Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are hitches and hassles aplenty to contend with now and what makes it worse is that you 're powerless to do anything except grumble and grouse . |
| 2 | It is possible to attend to moderately stressful cues and mentally explore and master their threat before proceeding to attend to more salient stimuli . |
| 3 | It is possible to paint with quite a small brush the details of shadows and shapes of clouds — in fact more so than is generally accepted . |
| 4 | It is generally possible to isolate at least one compelling selling feature even if it is only that your client 's product is the cheapest . |
| 5 | The Collector listened from the Residency verandah , his head uncovered , but seated because he still felt too weak to stand for long . |
| 6 | But community services for mentally handicapped people have demonstrated that it is possible to provide for quite severely disturbed , multiply-handicapped people in specially adapted ordinary flats and houses , as long as there are sufficient well-trained staff to provide good-quality care round the clock , and provided the staff themselves are well supported by senior professionals with the right experience . |
| 7 | Commenting cautiously on the present situation for the newspaper Kultura , the Chairman of the Archaeo-Geographic Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Academician Sigurd Schmidt , has said that he is convinced that a library belonging to the Muscovite sovereigns does in fact exist , and that , wherever it may be located , it will be possible to find at least fragments of what is left . |
| 8 | And Capriati admitted she is not prepared to wait for ever to achieve her ambition to be world No 1 . |
| 9 | She seemed willing to go to almost any length to appease , lull his irritation to rest , contain all the exasperation by taking it within herself . |
| 10 | Duncan was afraid to go near all that long , green swaying grass and he closed his baby dinosaur lips tighter than ever . |
| 11 | You should be prepared to invest for long enough to ride out any dips in the market . |
| 12 | The depths that Ace seemed prepared to sink to just to hurt and wound her were the most painful things she 'd experienced since the start of their relationship . |
| 13 | And posing with Bungo the dog , the new minister showed he 's willing to work with both children and animals . |
| 14 | As a result , there are a lot of out-of-work would-be finance directors willing to work for much much less than their previous salaries , not that that appears to have had any effect on those in stable positions . |
| 15 | Hence , considerable numbers of chefesses willing to come over here and work for peanuts just for the experience . |
| 16 | I am prepared to answer at once : ‘ Why Christ , of course , and our love for him which is fed and watered by the prayers of his people in his Church . ’ |
| 17 | He seemed willing to talk about almost anything except the effect his proposed cuts in legal aid eligibility would have on millions of people . |
| 18 | The presentation and graphics are superb , interesting to look at yet still preserving the minimalistic simplicity of the coin-op . |
| 19 | The survey found that 16 per cent had made plans about caring for relatives , and many said they were prepared to help with less demanding tasks such as transport and shopping . |
| 20 | On March 18 Najibullah formally announced for the first time that he was prepared to resign to further the progress of a UN peace plan , the initial aim of which was to establish an interim , all-party government [ see p. 38811 ] . |
| 21 | She knew she was afraid to play after so long and knew too that if she stayed here she would never play again . |
| 22 | And if you 're prepared to part with over £100 , Shine On ( EMI ) by Pink Floyd will make someone very happy with its 8-CD journey through the band 's career . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll tell you something , ’ gabbles Robert enthusiastically , ‘ There 's no-one out there now whose doorstep I 'd be willing to kip on just to get their autograph . |
| 24 | Others have met the IRA before , without result , so it would be unrealistic to hope for too much . |
| 25 | She was afraid to believe in so much happiness all at once . |
| 26 | The ‘ now ’ here instead corresponds to the ‘ now ’ on & alpha Centauri in 4.5 years ' time , because that is how long it takes light to get from here to there . |
| 27 | What if , a month before the game , the Chief Constable had advised that 50 officers would be required in the ground but the Club was willing to pay for only 25 ? |
| 28 | Canny used-car buyers are willing to bid for even high mileage diesels at a time when they are becoming increasingly choosy about other models . |
| 29 | Colleagues , if this government is so blatantly prepared to sell out its own workers in such a public manner , then there will surely be no limit to the steps they will be prepared to take to further reduce union power . |
| 30 | Breakfast , served in the dining room at a large Victorian mahogany table , is prepared to order with locally baked wholemeal bread , farm eggs and home-made marmalade . |