Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the first evening 16–17,000 men had already been mustered on Haldon Hill and other reinforcements , including 7000 tin-workers from Cornwall , were on their way , but the Lord Lieutenant of the county , the Earl of Bath , who arrived to take command , was an experienced regular officer and was not prepared to risk sending the militia against Louis XIV 's troops . |
| 2 | Whatever the result turned out to be , I would need sustenance , ( the Eccles cakes being something of a long shot ) , and that meant being prepared to risk leaving the Shell for a lightning raid into Pigeon Alley . |
| 3 | They say they are willing to continue using the Skerne Park routes for a trial period while the speed humps are introduced . |
| 4 | Plaster up to the arch , being careful to avoid staining the brick . |
| 5 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 6 | Earlier this year , the then Corporate Affairs Minister John Redwood indicated that the DTI was prepared to consider relaxing the audit requirements for very small companies . |
| 7 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 8 | Sandys ' friendly reception in Washington , and the Thor offer , confirmed suggestions , gleaned through diplomatic channels , that the Americans were as anxious as the British to start healing the wounds of Suez . |
| 9 | But they are willing to consider investigating the possibility of ‘ speculating to accumulate ’ . |
| 10 | Reid ) is prepared to stop rubbishing the plant and its work force ? |
| 11 | There can be a danger point , however , when the use of credit gets out of control , and unfortunately , with all the variety of credit available , it is sometimes too easy to avoid recognising the danger until it is acute . |
| 12 | There can be a danger point , however , when the use of credit gets out of control , and unfortunately , with all the variety of credit available , it is sometimes too easy to avoid recognising the danger until it is acute . |
| 13 | The trouble is that Crawford plays a foredoomed loser , and a lot of people find him far too likeable ; they think it a bit rotten to keep having the laugh on him . ’ |
| 14 | Whitehall officials are putting their usual brave face on the prospect that , against British objections , a version of the Social Charter will be agreed and an inter-governmental conference arranged for late 1990 or early 1991 to consider amending the Treaty of Rome in the direction of a single central bank and currency . |
| 15 | We 're prepared to cordon off our section if you see fit to continue admitting the public . |
| 16 | The landlord was glad to leave preparing the room to Auntie Hetty and Philippa , and it meant they could pop in and out during the week bringing now the cake stand , now extra vases for flowers . |
| 17 | This is a bit of a mouthful , but it provides a systematic way of describing relationships as positive or negative ; it reminds us , for example , whether young people are more or less likely to contemplate breaking the law . |
| 18 | The original effect of being rich in figure 13.2 ( +0.144 ) was spuriously high ; it was a product of the fact that young people are more likely to be rich and young people are also more likely to contemplate breaking the law . |
| 19 | If confirmed , these outcomes are likely to make fundholding the norm provided that the Treasury continues to allow health ministers this method of resource management . |
| 20 | In a 1985 case , however , the High Court granted an injunction against a health authority which was unwilling to continue employing the plaintiff , despite regarding him as a competent worker , because of his personality clash with a more senior colleague . |
| 21 | PITTENCRIEF , which allowed a £3.9m bid for oil minnow AmBrit International to lapse following the arrival of a higher bid earlier this year , is considering demerging its oil and gas interests . |
| 22 | ‘ On that basis the Council has concluded that it is reasonable to start paying the grant again . |
| 23 | The realisation that it was important to defend democracy , and that it was difficult to dodge the Labour Party , forced many to consider transforming the constitution of the party so that the leadership in Parliament was more accountable to the party outside . |
| 24 | This drove Norman to consider putting the reputation and earning power which he had developed for the company to his own use , and in 1982 he formed Norman Resources Limited . |
| 25 | Head teacher Dr Aline Black said the governors were right to consider seeking the views of parents , since the situation had changed dramatically in the past year . |
| 26 | If they want to take the opportunity to erm move to Newcastle , to be near their relatives , they 'll have that choice as well , and it 's if we have to make difficult choices of this kind , then it 's more — I 'm sorry to keep using the word logical , but it is — it 's logical to choose this one than to choose one of the remoter homes in the county that serves a local populace where there is no alternative . |
| 27 | The revised Defence plan , with its greatly reduced demands on manpower and its emphasis on highly trained mobile forces , now makes it possible to contemplate putting the Services on to an all-regular basis ; and the Government will endeavour to bring about this change as soon as practicable . |
| 28 | Cars can not , therefore , be hired by tourists and the Governor will be able to enjoy nosing the Daimler gently along the island 's roads amid a sea of obese Americans on mopeds . |
| 29 | Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force . |
| 30 | The facts are all on the record , but the British government seems happy to continue financing the Wrexham factory to produce millions of video-cassettes a year without an apparent legitimate market . |