Example sentences of "[adj] to do [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that may be easier to do rather than do them in situ , you know ? |
| 2 | Now it happens that when some substances crystallize they find it easier to do so if some kind of irregularity is present . |
| 3 | ( It is easier to do so if you have friends who can own up to feeling the same way . ) |
| 4 | This is easier to do now than later on . |
| 5 | Statutory exemptions are provided in section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and , inter alia , allow a person to drive without a licence or cause or permit another to do so if the driver has held or is entitled to obtain a licence for that class of vehicle and an application for such a licence has been received including in it the date he was driving . |
| 6 | In addition , companies would not be required to join trade associations but would be free to do so if they wished ; members would be bonded to the management of the fund for a prescribed percentage of turnover on non-ATOL packages ; and they would also be able to bond at lower levels than those bonded to other bodies . |
| 7 | Whilst , then , as the committee 's report states , ‘ it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict , ’ he would be free to do so if the prosecution view changed , perhaps after hearing the defendant 's evidence . |
| 8 | ‘ My greatest impulse was to hug them — but you are afraid to do so because they are so fragile , you are frightened they might break . ’ |
| 9 | This is one case where , again , I make the point that I am proud to stand here and support the policies of the Adam Smith Institute which every Tory Member should also support , but unfortunately they are afraid to do so because they are facing a general election , knowing that they will be out of power within six months . |
| 10 | Presumably it can be done only where the essential core of each subject is no greater than half the total ; or where the subjects overlap in some way ; or where students are prepared to do more than 100 per cent of the work . |
| 11 | Truman was not prepared to do so as yet , despite the fact that in general he fully supported Acheson . |
| 12 | ‘ . When the signatories said that he or she would be prepared to enter into a deed to formalise the situation , they were not postponing the legal effect of the document or reserving a final view but merely saying that they would be willing to do so if required , ie record in a more formal way the transactions which had already been made . |
| 13 | It 'll be the more willing to do so if Britain is alongside it . |
| 14 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back , and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 15 | They are willing to do so because they expect to be paid back and because they expect to profit from the transaction through the interest they charge on the loan — it would be a strange world if they did n't ! |
| 16 | Thus when Archbishop Corbridge preferred to obey the pope in a matter of patronage , he was told by the king 's judges that he was wrong to do so because the pope 's acts were not subject to the English courts , and that no one should prosecute anything at Rome or elsewhere contrary to crown rights and royal dignity . |
| 17 | However , while it is possible to discount the efficiency consequences at low rates of tax , it becomes less and less easy to do so as the rates of tax get higher . |
| 18 | These purchase notice provisions are restricted to owner occupiers of houses and small businesses who can show that they have made reasonable attempts to sell their property but have found it impossible to do so except at a substantially depreciated price because of certain defined planning actions . |
| 19 | Mr Newman added that ‘ you do n't need an accountant to prepare your cash flow statements every month ; indeed I would suggest that it is dangerous to do so as it is your business , your livelihood . ’ |
| 20 | In fact , teenagers in the UK are less likely to become pregnant and less likely to become mothers than they were 15 years ago and far less likely to do so than teenagers in the United States . |
| 21 | Young single women with children are overwhelmingly likely to be living in local authority housing , and those who married early and/or had a pre-marital conception are more likely to do so as well . |
| 22 | O'Brien uses the phrase ‘ perverse incentives ’ to explain how a garage that performs poorly is likely to do better than one that performs well . |
| 23 | ‘ It was obviously right to do so because I was never corrected . ’ |
| 24 | I was criticised for this at times , but still think I was right to do so as it was in line with association policy . |
| 25 | I was quite sorry to do so because I liked the manufacturing process very much indeed , but I do n't believe you can be both a manufacturer and a retailer . |
| 26 | But educational theorists do at least know that it is possible to do better than this . |
| 27 | I realized , however , that to do so after we had been deprived of half our rifles and whatever security the protection of the Government afforded us would be to invite almost certain massacre . |
| 28 | By effectively refusing to consider a particular type of ball for Category A tournaments , the Association would appear , in Mr MacCaughey 's words of response , ‘ … to treat us equally with other companies , when it comes to paying over the proposal fee and the contribution of free of charge tennis balls ( another condition of the Agreement ) , but are unwilling to do so when it comes to exposure at major events . ’ |
| 29 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 30 | And there is room for them all to do better than each other . |