Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many in the industry felt it was worth while taking risks on the peak space heating load , by keeping prices sufficiently low to attract in addition such off-peak evening or spring and autumn space heating loads , as well as the cooking and water heating sales . |
| 2 | Investors are so willing to believe in recovery around the corner that they will clutch at false hopes almost indefinitely . |
| 3 | It 's so easy to do in rehearsal and yet , when that moment comes , something happens to your throat . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's usually a lot of tension on movie sets , but on these films it 's so easy to work in unison . |
| 5 | When the product or service being exchanged is complex ( as is the case with health care ) , it is either impossible or extremely costly to specify in advance in a written contract every contingency that might affect the transaction . |
| 6 | Reform ( or ‘ rehabilitation ’ ) is the idea that punishment can reduce the incidence of crime by taking a form which will improve the individual offender 's character or behaviour and make him or her less likely to re-offend in future . |
| 7 | Deutsche Aerospace 's size should make it better able to compete in European and international aerospace projects . |
| 8 | I agree with my hon. Friend that it is extremely important to bear in mind the key significance of the Chamber and the Smoking Room . |
| 9 | While the exact relationship between retirement and ill health was unclear , an association between the two was sufficiently apparent to result in apprehension being experienced by elderly workers and their families . |
| 10 | ‘ That is precisely what is so difficult to achieve in performance . |
| 11 | It may well be the case that the courts feel less inclined to intervene in relation to matters which are purely factual , but the juridical basis of intervention was never premised upon the need to distinguish between law and fact . |
| 12 | It is extremely difficult to say in advance whether or not any particular action or series of actions will be regarded as disorderly conduct . |
| 13 | However , as some women do n't realise that they are pregnant , experience no pain and simply assume that they are having period problems , the condition can be extremely difficult to detect in time . |
| 14 | In the United States the President is elected every four years and , according to the constitution since President Eisenhower , no president is constitutionally eligible to remain in office for more than two successive four-year terms . |
| 15 | But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that . |
| 16 | The Ring of Scotland for his part undertook to pay the Ring of England £20,000 over three years in three instalments , a concession which Mortimer and Isabella must have been especially anxious to procure in view of their financial difficulties , and which Bruce hoped perhaps would sweeten the agreement for the English . |
| 17 | If you 're older , it may be less dispiriting to get in touch with an agency that helps with your sort of job hunting . |
| 18 | On the plus side though , this is a simple-to-use device that is far less bulky , thus less liable to snag in wreckage , than many of its rivals . |
| 19 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 20 | As it is not possible to anticipate in advance all the infinitely variable circumstances which may arise in the future , we feel ourselves , albeit reluctantly , forced to agree to a limited extent with that concession . |
| 21 | Because the reasons against the acceptance of authority vary it is not possible to discover in advance how strong the reasons for acceptance of the authority need be to be sufficient . |
| 22 | And er the subject matter of the , the lecture is ‘ Searching the heart of humanity , to find the common bond ’ , which is of course , it 's , it 's just like my film ‘ Eternity ’ , it 's a huge , you know , it creates a huge expectation , but I 'm not afraid to step in front of people now and , and er you know , present myself and say ‘ well let's ask the big question , let's , let's go for it , so er so it should be quite a lot of fun tomorrow . |
| 23 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 24 | This is because when there is an actionable nuisance the law provides a legal remedy by way of injunction or damages and this it is not prepared to do in respect of every odour found to be annoying or objectionable ; neither would it be practicable especially since odours are notoriously subjective in nature affecting some individuals and not others and causing a variety of symptoms . |
| 25 | Presumably , Lloyds Bank , which Midland spurned in favour of Hongkong , is not prepared to buy in case it fails to win the bid : it still holds a stake in Standard Chartered from a similar unsuccessful venture . |
| 26 | Quite apart from the immediate salary , they are not prepared to stay in position once the development tasks have been completed . |
| 27 | Last night , Bashir Maan , chairman of Strathclyde Community Relations Council , said he was not prepared to comment in detail about the controversy until Mr McNeill had his opportunity to put his case . |
| 28 | Of course , being a boy made it the more difficult , it would not be as easy , but it had begun to seem to her not impossible to keep in touch with Pen wherever he was . |
| 29 | It is not easy to engage in discussion with someone who regards other opinions as no more than symptomatic of the way a bourgeois intellectual thinks under late capitalism . |
| 30 | The solutions to these problems are easily stated , but not easy to implement in practice . |