Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is interesting to see that some developments in reading instruction are stressing the need to help pupils cope with text organisational problems .
2 It will be interesting to see whether these objectives are attained .
3 Personally , I would not object to payment but it would be interesting to see if all users would contribute .
4 Patrick had been interested to see that all traces of the damage the insurgents had wrought in the Green — the trenches they had dug , the trees they had felled — had vanished , and the only evidence of the 1916 Rising were the bullet holes in the stonework of the hotel where the rebels had fired on the British troops positioned on the roof and in some of the upper rooms .
5 In the face of such evidence it was a little difficult for at least some of the non-poor to accept that such conditions should continue and that free enterprise could bring them to an end largely unassisted .
6 We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route .
7 It would , however , be totally wrong to assume that all apparitions are angels on assignment .
8 This makes them very unpleasant to use and some residents will prefer not to .
9 Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way .
10 However , given current UK time costs , it is unrealistic to believe that many listeners will hear a given commercial many times .
11 Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved .
12 Nevertheless , despite this classic defence of the traditional liberal position of the Home Office , the Secretary of State was prepared to examine whether several aspects of the problem which worried the police could be dealt with piecemeal .
13 At best , the vendor may be willing to warrant that such forecasts and opinions are reasonable .
14 We must be prepared to adapt as some industries and occupations expand and others contract .
15 2 To show that these products are up to date and invaluable to the modern man or woman .
16 The subjects were corn plants , and it is interesting to note that these plants have a natural variability in leaf area of nearly 10% , which can be increased by errors introduced by the measurement technique employed .
17 It is interesting to note that some phonologists of the 1950s and 1960s felt it necessary to invent a ‘ phoneme ’ of juncture in order to be able to transcribe minimal pairs like ‘ grey tape ’ / ‘ great ape ’ unambiguously without having to refer to grammatical boundaries ; see for example Trager and Smith ( 1951 ) .
18 Although her views are still regarded as highly eccentric outside reactionary conservative and fascist circles , it is interesting to note that some historians now argue that secret societies like the IRA and the Mafia have indeed played a significant role in world events , and that the Illuminati conspiracy in the 1780s was truly a model for future revolutionary organization .
19 It is interesting to note that some Branches were expected to open from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. without even having arrangements in place for Lunch-time Opening .
20 Neither do I think it altogether heretical to wonder whether some diseases attributed to evil spirits may not have been forms of mental illness .
21 And he was delighted to find that these forerunners of pop journalism had used the same skills as those on which he prided himself to stamp events into the nation 's consciousness .
22 Although such behaviour corresponds closely to the descriptions of other feral children , it is impossible to know whether these children might have developed similar patterns of behaviour even if brought up in greater contact with people , and it has been suggested that feral children might have been abandoned by their parents because of their behaviour problems .
23 It is easy to assume that such skills will be picked up incidentally , as they will usually be by fully sighted children , who often copy what they see other children doing , especially if a teacher 's directions are unclear to them .
24 Pencilfish are less easy to breed than many tropicals and the fry can be difficult to rear .
25 It would be easy to believe that both churches were imposed on the French as a punishment .
26 Then there were great men , the king 's trusted advisers : men with much to teach and many ways of helping William .
27 It is a terrible indictment of 1991 to think that such events could happen today in Europe .
28 It is too early to say whether these increases in process costs will be offset by other efficiency gains .
29 It is also quite untrue to say that any foreigners obtained land .
30 Er partly because it 's completely impractical to suggest that all patients should have an expensive er video flow study .
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