Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] in the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the economy predicted to be on the upturn it is perhaps the right time for Allied to invest in the Firkin chain and cash in early on the next consumer boom . |
| 2 | In the meantime all those due to appear in the FA Cup third round in the New Year have received a letter from Lancaster Gate reminding them that the FA has the power to throw them out of the competition if their players become involved in mass brawls . |
| 3 | Stig was due to lead in the Finnmårrks Løpet , Europe 's longest sledge dog race . |
| 4 | Due to participate in the Shepway Airshow , held on the seafront at Folkestone , the P–38 is reported to have belly-landed at Lydd , blocking the main runway for a time , until the aircraft was lifted up , the undercarriage released , and it was towed into a hangar for the night . |
| 5 | Bracknell Bees look set to stay in the Heineken Premier Division and Fife Flyers are likely to be relegated . |
| 6 | Throughout the first part of the ballet the ear is struck not only by the warmth but also the transparency of the recording , something not easy to achieve in the Boston acoustic . |
| 7 | A number of different synfuel projects are likely to continue in the US including shale , coal , gas , coal liquids , alcohol and very heavy oil . |
| 8 | On the other hand , Mrs Thatcher was wont to see in the Delors Charter the kind of creeping state socialism and patronage of the trade unions which she hoped to have dispelled in Britain itself . |
| 9 | The sea-monster became , in the hands of Greek sculptors and vase painters , a composite creature based on the dolphins , whales and tunny they were accustomed to see in the Mediterranean , and to which the general term ketos ( great fish ) was applied . |
| 10 | This road takes you through what I would say was the most savage landscape you are likely to see in the Pyrenees without actually setting off into the mountains on foot , a valley which has rocks where other valleys have trees . |
| 11 | Maori children were significantly more likely to live in the North Island , ( χ 2 =100 , df=4 , p<0.001 ) , have lower socioeconomic status ( χ 2 =133 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , have an unmarried mother ( χ 2 =247 , df=1 , p<0.001 ) , have a mother who had left school young ( χ 2 =78 , df=2 , p<0.001 ) , and have a mother young at the birth of the infant ( χ 2 =130 , df=3 , p<0.001 ) ( table I ) . |
| 12 | Oliver Sherwood 's MIDNIGHT STORM ( 12.45 ) should be hard to beat in the Concord Business Park Novice Chase at Uttoxeter . |
| 13 | These are as comprehensive an update as you are likely to get in the UK . |
| 14 | This , in theory , is what was supposed to happen in the United Kingdom as regards what are called the ‘ Cinderella services ’ . |
| 15 | OVER THE NEXT DECADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES are likely to occur in the UK and Export beer markets which will pose particular challenges to Guinness Brewing GB . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , removing this many cells at the bedside seems to be hard to achieve in the NHS . |
| 17 | Kingswell Limo , Duagh Colours and Skelligs March are three to follow in the Wey Plastics Puppy Derby semis at Wimbledon on Tuesday . |
| 18 | These are quite legal to buy in the States , but the Highway Patrol takes a particularly dim view of their use . |
| 19 | ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ I think to preserve the rainforest it would be better to begin in the Andes . |
| 20 | Not only would she be able to stand in the Commons bar and glare at Conservatives who betrayed her during the leadership contest , thus putting them off their ill-earned whiskies , but chastise those responsible for mishandling the Tory campaign . |
| 21 | I shall seek to show clearly where the hon. Gentleman went wrong on public expenditure and how other nations , which are much more balanced , have been able to develop their real economies , their manufacturing bases and their wealth-creating processes so much more effectively than we have been able to do in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | Editor , — J Michael Dixon postulates that most dental surgeons previously had both NHS and private patients and would thus have been able to act in the Robin Hood pattern that some of us remember general practitioners adopting before the introduction of the NHS . |
| 23 | IBM has yet to say when the new operating system will ship , but users will be able to tie in the PowerPC , providing a single operating system from the desktop through departmental servers to highly-parallel enterprise servers . |
| 24 | Fraser-Smith was a vigorous defender of the tribe 's right to live in the Serengeti national park , but deplored the moran system and worked hard in the face of what he repeatedly referred to as their ‘ stultifying conservatism ’ to make the Masai appreciate the benefits of modern ranching . |
| 25 | He was educated at Taunton School , Somerset , but left before he was seventeen to work in the Lancashire County Police as a boy clerk in Wigan . |
| 26 | We were proud to participate in the CCPR Wembley Festivals of Movement and Dance in 1955 , 1958 and 1963 , which some of you will remember , and so it was with particular pleasure we accepted the invitation to join in the celebrations to be held on 20th April at the Royal Albert Hall . |
| 27 | Local income taxes might be thought capable of performing better against the criterion of equity , but it was argued that they would be difficult to administer in the UK , for the reasons outlined by Kay and King ( 1986 ) . |
| 28 | Yet despite his victories , Torrance is not eligible to play in the US Open next week , nor is he exempt for next month 's British Open at Sandwich . |
| 29 | Personal cheques drawn on overseas banks are generally difficult to negotiate in the UK and , even if accepted , it may be many weeks before the funds can be drawn . |
| 30 | Personal cheques drawn on overseas banks are generally difficult to negotiate in the UK and , even if accepted , it may well be many weeks before the funds can be drawn . |