Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tucker , who is due to retire in the autumn , said : ‘ I regard the honour as a tribute to the work of Navy News staff past and present , and I 'm particularly proud of the fact that ours has always been virtually an in-house production . |
| 2 | The new sales division is headed by Paul Hutchinson as director of sales ( David Marten is due to retire in the near future ) and John Mohin has been appointed sales manager , responsible for UK sales operations , assisted by Diane Best and Michael Trotter as regional sales managers . |
| 3 | This does not automatically mean that the provision will be made , but it does make it possible to plan in the light of solid knowledge rather than guesswork . |
| 4 | It was strange to see in the flesh a man whose name and face had since 1939 been almost as familiar to me as those of Churchill or Hitler . |
| 5 | And the Pioneers were right to see in the dispossession by the consumer interest of the rights of the workers in the Manufacturing Society as a fundamental change of Co-operative purpose and as implying the acceptance of a much more limited expectation for it , but wrong not to recognise that that change , that limitation inhered in the idea of a dividend itself : for that , more than anything else , activated the potential conflict of interest created by the differing functions — that of workers making things for sale and that of consumers buying them to use . |
| 6 | Is it right to see in the big reduction in disconnections signs of a different attitude on the part of the electricity companies to their customers and signs of better management since the companies were privatised , and is there scope for further improvement in this respect ? |
| 7 | It is possible to include in the wording of the Deed that the covenant will cease if certain conditions occur — for example , if you become unemployed or your income falls below a certain level . |
| 8 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 9 | I find the Préludes disappointing , too brightly lit and stated rather than suggested : to take examples from Book 1 , the opening of ‘ Le vent dans la plaine ’ is not pp and surely not aussi légèrement que possible for this pianist , while the ‘ sounds and perfumes ’ of the next piece are too solid to float in the evening air . |
| 10 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 11 | It is certainly possible to see in the charter deeds of the denomination ( which is what the Book of Common Prayer seems to be for many ) this vision to reach those outside the church . |
| 12 | It is possible to see in the parallel gulf between detailed legal control over lending to the needy , and very little control over other credit , the survival of the very long-standing and deep-rooted mistrust of usury ( alongside social concern about the way that high rates of interest could turn poverty into destitution ) . |
| 13 | As well as making it possible to see in the dark , thermal imagers penetrate mist , smoke and the lighter fogs . |
| 14 | For the four clubs Rovers are due to meet in the next stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup are setting the pace in Italy 's Serie B. |
| 15 | Because of popular music 's ubiquitousness and vast scale of production , it has been possible to establish in the collective mind a set of conventional musical ‘ colours ’ — ‘ Spanish ’ , ‘ pastoral ’ , ‘ cowboy ’ , ‘ blue ’ , ‘ hip pie ’ , ‘ punk ’ , and so on — and arrangers and producers can simply lift the technical devices needed for these ready-made veneers off the shelf when needed . |
| 16 | In the meantime all those due to appear in the FA Cup third round in the New Year have received a letter from Lancaster Gate reminding them that the FA has the power to throw them out of the competition if their players become involved in mass brawls . |
| 17 | In February she is due to appear in the networked This Sunday . |
| 18 | An 18-year-old and a 16-year-old are due to appear in the same court to face a similar charge . |
| 19 | Learners acquire a particular language by receiving comprehensible input , that is to say by being exposed to messages expressed in language which is within the current acquired competence of the learners , together with language which is due to appear in the next stage of acquisition , and which can be eased into the mind by the help of context , knowledge of the world and so on . |
| 20 | In an article due to appear in the Cato Journal this autumn , Clark Wiseman of Gonzaga University in Washington state offers some similarly ruthless calculations . |
| 21 | The most aggressively anti-environmentalist farmers are probably the agribusinessmen who allow little to stand in the way of enhanced profit margins and who are largely indifferent to aesthetic considerations . |
| 22 | It is therefore normal to provide in the Articles that the consent of the equity investor or its director will be required before the payment of any dividends . |
| 23 | I should also be prepared to include in the appropriate sections , committees which , though not Cabinet Committees , in fact perform closely similar functions . |
| 24 | A coastguard spokesman said the other two ‘ undoubtedly survived because they were wearing lifejackets , which also made them easier to spot in the water . ’ |
| 25 | The sun was fully eclipsed by Arcadia now , and although the main source of illumination was now only the light refracted through the halo of the planet 's atmosphere , it was easier to see in the dim but diffuse light than in the glare and dark shadows that had been made by the unshielded sun . |
| 26 | It is their custom , even on their largest ships , to show no lights at night — on the principle that it is better to see than to be seen , and that it is easier to see in the dark without the distraction of lights . |
| 27 | Less than an hour later , at Bath , the strain of running the campaign as party chairman only to lose his own seat is painful to see in the face of Chris Patten , who bites his lip . |
| 28 | The government may have to offer a subsidy , or tax relief , to cable operators and subscribers willing to invest in the most adaptable system . |
| 29 | I was quite sad to hear my right hon. Friend the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food say that he was prepared to sit in the negotiations for months . |
| 30 | And an increasing number of people are willing to kill in the name of causes which they find holier than the discredited law of the land . |