Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will especially be the case should it not be possible to agree terms with the preferred bidder , as it may then be necessary to open negotiations with another party before all the indicative offerers become aware of the initial set back . |
| 2 | Nonetheless it was possible to obtain information about the major services received , and their costs are presented below . |
| 3 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 4 | England were due to meet Wales in the final match of the round robin series today knowing that a share of the honours would give them the crown . |
| 5 | It can be very supportive to meet others in the same situation as yourself . |
| 6 | Like the old saying that success has many fathers , but failure has none , nobody is prepared to claim parenthood of the old rating system . |
| 7 | DoE might be prepared to provide money for the initial cost of investigating polluted sites . |
| 8 | Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip . |
| 9 | Whatever their private opinions , the liberals were willing to establish catholicism as the sole religion of Spain , to make heresy a crime , to allow episcopal censorship of religious works ; as Larra was to observe , it was a one-legged freedom that permitted only ‘ political ’ discussion and it shows the limitations imposed on liberalism by fear of the Church . |
| 10 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 11 | James Williamson and Partners as the employer was prepared to meet part of the extra travel costs . |
| 12 | It was perfectly proper to infer prejudice from the mere passage of time : in Cherry 's case the magistrate 's decision was based on two flawed findings of justification and no prejudice . |
| 13 | We 'll even give you free glazing insurance for the first 12 months . |
| 14 | It will be necessary to confirm ( initially by phone , followed up by letter ) with each venue that the documents can be lodged there , during the relevant period , and that they will be prepared to oversee members of the public viewing documents . |
| 15 | I am prepared to give way to the hon. Gentleman , but he continues to interrupt from a sedentary position , irrespective of your ruling , Madam Deputy Speaker . |
| 16 | It is true that he seems to have been sufficiently interested to use Wagner as the extreme example of " the demonic in music " for his Germania paper on that theme ; and also that , following his exposure to the music of Tristan , some of his own compositions of 1861 have a marked Wagnerian flavour ( in eccentric combination with formally archaic polyphony ) — but this flirtation was short-lived and not repeated until his conversion to Wagner seven years later . |
| 17 | The Scottish Rugby Union are thus free to enlist sponsors for the younger age groups . |
| 18 | But City are prone to concede goals in the last quarter of an hour and bang on the 75th minute the impressive young Dodd fed a wonderful 30-yard pass to Rod Wallace , who held off two defenders to equalise . |
| 19 | Afraid to live life to the full , for fear of injury ? ’ |
| 20 | The family must be prepared to develop contact with the black community in order that the child does not feel that he or she is being cut off from his or her roots , which often creates the condition whereby negative images emerge . |
| 21 | Most of the wine lodges in Funchal welcome visitors and are willing to offer samples of the various blends . |
| 22 | It is interesting to contrast gravitation with the other long-range force of nature — electromagnetism . |
| 23 | Yet often such writers , while denouncing despotic or absolute rule in principle , were willing to take advantage of the practical benefits it might bring . |
| 24 | It seems sensible to take advantage of the good days in order to make allowance for any excess eating on the difficult days , and dieting calorie intake can be averaged out on a weekly basis . |
| 25 | With the family reaching working age it seemed sensible to take advantage of the expanding market for organic produce and increase the chances of supporting them all from the farm . |
| 26 | On the ground where Durham were put in and bowled out for 120 on Sunday , the wicket was again damp following watering of the drought-stricken square . |
| 27 | Punk rock had had a purging effect on pop music ; clearing out the old to make way for the new . |
| 28 | Afraid to make friends with the other students ( Is it him that 's the spy ? |
| 29 | Although I am always prepared to enter discussions with the hon. Gentleman about hypothetical matters , one must also balance the amount of time and expense that it would take to comment on something that is not a reality . |
| 30 | Round-table discussions held at the Institute of Latin America early in 1981 revealed that several Soviet ideologists were now prepared to lend credence to the long-discredited theories of guerrilla warfare upheld by Che Guevara . |