Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The board of governors is also due to meet today to vote on the future of Mr Birt , but there is every indication that the position of Mr Hussey will also be high on its agenda . |
| 2 | To a first approximation it is also possible to write thereby allowing use of the data from either type of measurement to characterize the sample . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , it 's absurd to stand here bandying words . |
| 4 | For example , in assigning an index to a word like ’ making ’ or ’ baking ’ , it may be possible to work backwards to arrive at the root ( ’ make ’ or ’ bake ’ ) by removing the ’ ing ’ ending and adding the letter ’ e ’ . |
| 5 | Richen to restore even running and to regain most of the lost rpm . |
| 6 | He was prepared to sit there listening , just putting in a remark now and then to keep things moving . |
| 7 | They were not disposed to lose both output and earnings by downing tools . |
| 8 | Chapman insisted that he was interested only in the best players , and he was prepared to go anywhere to get them . |
| 9 | Dr Ian Field , the association 's secretary , said it was prepared to accept there had been a misunderstanding . |
| 10 | Those in wheelchairs or too old to work outside helped in the kitchen or made elaborate Foreign Legion memorabilia for sale in the regimental shops wherever the Legion served . |
| 11 | Oddly enough , although they are younger than the rugose corals , the aragonite composing them does not preserve very well , and it is easier to find beautifully preserved examples of the older Rugosa . |
| 12 | Some of the older officers still try to do it , they 're not willing to changeNot only does Grendon demand a different attitude from its prisoners , the staff must also change . |
| 13 | Everyone on board who was free to do so had attended the funeral , Ruth standing with the Carsons on the upper deck . |
| 14 | That he was prepared to do so to retain his position was , in itself , a sign of changing times . |
| 15 | ‘ But why should you be willing to let so gross an injury pass ? |
| 16 | Even so , Wendler is careful to qualify best estimates , saying ‘ open environments will not be possible in the absolute , even by 1996 , but solutions will emerge that are increasingly less closed . ’ |
| 17 | Americans were not willing to die simply to restore the British Empire . |
| 18 | Just so much easier to get just to know that if ever like you know , eight or nine o'clock one night for whatever reason I wanted to come home I could be there like myself , in an hour . |
| 19 | People can use them to buy their newspapers on Sunday morning and are often prepared to pay more to use those stores because they are convenient . |
| 20 | I will admit that I am a total tube head when it comes to guitar amps , but at the same time sufficiently open-minded to have previously applauded other companies ' efforts in solid state technology . |
| 21 | Aquino 's decision to press the case — and to undergo a ferocious and lengthy cross-examination — was seen by some to have needlessly exposed her already tarnished public image to further damage , whilst others applauded it as further proof of the tenacious courage which she had displayed in opposing Marcos . |
| 22 | Yet on the other hand governments were quite willing to disregard clearly expressed public feeling when this seemed in the national interest . |
| 23 | An unexpected piece of good fortune comes your way Saturday in the form of a friend or admirer willing to dig deep to help you out of a problem or into a successful proposition . |
| 24 | This is normally adequate to distinguish recently made objects — fakes — from those genuinely manufactured in antiquity . |
| 25 | In 1898 a visitor noted that the poorest among early Japanese rail travellers were prepared to make long waits for the train : |
| 26 | I it it 's oh no , we do n't want war , we 're all against war , but nobody is prepared to bother actually to go to a meeting or , or pay a small subscription and , and then you w you could of had a very strong United Nations now the same as after the first world war , but it 's the people that did n't do it . |
| 27 | For if nature is offering a sturdy resistance to man 's efforts to wring from her a larger supply of raw material , while at that particular stage there is no great room for introducing important new economies into the manufacture , the supply price will rise ; but if the volume of production were greater , it would perhaps be profitable to substitute largely machine work for hand work and steam power for muscular force ; and the increase in the volume of production would have diminished the expenses of production of the commodity of our representative firm . [ … ] |
| 28 | It is possible to purchase greatly discounted tickets for Magee Music events in this way . |
| 29 | If it will not be possible to substitute hard copy for electronic mail , will this premise eventually be extended to all electronic information/data either by the courts or by legislation . |
| 30 | The sales-task approach to advertising expenditure can be particularly useful in situations where it is possible to state clearly defined objectives for advertising eg ‘ to increase awareness of product X in Y market from present levels to ( say ) 70% . ’ |