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

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1 How refreshing to see pages of letters last month ; plenty of scope for further correspondence , to which I wish to contribute as follows .
2 Also , it will be possible to transmit instructions concerning money .
3 Thus it should be possible to monitor changes in admission practices , to understand the mechanisms of change during medical education and beyond , and to provide long-term validation data for the process of selection itself .
4 The talks were due to include discussions of measures to reduce tension between the two states and to promote bilateral exchanges .
5 If the speech sounds ‘ boxy ’ or ‘ boomy ’ , this will be due to sound reflections off walls and other surfaces .
6 A more exciting spin-off still is that by feeding the digitised information into a computer-guided lathe it is possible to carve reproductions of sculptures in a variety of materials , such as wood , plaster , glass or stone .
7 It is therefore possible to see movements in interest rates in the money markets as a whole in advance of changes led by the Bank of England .
8 The company is due to meet analysts on Friday .
9 has got to remember that a duty was put upon the County Councils of Great Britain in nineteen sixty eight to provide sites for gipsies , and here were are in nineteen ninety one — that 's damn near thirty years further on , and we 're still looking for sites to get the county designated .
10 It must be possible to write sections of text to external files without change to the original and to insert text from external sources at any desired position .
11 The decision came days before the Bush administration was due to impose sanctions against Japan for its commercial exploitation of the turtle .
12 Still , it is sometimes possible to infer alterations over time , and one direct conclusion that can be drawn is that part , at least , of landlords ' rationale was economic : within a situation affected by such non-economic factors as pious donations , landlords organised estates and renders to maximise resources .
13 It is possible to provide examples of policy patterns ( such as provision for the disabled ) varying considerably across the country .
14 It is in fact possible to find passages in Dame Sirith which may again recognize , and irreverently exploit , a knowledge that such was a possible presentation of this tale .
15 For what it is worth , I think he may be right because it is possible to find objects in space from remembered information .
16 It is normal to request respondents to advertisements whether they telephone or write , to :
17 The validity of official statistics on suicide has often been questioned ; some critics have claimed that different national suicide rates reflect the extent to which coroners in those countries are prepared to categorize deaths as suicide , rather than real national differences in propensity to suicide .
18 Senior officers say more and more criminals are prepared to carry firearms in cash raids .
19 Armies so non-national and drawn so largely from the lowest strata of the social pyramid were prone to lose men by desertion .
20 The fear now is that banks will start to compete by driving commission rates lower and lower until they are prepared to arrange issues at break-even or worse .
21 The group — which intends to donate all proceeds to Cancer Research , the MacMillan Nurses and the Special Baby Care Unit — is looking for sponsors , and are more than willing to wear sweatshirts with logos on them .
22 Perhaps he was being absurdly English to treat girls like Cora-Beth as precious pieces of china not to be touched .
23 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what impact recent changes to the conditions of special constables have had on recruiting ; and what plans he has further to increase numbers of specials .
24 Since it is one of the most natural of all pleasures , the Church should not be afraid to provide opportunities for enjoyment of it in worship .
25 It was clearly going to be easier to obtain tickets in South Africa .
26 The Department pledges its support to staff who work within the spirit of the Guidelines set out in this document , and will make it clear that as a Department we are not prepared to accept threats of intimidation and violence from that small number of clients who use such methods to manipulate their social environment or evade responsibility for their behaviour .
27 Trial conduct : Supplier 's staff should be prepared to accept restrictions on access during the trial to prevent distortion and for planned visits to be controlled to cover specific aspects previously agreed .
28 Therefore programme planners should be prepared to provide links to modules in other areas of the catalogue .
29 The software publisher will prefer to grant a licence because he will want to retain the copyright in the software and be free to grant licences to others .
30 Trotsky 's final expulsion from the Soviet Union had left him free to encourage groups of supporters elsewhere , though his main concern remained the policies of the Soviet state and Party .
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