Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] and [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if you remember the question that the founding fathers faced was how do you create a government which is strong enough to endure and to defend the nation and defend the country yet a government which is not so strong that it erodes the rights of individuals within it , this is the , the essence of the , the problem of government as , as the founding fathers saw it . |
| 2 | Sponsorship should of course be the icing on the cake , there should be enough in , in competition in regattas and themselves but people are interested enough to go and to support and that sponsorship actually allows you to do things that you would n't have been able to do otherwise . |
| 3 | Now Mr and Mrs Jones believe it is easier not to press and to wait until she falls asleep on the settee before taking her to bed ( usually about 11 pm ) . |
| 4 | The therapist can help such ventilation or expression of emotions by indicating that it is normal and appropriate both to have and to show such feelings . |
| 5 | It will have been gathered from what has gone before that the non-gonococcal infections are considerably less easy both to diagnose and to treat than gonorrhoea itself . |
| 6 | A ship of war with its armament and equipment was costly both to produce and to maintain : even a moderate-sized naval squadron involved a concentration of expensive artillery far larger than that of any field army . |
| 7 | Science is thought of as a subject that is difficult both to teach and to learn . |
| 8 | Science is thought of as a subject that is difficult both to teach and to learn . |
| 9 | The more this develops , the more the service is ‘ disembodied ’ and difficult both to measure and to regulate . |
| 10 | Smokebusters encourages youngsters aged eight to 14 not to smoke and to spread the ‘ do n't smoke , have fun ’ message . |
| 11 | Moreover , in order to establish the significance to be attached to any particular statement , it is necessary both to consider and to understand the context in which it was made . |
| 12 | Photographs can be expensive both to produce and to mail . |
| 13 | At the same time the Bank took the lead in securing regular deposits sufficient both to underwrite and to secure and expand private credit . |
| 14 | The resulting speech is unnatural both to produce and to comprehend . |