Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says , I remain concerned that it is not yet possible to agree an implementation plan for recommendations made in his previous report . |
| 2 | It is strange seeing an American without a car . |
| 3 | think it through is that , do we want to live in a country where it is normal to see an advert wi , under the job section saying , no smoker need apply ? |
| 4 | It is sometimes very strange to see an AIB Engineering Inspector and an RAF doctor with their heads down inside the wreckage of a crashed aircraft in the AIB hangar at Farnborough , arguing , discussing or merely agreeing that this or that component is not strong enough to sustain survivable crash forces on a row of seats or that a part of the galley constitutes a lethal hazard against which passengers could suffer injury in a crash . |
| 5 | And after Jim 's death , to be destructive became an attitude , as opposed to what Jim did — playing out a mythic drama where he was really wrestling his own death . |
| 6 | In particular , it may not be possible to post an offer document into the US without complying with onerous filing requirements . |
| 7 | I WONDER whether Commonwealth students find it at all odd to attend an institution called ‘ Imperial College ’ . |
| 8 | Coupled with these two general exclusion clauses , it is usual to find an exclusion clause which excludes completely all liability for all breaches ( including total non-performance ) caused by force majeure . |
| 9 | If a breach of public law also amounts to a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights it may be possible to obtain an award of compensation under the Convention from the European Court of Human Rights , but not from an English Court . |
| 10 | The element R which made recombination possible has an evens chance of emerging attached to a perfect message . |
| 11 | Many previous studies have assumed that it is possible to establish an arbitrage position at the prices used to compute the mispricing . |
| 12 | The ‘ restructuring school ’ argued that it was not possible to provide an explanation in terms of location factors alone ; what was needed was to set these factors within the wider context of the restructuring of industry ( Massey , 1979 ; Sayer , 1982 ) . |
| 13 | This has led some commentators to observe that it is possible to find an individual of either sex who will show almost any specified degree of any ability that we might care to select . |
| 14 | ‘ I think in any rural town it ought to be possible to find an hour or so to stroll round , just to talk to people about this and that . |
| 15 | What sustains me in the search for a response to Gettier is the feeling that it may be possible to find an account of what knowledge is which will have a substantial effect on what we are to say about justification in later parts of this book . |
| 16 | Is it not possible to find an understanding of faith that is compatible with uncertainty rather than certainty of the existence of a Deity ? |
| 17 | It was interesting to see an orchestra in quite different circumstances than is usual . |
| 18 | Bossard was sentenced to 21 years ' imprisonment and once again it seems that the Russians were willing to sacrifice an agent , probably because Bossard had given them all the details he could of the American rocket-guidance systems , in order to enhance the credibility of Top Hat so that he could continue peddling disinformation . |
| 19 | Dudley , a trusted royal servant , was prepared to see an expansion of ducal influence in the county . |
| 20 | Dudley , a trusted royal servant , was prepared to see an expansion of ducal influence in the county . |
| 21 | The French felt that the existing structure of power was illegitimate , and a clear majority would have been prepared to see an extension of worker control over management 's powers of decision … |
| 22 | John Keegan of the IDA Automotive and Engineering Department said the lesson of the Raybestos Manhattan affair was that , while the people of Ireland supported the IDA , the same people ‘ were not prepared to see an industry right on their doorstep ’ . |
| 23 | He had been prepared to cancel an engagement at London 's Victoria and Albert Museum if a satisfactory outcome was reached . |
| 24 | Julia was interested to see an expression of faint embarrassment cross Bill 's face . |
| 25 | The British keeping an eye on the Yanks was the idea . |
| 26 | First , it was not sensible to launch an application for inspection of the liquidator 's report or to seek for that purpose an adjournment of the examination being conducted under section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 . |
| 27 | It is equally indefensible that the Revenue is prepared to accept an employee 's estimate of his business use of his home telephone whereas the DSS requires a log of calls to be maintained . |
| 28 | I would initially be prepared to accept an explanation in terms of quite large subcomponents , whose own internal structure and behaviour might be quite complicated and , as yet , unexplained . |
| 29 | A reader will be prepared to accept an insight if it is presented as fiction , that is , as something a fictional character observes . |
| 30 | Among the controversial issues which any negotiations would have to address were the following [ see also p. 36837 for so-called " Harare declaration " on ANC proposals for future negotiations , and p. 36912 for earlier policy guidelines ] : ( i ) nationalization : in press interviews in the days following his release , Mandela had reasserted the ANC 's stated policy of nationalizing certain sectors of the economy , including mines — this immediately provoked sharp falls on South African financial markets [ see also p. 37176 ] ; ( ii ) the armed struggle : Mandela had refused to renounce this policy , repeating on Feb. 14 that government installations were legitimate targets for sabotage [ ibid. ] ; ( iii ) power-sharing : the government and the ANC still appeared to be a long way apart on interpretation — the ANC for its part was not prepared to accept an arrangement similar to the current tri-cameral parliament ; ( iv ) sanctions : Mandela had already stated that " the conditions for which sanctions are being applied still exist " and thus there was no need for a review of the question [ for UK Prime Minister 's unilateral decision to break EC agreement on voluntary sanctions see below ] . |