Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Market saturation caused a subsequent downturn as working-class wage levels proved too low to enable the market to be extended further . |
| 2 | Using an expert system ( ES ) , it is possible to acquire the knowledge/expertise from experts and make it always available , i.e. to the less skilled servicing personnel . |
| 3 | However , if it is thought that the joint tenancy might be severed ( and there might be good matrimonial or tax planning reasons for this ) it is preferable to include the enlargement of powers as in Precedent 34 for otherwise the trustees of the conveyance may not have power to mortgage or charge the property ( see Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , s8 ) . |
| 4 | Health workers , councillors and union leaders are all due to attend the meeting in Dovercourt on March 22 and they want Dr Davison to attend . |
| 5 | For a little while she 'd almost managed to forget about Marianne. , She should have known the other woman would n't allow that to remain the case for very long . |
| 6 | Because a detailed record of economic activity statuses was collected by the After Redundancy study , it was possible to compare the proportion of time spent by each person since being made redundant in different forms of employment status . |
| 7 | This also means that it is not possible to compare the dissociation from isolated GC sites with that from clusters of such sites which may be stabilised by cooperative interaction . |
| 8 | Rather , if such industrial policy is to be attempted , it seems preferable to diagnose the cause of the market failure and provide a generalized incentive which market decision-makers then take into account when undertaking their professional analysis . |
| 9 | It may be possible to target the liver by interaction with ( for instance ) transferrin receptors , which are abundant in this organ . |
| 10 | But then , as we shall see , it may become possible to rationalize the kind of collusive behaviour which is simply not contemplated in the standard models . |
| 11 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 12 | I believe that you have to be tall to wear the kind of outfits that I do . |
| 13 | If it is assumed that the Earth 's magnetic field was of this form in the past , then it is possible to estimate the position of the magnetic pole for rocks of known ages ( dated by radiometric methods ) by measuring their palaeomagnetism . |
| 14 | Assuming that the proportion of visits done in the sample between 2300 and 0700 can be applied to the whole of Berkshire , it becomes possible to estimate the number of night visits which would have been claimable by using the definition of a night visit which applied before April 1990 . |
| 15 | As the depression began to affect West Coast loadings it soon became clear that it was no longer possible to sustain the level of service provided in the 1974 Glasgow electric timetable . |
| 16 | Conservative candidate Graham Robb says his party is right to promise the sale of Teesside Airport . |
| 17 | Both optimism and pessimism are highly infectious so it is possible to affect the mood of an entire group — just as throwing a stone into the water causes ripples to spread far and wide . |
| 18 | Pinch out the tip of the main shoot when 8–12in tall to promote the formation of side shoots . |
| 19 | On sunny summer days it is possible to enjoy the dancing of the butterflies on the wild flower-rich embankments . |
| 20 | I 've always wanted to get as stoned as quickly as possible to enjoy the evening at the end of a working day . |
| 21 | It is not possible to evade the prohibition of asphyxiating , poisonous and other gases simply by calling the weapons ‘ control agents and herbicides ’ . |
| 22 | However , this ad hoc procedure has not been without its critics , largely because of doubts about whether it is possible to perform the exercise with sufficient precision to arrive at a clear-cut evaluation . |
| 23 | It is hoped that it will be possible to continue the post after the first appointment so that there can be a series of three year appointments but this will be dependant on a review of the financial position . |
| 24 | It should , therefore , be possible to re-introduce the teaching of these subjects to general degree level in the near future . |
| 25 | My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the importance of prevention . |
| 26 | Invited the Home Secretary to ascertain whether it would be possible to draft the title of the Criminal Justice Bill in such a way as to exclude any amendment for the abolition of capital punishment ; |
| 27 | She was not sorry to see the back of Lazar Farm this time . |
| 28 | I SHALL be so sorry to see the end of the florin . |
| 29 | I am sorry to see the number of subscribers fall so vastly short of what appeared to the other volume . |
| 30 | Reg Brealey said yesterday : ‘ I am sorry to see the club in this position . ’ |