Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
2 | But defender Keith Proctor has suffered a reaction to his knee injury after playing for the reserves last weekend and is now due to see a specialist . |
3 | He is due to see a chiropractor tomorrow and is likely to undergo surgery . |
4 | It might appear strange to classify a retailer as a manufacturer but this will only happen where he is under a duty to inspect the goods and fails to do so . |
5 | Alternatively , it may be possible to acquire a company ( D Ltd ) with surplus FII , which would be interposed between A Ltd and C Ltd . |
6 | Is it possible to acquire a rider 's insurance only and if so , could you suggest which insurance would be best ? |
7 | Tania 's mother , Jackie May , said her daughter had been due to attend a court hearing in Gloucester the day after her disappearance last Wednesday . |
8 | To add to my anxieties about the early start , my husband and I were due to attend a charity casino evening in Kenilworth on the Saturday night , an event which I knew would continue into the early hours . |
9 | She is due to attend a service for the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London , with a reception after at St James 's Palace . |
10 | I was due to attend a meeting with several other women whom I knew and felt in sympathy with , and when I arrived there , the weight of my unhappiness just rolled off me like an unwanted burden . |
11 | Er if we attended if if we were due to attend a meeting for example in in in Derby , er er twenty mile away ? |
12 | It is possible to arrange a sentence in different ways , to emphasise different aspects of the action it describes . |
13 | In a circular yesterday , the company said it had not been possible to arrange a refinancing on conventional terms . |
14 | But Royle refused to concede that the move was dead , saying : ‘ I do n't know yet whether it would be possible to arrange a loan . ’ |
15 | It is somewhat refreshing to see a North-East industrialist make a success of his business in relative anonymity . |
16 | Thus it is possible to compare a country 's relative contribution to the EC Budget with its share in allocated expenditures . |
17 | The interviews were designed to collect basic biographical details relating to the age , sex , employment profile , housing conditions , etc. , of the user ; to outline the characteristics of the user 's ‘ drug career ’ so as to construct a typology of users and to assess whether there was any particular stage in a given career where it would be possible to target a user for treatment or intervention ; and , to ask users to assess their experience of local statutory and voluntary drugs services . |
18 | In autumn 1989 she asked her colleague , Annie Caubet , head of the Louvre 's Department of Oriental Antiquities , if it would be possible to mount a loan exhibition while the objects were off view . |
19 | Would it be possible to mount a research project into that , do you suppose ? |
20 | If the Macs of the mid-line are on song then I fancy the Scots to nail a win . |
21 | Mark Kleiman , of Harvard University , argues that Mr Bush 's policies , put in place soon after the peak in cocaine 's popularity , did little to affect a decline already under way . |
22 | In discussions with the child it is often possible to plan a course of work to meet the individual 's needs so that the learning process is negotiated rather than dictated . |
23 | I had decided that , much to my regret , it would not be possible to plan a DIY funeral for myself as it was not a job I would bequeath to friends , and my nearest close relations who might have co-operated were overseas . |
24 | The princess was due to plant a tree at the centre . |
25 | Joshua , did Mr Justice Garland explain why it would n't be possible to instruct a jury to ignore the publicity and concentrate on the specific charges . |
26 | On making enquiries , it seems that there are no records of an earlier gallery here , but it is pleasant to see a reminder of bygone days amongst the new shops in the restoration of this attractive yard . |
27 | Yet at one time it used to look quite strange to see a girl teacher but |
28 | Before he could say anything Mrs Woodward exclaimed ‘ Is n't it strange to see a train at this time of night ? ’ |
29 | It seems strange to see a vacuum cleaner so near the beach . |
30 | These would probably have been deposited at different times , and the detailed examination of their contents will , in theory , reveal a progression of different parts of a coinage ; if one or more of these parts can be attached to an absolute date , it should be possible to estimate a date for the other parts in the progression or sequence . |