Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | direct aids only where essential to bring about specific objectives ; and |
| 2 | Obviously some models will move further than others , and the average roll is 7 , so you have to do slightly better than average to hit your target . |
| 3 | The Skin Tonique comes in its own compact and stylish vanity case and would normally cost £19.95 but we have no less than TWELVE to give away ! |
| 4 | Though not strictly competitive , the selection of schools inevitably involves comparisons according to a range of formal and informal criteria , and since funds have until recently always been less than sufficient to serve all deserving cases , an element of competition is inescapable . |
| 5 | is to be indicated , especially if inclined to get worse after midnight or in the morning hours , and the less it is likely Spongia will be the remedy . |
| 6 | So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so . |
| 7 | Another major enemy said , with ostentatious sadness , that he feared once the public decided a Prime Minister was not up to the job , he 'd find it all but impossible to eradicate that impression . |
| 8 | The truth of the matter is that it 's difficult enough to see the difference between a 32k colour rendition of a picture and a 24 bit one ( 16 million colours ) , so it 's all but impossible to see any difference between a 32k and a 64k colour image . |
| 9 | Their epoxy , Kevlar , carbon and foam construction is virtually bullet-proof ; it floats and is all but impossible to dispose of . |
| 10 | ‘ Look — ’ now she was finding it all but impossible to get back to her feet , and the embarrassment of having him witness her futile struggles was fast becoming unbearable ‘ — I 'm quite happy just to potter about by myself here ; you really do n't have to hang around me . ’ |
| 11 | The recent fixed-rate mortgage offers , such as those from the Halifax ( fixed rate at 10.80% for five years ) and National Westminster Bank ( 10.95% for two years ) may look attractive if one was paying 15.75% in 1989 and found it all but impossible to make ends meet . |
| 12 | In Britain a party 's first-category candidates somehow find themselves adopted for seats they are all but certain to win , second-category candidates for marginals and third-category candidates for seats they have no hope of winning . |
| 13 | The Ministry of propaganda did what it could to play down such disasters and tried for as long as possible to preserve the illusion that they were not important , but Fascism now began to lose a lot of its popular support . |
| 14 | Cavity treatment should be delayed for as long as possible to allow the injected solution to remain in contact with blood and other body fluids and care to avoid spillage should be exercised when carrying out drainage . |
| 15 | It 's thought the pilots stayed in the plane as long as possible to steer it away from a row of houses . |
| 16 | The level of the basic retirement pension is such that those who rely on it must either live a frugal existence ( Holman , 1986 ) , take part time jobs for as long as possible to make ends meet or claim income support . |
| 17 | To hold weekly Union meetings for as long as necessary to monitor the progress of the campaign . |
| 18 | The Queen 's quiet and consistently efficient carrying out of her royal duties is not perhaps as easy to relate to as the more relaxed and smiling image of the ‘ Queen Mum ’ . |
| 19 | It is perhaps as well to remember at the outset that the main injury in this particular case was a hip injury which , if it had occurred to a younger man , would have produced an arthrodesis operation . |
| 20 | You will find the speeches scattered like jewels throughout the text , but it is perhaps as well to keep to the simpler ones for your audition piece — those where Romeo and Juliet are directly enthralled by love and the declaration of love to another person . |
| 21 | ( It is perhaps as well to make clear that these systems are not necessarily amenable to introspection . ) |
| 22 | The other committees are convened only when necessary to conduct the special business for which they are appointed . |
| 23 | They are generally operated on a fixed cycle , so that , when a known volume of water has passed through the plant , a valve is turned so as first to backwash the bed to cleanse the zeolite , and then to pass in brine for a fixed time to regenerate the material . |
| 24 | It is in this future that perhaps partnerships can be seen for what they are , a new kind of relationship in which power is shared rather than used to fight others . |
| 25 | Zurich is an essential part of one of the regions inviting exploration , north Switzerland , which tourists are inclined to pass through with no more than an approving nod , rather than lingering to find out . |
| 26 | In some ways he was a throw-back to another era when golfers swung the golf club rather than tried to hit the ball with as much power as they could command . |
| 27 | In the late twentieth century artists working in performance pose difficulties for the critic , though some observers find it refreshing rather than troublesome to consider work beyond the easel picture and the individual sculpture . |
| 28 | When recounting this incident in his published memoirs Lehmann added , ‘ But in later years these demonstrations became painful rather than exhilarating to take part in . ’ |
| 29 | Now France was regarded with suspicion but not feared , and her Emperor forced to seek co-operation rather than able to impose his will . |
| 30 | Indeed , in the final I had the strange sensation of feeling privileged to be running with him rather than determined to try to beat him . |