Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Globe-trotting Ray and Mark Hanna are due to attend the November airshow at Auckland , New Zealand , where they will fly some NZ-based warbirds . |
| 2 | It was also possible to classify the States of Europe according to their ability to wage war , whether on their own or with the help of subsidies and other encouragements from their more powerful neighbours . |
| 3 | At a time of so much egocentric materialism it 's refreshing to see the NI fighting so effectively for imaginative humanitarianism . " |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Twinhead 's Twinstation MP , a dual-processor Sparctstaion 2-compatible offering , already out in the US , is due to hit the UK shortly according to director , Allen Wu . |
| 5 | Last season 's player of the year is due to miss the Bradford game and the following midweek home clash with Reading because of an accumulation of penalty points , but there is now a question mark over whether he will have to serve a three match or one match ban . |
| 6 | According to Panagia , it should now be possible to estimate the Hubble constant to within 10 to 15 per cent ( see ‘ Sizing up the Universe ’ , New Scientist , 27 March 1986 ) . |
| 7 | NAM 's Public Relations Officer , Howard Heeley , said that while the Museum were sorry to see the Mk 4 go , it was more than pleasing to know that it was intended to fly it again . |
| 8 | It was constructed by Telford ( q.v. ) in 1796 to carry the Shrewsbury Canal over the River Tern , and was very much a piece of engineering experiment at the time , to be carried to glorious triumph in the simultaneous building of the great aqueduct at Pont Cysyllte ( q.v . ) . |
| 9 | To the west it is possible to see the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland and you can sometimes see the peaks of Snowdonia to the north . |
| 10 | Chirk Aqueduct , built in 1796–1801 to carry the Ellesmere Canal across the River Ceirog , is still one of the fine pieces of engineering work carried out by Thomas Telford ( q.v. ) – It has ten arches each of forty foot span , and the masonry structure supports a cast-iron trough carrying the canal . |
| 11 | ‘ It would mean a saving of around £3,000 but I am also due to meet the Rhyl Town Council on Tuesday to discuss an alternative site which has not yet been revealed , ’ he added . |
| 12 | I mention these matters because they show that to accept the Woolwich principle in one or other of its forms would appear to involve a choice of what the law should be rather than a decision as to what it is . |
| 13 | Interwar balcony-access flats are the most reviled and degraded of all local-authority housing types , so it 's odd to find the Butlins versions still functioning so well for their temporary inhabitants . |
| 14 | In statements issued after the meeting , EC officials confirmed that it would not be possible to meet the Oct. 15 GATT deadline for submitting offers on cutting farm subsidies . |
| 15 | The Electricity Council told the Energy Committee that it would be possible to meet the Toronto Conference target of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 . |
| 16 | It is , however , certain that Molla Fenari was in Karaman at a date much later than Bayezid I 's reign , as will be shown ; and as there is no evidence to suggest a journey before 800/1397 or to support the possibility that he made two journeys to Karaman , it seems justifiable to treat the Taskopruzade story with some caution . |
| 17 | THIS WAS the last rally , the last speech and the last chance for the Tory faithful to enjoy the John Major planetarium experience . |
| 18 | It was pleasing to see one of the most desperate of human calamities capable of so much help : whatever enlarges hope , will exalt courage ; after having seen the deaf taught arithmetick , who would be afraid to cultivate the Hebrides . |
| 19 | It may thus be fairer to compare the Marshall programme with the scale of Eastern European imports rather than American exports . |
| 20 | If you were one of the few to risk the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Monday , you would have been able to find no information about the composers being played . |
| 21 | This report is prepared to enable the Woolwich to determine how much to lend . |
| 22 | It is interesting to compare the Nottingham view with that expressed by James Kinsley , the new Professor of English at Swansea , in 1954 . |
| 23 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 24 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 25 | I congratulate the Prime Minister on the fact that at long last common sense prevailed and he was prepared to meet the Dalai Lama of Tibet . |
| 26 | Protestant Church leaders say they are prepared to meet the IRA in an effort to end the terrorist campaign . |
| 27 | Mr Edward Fenech Adami , the Maltese Prime Minister , said his country was willing to accept the Lockerbie suspects . |
| 28 | Although Nizan himself was willing to accept the Moscow version of events , it is probable that the highly publicised nature of the trials , the seemingly endless ramifications of the anti-state activities exposed , did little to boost his confidence in the future development of the Soviet state itself . |
| 29 | Erm , he gave his job up when he was twenty two years old to tour the States for six months . |
| 30 | RICHARD KRAJICEK repeated his Australian Open quarter-final triumph over Michael Stich yesterday , defeating him 7–6 , 6–4 to reach the Suntory Japan Open semi-finals . |