Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ‘ thin-soiled ’ Attica ( Thuc. i.2 ) the olive was unusually important : its deep roots could penetrate the subsoil and get into the rocks , enabling the tree to thrive where other plants could not . |
| 2 | These openings can be found by ramblers who prefer daylight to darkness and , like me , like to wander in search of them , but the black labyrinth to which they lead , the complex network below ground , is reserved exclusively for those experienced in subterranean travel , hardy adventurers who risk rockfalls and flooding to satisfy an insatiable curiosity to go where few men have been before , to see what few men have seen before . |
| 3 | If characters are printed separately , it is relatively simple to find where one character finishes and the next one begins . |
| 4 | lone mothers were less likely to work than married mothers 42 per cent compared with 54 per cent ; |
| 5 | Lone mothers are less likely to work than married mothers . |
| 6 | The evidence suggests that lone fathers are more likely to work than lone mothers ; indeed their working hours are similar to those of fathers in two parent families . |
| 7 | So it seems unlikely that closed class items were more difficult to retrieve than open class items . |
| 8 | Both types of handwritten text are more difficult to process than machine-printed text due to their greater variability . |
| 9 | Because the truth was that this evidence of care and tenderness was harder to bear than any neglect , for it threw into question the whole basis of their lives together . |
| 10 | Alternatively , there are often many puppies to choose from , and these will be much easier to train than older animals , as bad habits will not yet be ingrained . |
| 11 | The implementation of local management of schools , the national curriculum , appraisal and the need for marketing all impose demands upon institutions which will be impossible to meet if existing structures are retained . |
| 12 | OEM customers , including Dell Computer Corp , AST Research Inc , Compaq Computer Corp , CompuAdd Corp and Toshiba Corp are breathing sighs of relief , but said they were unwilling to comment until final copies are delivered . |
| 13 | As it was difficult to know if one artefact or site was earlier or later than another , there was rarely any way of even estimating the time that had elapsed between the occupation of different sites , or parts of the same site . |
| 14 | The district officer wanted to know if suitable precautions had been taken to avoid the elephants . |
| 15 | I would be fascinated to know if these yards of generally disagreeable reviews will in fact sell copies . |
| 16 | It is also important for the teacher to know if any treatment is being given , such as eye drops , whether exercises have been prescribed and if there is any restriction on physical activities such as diving or lifting heavy weights . |
| 17 | Dad wants to know if those scales have come . |
| 18 | The post had n't come when he left , and he wanted to know if some proofs had arrived . ’ |
| 19 | It is impossible to know if this story is true since the police have no record of the event . |
| 20 | The worst thing was that the tape was on metal spools and the resulting damage was not a complete wipe : there were still tantalising fragments of the recording left where the tape had been under the metal ‘ spokes ’ of the reel , I would be interested to know if this legend is true . |
| 21 | I just want to know if fat people were fatter then . |
| 22 | ‘ Region 's firms set to suffer if stricken shipbuilder shuts ’ |
| 23 | Whereas a glider on the upwind side of the launch line may be out of danger , it is not safe to launch until any glider on the down wind side of the cable run has been moved . |
| 24 | Mr Coates 's replacement , Jonathan Davie , thinks that , in Britain , the firm is well placed to benefit if share-trading volumes continue at the pace of the first quarter of this year . |
| 25 | It is appropriate to try to discover if such institutions were ever actually the way they had been previously presented by a scholarship interested ( even if it did not declare its interest ) in constructing its own version of the past to answer its own preoccupations . |
| 26 | In this paper the results of this large programme and other reported series are reviewed to discover if colonoscopic surveillance works . |
| 27 | To discover if HGT-1 cells have additional properties found in parietal cells , [ 3 H ] omeprazole and patch clamp recording techniques were used to evaluate specific omeprazole binding sites and K channels in the plasma membrane . |
| 28 | The quest to discover if British POWs are still alive in Siberian camps . |
| 29 | There has been no systematic study , however , to discover if this assumption is correct . |
| 30 | It may be wondered both whether it is actually open to a group of Member States to enter into an agreement on a matter which would appear to fall within Community competence ( at least if Maastricht comes into force ) and how far this is an indicator of things to come if some Member States do not ratify the Maastricht Treaty . |