Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
2 | I have not felt it necessary to examine the detailed facts of all the earlier decisions or to consider whether the decisions themselves could or could not be supported . |
3 | Once arrived , they have made it easy to explore the best of Schaffhausen . |
4 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
5 | In many schools there are PTAs and School Associations which , though not political ( in a party sense ) , have shown themselves willing to confront the local authority — be that ‘ authority ’ an individual headteacher , a school staff or the divisional or county education officer — when moved to do so . |
6 | ‘ You must believe me when I tell you that I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and discharge my duties as the heir to the throne without the help and support of the woman I now loathe . ’ |
7 | After the screening , the audience had the chance to question , Simon Shepherd and Sophie Ward , who admitted they 'd found it hard to play the second romantic leads ; |