Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is also possible to see it as an attempt to formulate the way in which the sliding incompatibility of the two can only be perceived through an ‘ internal distantiation ’ in which the problem of that ‘ relation ’ is enacted by its relation , in the sense of the telling of a story — which is how we get history . |
| 2 | Is it adequate to see it as an accommodation to existing educational structures , as Layton does ? |
| 3 | But do you agree that we should put diplomatic pressure that George Bush should , the Europeans should , Douglas Hurd should , and say look guys whatever you do , if it , though were prepared to recognise you as an independent state , do n't take it out on the Russians ? |
| 4 | It is easier to understand it as an attempt to move away from something already characteristic of the community than as an attempt to move towards some outside idealization ( compare my comments on avoidance of stigma in Chapter 2.6 , above ) . |
| 5 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | Where the value of the intangible asset is at an all-time low , it may be possible to sell it to an IOFC operation and realise a capital loss in the selling location . |
| 7 | It would be incongruous to see her as an influence on later writers who may never have heard of her . |
| 8 | Imagine a sheet of material that contains the dye , cross-hatched to divide it into an array of small squares . |
| 9 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 10 | You may feed safer watching nature at second hand on the television , and would find it hard to rough it in an uncharted forest . |
| 11 | To oblige them to belong to a national group was as likely to imprison them in an identity from which they wanted to escape as to liberate them . |
| 12 | Woolf argues for improvements in prisons , not for their own sake , but because ‘ to treat prisoners in a way which is likely to leave them in an embittered and disaffected state on their release ’ will naturally lead to ‘ a deterioration in the ability of the prisoner to operate effectively and lawfully in society ’ . |
| 13 | And Eleanor was damn lucky to have him as an escort once in a blue moon . |
| 14 | And if we 're offering you your passage home , you and the children , and help in finding your feet once you get there , and a good convent school for the girls , so that they can go straight on with the nuns and wo n't really notice any difference , well , all that 's to be regarded as a loan , which we 're very glad to offer you for an extended period , in the hopes of getting you back among caring people . " |
| 15 | No but you ca n't really I mean that 's what supposed to have it like an actual proper office . |
| 16 | The day her mother was due to put her in an institution Ursula Findlay , a nurse from Gloucestershire visited the ward . |
| 17 | If a particular human is capable of handling the proper aspects of a gadget , which must include mental knowledge of its place in the Machine of Evolution , then it is possible to use it as an aid , but as there are increasing numbers of gadgets being invented and marketed , so the human brain has no time and space to see these in relation to its own life/thought scale because , upon being born , the human is thrown immediately into a multi-armed and legged wrestling match with levers , wires , buttons and switches and fails to grasp the meaning of it all , being occupied totally in rushing to partially master the use of one before the marketeers rush in faster with 10 new gleaming diversions . |
| 18 | Rather than sending the children out when the adults want to talk , it may be that a neighbour could make sure to include them in an outing to give the child time to talk to them . |
| 19 | ‘ It is much more helpful to get it from an eyewitness , than from scribbled notes . ’ |
| 20 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 21 | The following details of courses were sent to us recently but we were unable to include them in an earlier issue . |
| 22 | In the earlier view a work was regarded as a more or less arbitrarily agglomerated collection of defamiliarizing devices , but now it becomes important to see it as an entity , a structure or a system where it is the system which determines what the function of a given device will be , whether it will be foregrounded or automatized . |
| 23 | She obviously had n't expected Jessamy to provide her with an excuse for staying longer at the house . |
| 24 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |
| 25 | This was folded and stored in a paper envelope for nearly a hundred years , and the creases make it very unlikely we shall ever be able to play it on an original machine . |
| 26 | I thought then I 'd be able to use it as an airing cupboard but it still did n't work but it 's like you said it 's because it 's got such a good |
| 27 | Both of these people may be too senior for a discussion on props , but they have the most influence and you might be able to interest them in an idea for future use . |
| 28 | Your son 's teacher should be able to refer him to an educational psychologist who 'll try to find out why he acts as he does , and how he can be helped . |
| 29 | Unless you have established for yourself what your motives are beforehand , you are unlikely to be able to present them in an attractive light to others . |
| 30 | GERARD Depardieu 's latest film , Tous Les Matins Du Monde , tries very hard to be a very worthy movie but unfortunately I am unable to recommend it as an entertaining evening at the cinema . |