Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very refreshing after listening to two terms of this death-of-the-author stuff . ’ |
| 2 | That occurred although Lord Morison , the Court of Session judge who issued the new decree , made it absolutely clear after listening to all the evidence , that he did not consider any of the allegations made by Mr Vafa 's former wife , or her father , to have been well founded or substantiated . |
| 3 | At the time of the Agadir crisis , he had declared bombastically that it was ‘ high time this insolent clique in Paris should be made once more to feel what a Pomeranian Grenadier can do ’ He edited a book for children , entitled ‘ Germany in Arms ’ , glorifying war , and was fond of speaking to German youth about the forthcoming ‘ happy — cheerful war ’ whatever that meant . |
| 4 | Lawyers in Norway , he suggests , are doing this with regard to legal concepts and linguists have to do the same with regard to linguistic concepts and theories ( ibid . ) . |
| 5 | But though the law is the same , the application of it is , no doubt , different with regard to different kinds of plaintiffs . |
| 6 | But though the law is the same , the application of it is , no doubt , different with regard to different kinds of plaintiffs . |
| 7 | In fact , as Table 5.9 indicates , the situation in 1980 was very different in regard to two tasks for which older people often need assistance — shopping and cutting toe-nails . |
| 8 | He says that approximately 50 Belgacom customers , including the nine other experimenters , are interested in moving to electronic billing this year . |
| 9 | ‘ Fame is the most fascinating subject in the world and I 'm keenly interested in speaking to certain people who 've had fame and then lost it . ’ |
| 10 | Check it ; if someone tells you that the Royal Bank , because of the experiences of the recession , is no longer interested in lending to viable businesses — large or small — he 's wrong . |
| 11 | Oh , when I are you still interested in going to these sales ? |
| 12 | A spokesman for Darlington police said : ‘ We would certainly be interested in talking to this bird when it is returned to its rightful owner . ’ |
| 13 | Balance , blend , and intonation are impeccable , enunciation is clear without resorting to tiresome sibilant/hard-consonant spitting , and everything emerges with an inner vitality which has the notes positively leaping off the page . |
| 14 | Some farmers are likely to achieve this by converting to organic farming . |
| 15 | ‘ He does this by resorting to gorilla-like behaviour , puffing up his chest and appearing expansive , ’ says Dr Trower . |
| 16 | The first topic to be considered is that of selling to industrial/ commercial /public authority purchasers . |
| 17 | And no less a light than Sir George Young actually said that the provision of affordable housing is one of the challenges of the nineties , and we are serious about rising to this challenge . |
| 18 | Responses in experimental tests , such as reacting to one of a range of flashing lights , have been used to study selective attention . |
| 19 | Land-use planning may be used to regulate the number and size of polluting sources within any given area ; low-sulphur fuels may be employed ; continuous control equipment may be installed ( for example , flue gas desulphurization systems ) ; or intermittent control systems may be used , such as switching to low-sulphur fuels during unfavourable meteorological conditions . |
| 20 | ( b ) If the death takes place after 12/11/74 and before the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , any estate duty is to be claimed under the said Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) or ( ii ) , but the duty is payable at CTT rates , any agricultural relief is given on full estate duty terms , there is no timber relief but taper relief can be claimed , and in the case of a surviving spouse the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , can apply ; and the persons accountable for the duty in terms of Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , can pay such as relates to qualifying property by instalments . |
| 21 | We need to find refrigerants that are completely free from chlorine and do not cause other environmental problems such as contributing to global warming . |
| 22 | The practical components of such a response are discussed below but one perspective is crucial with regard to organisational structure ; it should reflect the integrity of relationships and be a vehicle for effective management . |
| 23 | Iraqi forces were debarred from using military aircraft , although it subsequently emerged that this had only been made explicit with regard to fixed-wing aircraft rather than helicopters . |
| 24 | the external design is nevertheless made everywhere to result from the necessities of the interior : the positions of the windows are decided not so much with regard to external effect , as with reference to the rooms they light ; and even the heights of stories will be found to vary in parts to suit internal convenience . |
| 25 | Although only a little more than one-third of the farms grew silage the 820 ha grown was similar in amount to that cut for hay . |
| 26 | It predicted that inflation would rise from 3.3 per cent in 1990 to 4.3 per cent in 1991 before falling to 3.8 per cent by 1992 . |
| 27 | He was to combine letters of the Hebrew words of a text into new combinations which , Abulafia said , produced a sensation that was similar to listening to musical harmonies , the alphabet taking the place of notes on a scale . |
| 28 | Because some twin pairs were concordant with regard to inflammatory bowel disease , and rectal biopsy specimens were not available in some diseased twins , biopsy specimens from six healthy twins were unpaired . |
| 29 | It would have been better if we had had a valuation number from the outset which may well have proved more satisfactory with regards to initial enquiries . |
| 30 | The study included pairs of twins both concordant and discordant with regard to ulcerative colitis or Crohn 's disease . |