Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An experienced accident investigator working for many years in many countries soon gets to know which States are prepared to make considerable efforts to find the true cause of an accident and thereby acquires substantial knowledge of the problems and pitfalls that can be encountered . |
| 2 | Eleanor and Aveling were able to reach non-German-speaking Americans . ) |
| 3 | The issue is not so much that the LDDC was unwilling to effect democratic procedures with elected authorities in the early to mid-1980s , but rather ( as is discussed below ) that the policies proposed by the LDDC were different from those agreed by local government , and that co-operation would simply have proved impossible . |
| 4 | And that was one reason why the United States was willing to aid European countries . |
| 5 | Lord Sterling is keen to maintain strong links with China and establish a strategic alliance with a major user of the terminal as P&O embarks upon expansion in the region . |
| 6 | After the publication of Heywood Sumner 's New Forest Wares , in 1927 , May was able to make ample amends in a short paper of 1930 ( May , 1930b ) . |
| 7 | She agreed with her son , but Frank was reluctant to do domestic chores . |
| 8 | All the same it can strongly suggest that with , at 92.9 and y at 41.8 the CDU was sure to win excess seats . |
| 9 | The high-ups at Drury Lane are anxious to send whole companies — actresses as well as actors — in plays that have been popular London successes . ’ |
| 10 | The funding is on commercial terms under a Water Act that says Thames is entitled to make reasonable returns on capital . |
| 11 | What does emerge from it is that Norris 's way of reading Derrida is likely to make considerable demands on the reader . |
| 12 | AirUK 's Newcastle services has started , Finnair is due to start twice-weekly flights to Helsinki and commuter airline Westair is flying to Blackpool . |
| 13 | Buckland is wrong to dismiss technical details . |
| 14 | It has been an open secret for several months that Hill Samuel was willing to entertain reasonable offers and several possible buyers have apparently shown an interest , but Brewin Dolphin is understood to have been given exclusivity in the negotiations earlier this month . |
| 15 | In New York City Labov was able to show important patterns of variation on the basis of only five linguistic variables ; in contrast to this , Pellowe et al. |
| 16 | And Phetam was supposed to have magical powers , or something . |
| 17 | Campers are welcome to use communal kitchens and dining rooms , and there are washing facilities for both us and our clothes , each of which are in need . |
| 18 | The new climate in Xianjiang Province in northwest China is likely to turn large areas of steppe into desert . |
| 19 | Falkenhayn was obliged to gather German reinforcements from wherever he could : three divisions from the north of the front , more from reserves , and four from the Western Front , where they were sorely needed . |
| 20 | However , Pelkmans and Winters ( 1988 ) , thought that the UK was likely to experience net gains from the creation of the SEM , especially in high-tech industries and in many service sectors . |
| 21 | One of those assessing whether or not Dr Carrington was able to make rational judgments and to take critical decisions was his psychiatrist Anthony Moore . |
| 22 | Even as mild a personality as Norman Bentwich was inclined to utter strong words when an entire Kindertransport was held up by Schonfeld because it was scheduled to depart from Germany on the Sabbath . |
| 23 | In a few months Michael Portillo is likely to announce initial plans to distinguish ‘ essential costs ’ and ‘ avoidable spending ’ in four departments — Health , Education , the Home Office , and Social Security — which account for £110 billion of public spending . |
| 24 | Editor Mike Magee is keen to supply afflicted users with copies of Clearaid . |
| 25 | In the event , the February 1956 crisis was the last time that Franco was able to apply old methods to new situations . |
| 26 | Writers from areas within Britain are likely to experience comparable feelings . |
| 27 | Both Parker and Spurgeon were able to maintain elegant homes and a carriage and pair which took them to their respective chapels . |
| 28 | Lawrence is desperate to get injured players like skipper Alan Kernaghan back into action and threatens to swing the axe for Sunday 's FA Cup clash with Chelsea . |
| 29 | As a result , Lewis was able to announce triumphant plans to get rich by fighting fat old George Foreman , whom Maloney ridiculed as an opponent for Bowe , to push for the split of the titles and still claim the high moral ground , which in heavyweight boxing , is about as firm as quicksand . |
| 30 | Bede supplied ignorant clerics with English translations of the Creed and Lord 's Prayer , and King Alfred was concerned to provide vernacular versions of key works , such as Pope Gregory the Great 's Pastoral Care , a handbook for bishops . |