Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commonest problem with central heating pumps is jamming , either after a period when the pump has not been used , or due to sludge in the system clogging the impeller . |
| 2 | Patients are often embarrassed or hesitant to describe in detail why they have difficulty evacuating their bowels or what the sensation is like before an incontinent episode . |
| 3 | Normally amongst these is included any matter where the complainant has or had a right of appeal or right to go to the courts but has not used it . |
| 4 | You either turn left to go to one side of Petswood or right to go to the other side of Petswood . |
| 5 | Now that the Penguin Islands represent a new DXCC country , Dxpeditioners will not find it particularly easy or pleasant to operate from them . |
| 6 | He was n't expected by her or Victorine to reply to them , Léonie saw . |
| 7 | Money raised will be used to enable women who are low-waged or unemployed to go on the Delegation ( which is in March ) . |
| 8 | * a significant proportion of the market may comprise consumers who require non-standard products simply because they are not able or willing to conform to standardised purchasing patterns . |
| 9 | This jealousy between a corps d'elite and those who are not able or willing to come under its patronage is understandable , and became more understandable to me when I reached Hyderabad and found that the Institute was a self-contained and sequestered community , and that its comparatively luxurious campus bore a faint resemblance to a military camp , with living quarters graded according to the status of their occupants . |
| 10 | How many women would be able or willing to care for distant relatives by marriage ? |
| 11 | But equally , in explaining observed differences in features of industrial relations , it may be more productive or apposite to go beyond industrial relations variables to consider explanatory ‘ factors in the social , political and economic environment ’ ( Shalev 1980 : 29 ) . |
| 12 | The physical interference need not be sufficiently forceful or well-aimed to result in some form of damage or destruction to a proper part of the victim , though we suppose that a violent action would generally be painful to the recipient . |
| 13 | This , when there is a baby in the pram and a two- or three-year-old to attend to , is no mean feat . |
| 14 | By allowing experiments to be performed on a computer which would be impractical or dangerous to perform in the physical world , it also allows the design engineer to probe new areas . |
| 15 | What does a course do for students that they would find difficult or impossible to do on their own ? |
| 16 | Geopetal sediments in stromatactoid cavities , for example , may be difficult or impossible to see on unetched , polished surfaces ( Fig. 4.2a ) , but are clearly seen after etching ( Fig. 4.2b ) , although other features are better revealed on the polished surface . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) Small-scale features , which are difficult or impossible to see in transmitted light microscopy , may be well-displayed with CL . |
| 18 | This information is significant for the teacher as blackboard and wall-mounted work may be difficult or impossible to discriminate for a pupil with poor visual acuity . |
| 19 | Osteonecrosis often begins insidiously and is difficult or impossible to diagnose with conventional radiography and computed tomography in the early stages . |
| 20 | It may be difficult or impossible to establish at the date of the sale the value of the pension rights to be transferred . |
| 21 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
| 22 | So much was still on ration or impossible to obtain in Britain . |
| 23 | Drawings can often give views of the site that are difficult or impossible to achieve with a physical reconstruction , such as aerial or cutaway views , showing both the interior and exterior of a building at the same time . |
| 24 | ‘ The office of a sample is to present to the eye the real meaning and intention of the parties with regard to the subject-matter of the contract which , owing to the imperfection of language , it may be difficult or impossible to express in words . |
| 25 | The music finally chosen helped greatly in creating a sombre mood , but John did not find it interesting or easy to work with . |
| 26 | Russians are filling in some of the gaps in their lives by seeking out anything that was forbidden or hard to get in Soviet times . |
| 27 | We no longer allow the weak or foolish or unfortunate to perish in the gutters of a city slum . |
| 28 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 29 | First , it may be necessary because it is impossible or inappropriate to rely on specimens of breath for one of the reasons specified in section 7(3) . |
| 30 | How is a teacher or course-organiser to decide between one version and the other or , indeed , between these two versions and any other that a linguist might draw up ? |