 | This phenomenon is entirely due to what I would call ‘ battery stamina ’ . |
| 19 | It suddenly seemed important to keep the conversation as close as possible to something you might have read in an old book . |
| 20 | If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals . |
| 21 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 22 | Because we 're so used to them we may have relaxed our guard . |
| 23 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 24 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 25 | Opportunities have become available to them which would have been impossible in hospital . |
| 26 | Mass production has made fashion available to anyone who can get to their high street chain store or who can get hold of the latest mail order catalogue . |
| 27 | The locusts are available to anyone who 'd like them , especially schools |
| 28 | Contrary to what one might expect , it was not simply the result of employer strategy . |
| 29 | Yet contrary to what one might expect , the capacity for assimilation is not accompanied by a discursive restriction . |
| 30 | ‘ Contrary to what you would think , it is rather a solemn occasion . ’ |