Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often a family of bull , cow , and pup can be found quite close to the dunes and is most interesting to observe from a reasonable distance . |
| 2 | This is one reason why firms are often most willing to start with a clean sheet of paper when setting up a new subsidiary , as Britain 's Midland Bank did when it established First Direct , its successful telephone-banking business . |
| 3 | Why is it so pleasant to walk down a particular street , drive through a country village with its church , cottages and farms , or visit a country house and gardens ? |
| 4 | Air is so vital that it is only possible to live for a few minutes without it . |
| 5 | But it was obviously impossible to deal with a nation-wide emergency such as lorry-drivers ' strikes , and equally impossible to respond properly to a rash of major disputes all at the same time . |
| 6 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 7 | The system is further complicated by the fact that on many issues a Flemish socialist is far less likely to agree with a French-speaking fellow-socialist than with a conservative fellow-Fleming . |
| 8 | New work patterns , such a partial shifts , mean that senior house officers are less likely to work for a single consultant and also make it more difficult for all junior doctors to attend teaching sessions at set times . |
| 9 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 10 | Superbly intelligent and well-crafted on record , surfing along upon churning , chiming guitars , Chadwick 's crew have proved unpredictable enough onstage to make for a compelling night out . |
| 11 | This is only likely to happen on a large scale if an institution is failing to achieve a good return on the capital invested . |
| 12 | Desperate to contact Molly , who is unable to see or hear him , Sam discovers that he is only able to communicate with a psychic named Oda Mae Brown ( Whoopee Goldberg ) , a charlatan astonished to discover her powers are authentic . |
| 13 | However , legislation late in the century provided a new local government structure much better able to take on a wide range of functions . |
| 14 | Darwinism implies that some species must triumph over others not because they are fitter in some genetic or athletic sense , but because they are better able to survive in a competitive ambiance . |
| 15 | Larger firms , by virtue of having expanded , are better able to survive in a competitive market . |
| 16 | On some models you can adjust the distance that the blades will open and this can make them less tiring to use for a prolonged period . |
| 17 | It 's also somewhat perverse to complain about a few innocent posts when the top of Ben Nevis is a lofty scrapyard . |
| 18 | His visits were regarded as occasions for embarrassment rather than pleasure or consolation , and he was left wondering why , when his motives were generous , these people should find it so difficult to respond with a matching warmth . |
| 19 | Thanks are due also to all those who took part in the experiments , especially those who asked common sense questions which I frequently found extremely difficult to answer as a cognitive psychologist . |
| 20 | PP : … terribly difficult to project into a vast theatre . |
| 21 | As for the branches , it is perhaps invidious to focus upon a chosen few since in some places merely to carry on unheralded was a considerable triumph . |
| 22 | The son of Caerleon is a progressive type , apparently certain to come of a few pounds for that introduction , and should be good enough to take the Queen 's Own Yorkshire Dragoons Stakes . |
| 23 | Some bands are extremely keen to sign with a respected manager who insists on collecting the artist 's money . |
| 24 | He withdrew striker Steve Flanagan and brought on young Sean Dowling at right-back , Farnham were thus able to rely on a strong midfield presence of Millard , Daly and May , with Deighan and Stairs looking to stretch Cranleigh wide on the flanks . |
| 25 | As will be seen , there were contemporary factors which favoured any programme that was sufficiently flexible to contribute to administering the " common life " , and thus able to contribute to a newly-important conception of " vocational education " . |
| 26 | She had refined the smuggling operation between Morocco and the UK to such a pitch that it was no longer necessary to put into a Mediterranean or UK port and in this way had succeeded in making over twenty runs bringing cargoes of cannabis into Britain since 1974 . |
| 27 | Delors ' proposals were clearly out of all proportion to that figure , and he was soon obliged to retreat with a lame explanation that he had been ‘ arguing from the absurd to show what it would cost to achieve such a goal ’ . |
| 28 | All accepted entries will be examined and the judges will award the first prize to the entrant they consider has shown the greatest skill and judgement in placing the eight letters in the order most likely to appeal to a typical IDEAL HOME reader . |
| 29 | In 1991 , VSA was most likely to occur in a public place ( 42% ) or at home ( 39% ) . |
| 30 | He was a pillar of the his local community at Ballinluig , near Pitlochry , always willing to help in a good cause . |