Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , some people will refuse to co-operate at all , but once an interview is under way most people will be prepared to answer questions so long as they seem genuine and relevant . |
| 2 | However , despite Lord Morton 's words quoted above , in some cases the courts have been prepared to interpret clauses restrictively even where liability could only arise in negligence . |
| 3 | It then becomes impossible to rank societies as more or less aggressive than one another , just as it is impossible to say that one society is more or less evil than another . |
| 4 | He believed as Lionel Curtis did that Indians ' souls had to be renovated before they were fit to govern : he deeply shocked the American journalist William Shirer by announcing that ‘ Self-government … is inconceivable and unattainable without the removal of untouchability , as it also is without Hindu-Moslem unity … we shall be unfit to gain independence so long as we keep in bondage a fifth of the population of Hindustan . ’ |
| 5 | Budgets for prisons have hardly kept pace with inflation , and , despite occasional lip-service commitment to reform , the policy of the British before 1947- to run gaols as cheaply as possible — has not changed significantly in practice ( Baxi 1982 ; Khan and Chilad 1982 ; Bhatacharya 1985 ; Gokhale and Sohoni 1988 ) . |
| 6 | We are able to spot problems earlier on and take action . ’ |
| 7 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 8 | As we suggest in more detail in Chapters 2 and 3 , you will be able to find materials more easily and see the best arrangement for them when you have formed a sense of what you are looking for . |
| 9 | As County 's rushes subsided , Francis was able to find space more easily and one shot , left-footed , taken quickly , was a superb demonstration of the striker 's art . |
| 10 | It is important to observe behaviour as accurately as possible because the more accurate the observation the more this helps you to place a valid interpretation on what you have seen or heard . |
| 11 | Why are discount stores able to sell goods more cheaply than High Street retailers ? |
| 12 | From what I knew of John Hayward , I think that Ackroyd is right in his surmise that at this personal crisis he was able to help Eliot more effectively than some more ‘ tender ’ spirits might have done . |
| 13 | These , perhaps by building on parts of Aristotle , will be able to advance knowledge even further than he did . |
| 14 | Furthermore , as a result of the fall in output , businesses were able to reduce stocks substantially even though the eventual fall in demand was much larger than expected . |
| 15 | It is very important to keep weight down so that there is no extra strain on joints . |
| 16 | The group pioneered the use of Hidden Markov Model techniques and were able to demonstrate performances far better than HARPY ( Bahl et al , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | Also it is not advisable to have X-rays more often than is really needed . |
| 18 | Also it is not advisable to have X-rays more often than is really needed . |
| 19 | It works on the principle that the pursuer will not be able to change direction as efficiently as the prey . |
| 20 | I am able to explain things well so that others understand |
| 21 | The roof drainage should be able to take water away quickly and cleanly without obstruction , and therefore eaves tiles should discharge neatly into gutters without water being blown back on to the wall or woodwork . |
| 22 | We may not be able to digest foods as easily as we once could . |
| 23 | RICHARD Gere is desperate to have children so long as he does not have to change any nappies . |
| 24 | At the start of each project , it is wise to begin modularisation as soon as possible by planning how a hierarchy of modules and packages is to be set up . |