Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 2 | people probably realize that their own circle of acquaintances is too narrow to provide a reasonable basis for estimating party chances and so they must rely on a combination of personal contacts , media comments , and especially published opinion polls . |
| 3 | Treswell , like other heraldic painters , transferred his skills to map-making to meet the increasing demand for estate plans in the vigorous property market after the dissolution of the monasteries and the Reformation . |
| 4 | " 63 By then Leavis had retired and , although L. C. Knights had been appointed Regius Professor , the ideal of practical criticism seemed no longer sufficiently strong to provide an adequate focus for " intellectual and imaginative " work . |
| 5 | This type of ‘ client-server ’ architecture also makes it possible to provide a uniform way for users to talk to applications running on different platforms . |
| 6 | It is not always possible to find a suitable theta-solvent for a polymer and methods have been developed which allow unperturbed dimensions to be estimated in non-ideal ( good ) solvents . |
| 7 | The Newmarket based light-weight has a good record for Westfield Moves 's trainer Hugh Collingridge , who sent the five-year-old out to win on the grass at Pontefract last season . |
| 8 | Like Lanfranc he had welcomed royal co-operation , and had been prepared to wait a long time for it . |
| 9 | Send it to one at a time and be prepared to wait a good while for a reply . |
| 10 | The chairman will be particularly careful to gather the requisite information for his report to the court . |
| 11 | Although many politicians have not been prepared to accept the thorough-going case for pricing advanced above , many have , under the practical pressure of public spending constraints , been prepared to accept charging as a supplementary way of raising revenue , or to see charges increased as the only way of preserving a service . |
| 12 | Sir Anthony , boldly , with little to lose , is willing to provide a focal point for discussion and decision on absolutely legitimate matters of political concern . |
| 13 | Sir Anthony , boldly , with little to lose , is willing to provide a focal point for discussion and decision on absolutely legitimate matters of political concern . |
| 14 | It remained to be seen whether he would be willing to answer the one question for which Dougal needed an answer . |
| 15 | But I might not wish to do so because I might believe it to be wrong to buy an Italian car for one reason or another . |
| 16 | Because the structure , constitution and objectives of public sector organizations vary so much , it would be impracticable to suggest a standard role for audit committees but such committees might usefully embrace the following : |
| 17 | She had summoned these people up , these ghosts would materialize , even now they were converging upon her in their finery at her bidding , each of them willing to surrender a separate self for an evening , to eat , to drink , to talk , to exchange embraces , to wait for the witching hour . |
| 18 | You were n't willing to do a good turn for your sister without being bribed with a lollipop , and even then you left the posting of the letter because you wanted to go first to Horsfall Woods for your own pleasure . |
| 19 | This is why I do n't think it sensible to have a separate procedure for it , 'cos it 's so simple . |
| 20 | The Japanese Foreign Minister , Michio Watanabe , told Akashi that the government was prepared to pay a higher rate for refugee resettlement and for economic reconstruction operations , both of which were separate from the UNTAC budget . |
| 21 | So tempting infact that four hundred enthusiasts are prepared to pay a small fortune for the cahnce to try it . |
| 22 | In the next few years , consumers will be prepared to pay a small premium for real taste . |
| 23 | To make money in engineering contracting you have got to work at the blue chip end of the market , people who want a top class value-for-money service and are prepared to pay a reasonable price for it . |
| 24 | And also we must be prepared to pay a realistic price for their goods — coffee , tea and sugar etc . |
| 25 | But I know of several people who having been in full-time Christian work have been prepared to get a secular job for a time , until the new church was able to support them . |
| 26 | The definition of an inn is to be found in s.1(3) of the HPA 1956 — ‘ an establishment held out by the proprietor as offering food , drink and , if so required , sleeping accommodation , without special contract , to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and who is in a fit state to be received ’ . |
| 27 | The small bottle once again is is the attractiveness of the bottle and we 've found that to be very attractive and people are were very willing to pay a premium price for something like that cos as Thomas said people are buying those bottles to keep them erm initially . |
| 28 | We also wish to declare that we are willing to pay the ultimate price for achieving our independent state and that our Uprising , the Intifada will not stop until we have achieved this goal . |
| 29 | The lining of the vaginal walls can be tightened by the use of astringents such as alum , and indeed in days gone by prostitutes used to use this to fake virginity for customers who were willing to pay an extra premium for the privilege of deflowering a virgin . |
| 30 | Some of her family and friends who knew that her marriage was unsuccessful may assume that her feelings about her husband 's death could only be those of relief that their life together is over at last and that she is now free to seek a better future for herself ; not realising that if a woman has lived with a man for many years , unless he has treated her with extreme cruelty , and shown her no love at all throughout the whole of their marriage , some kind of bond is bound to have existed between them , and that even if he left her with only a handful of good memories of times they spent together , it is likely that she may want to hold on to them , cherish them , and even build upon them . |