Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] to [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although the hospitality was superb , we were relieved to move to the warmer climate of Vancouver and Vancouver Island . |
| 2 | Nothing could be vaguer or more likely to lead to a greater increase in the powers and competences of the Community than wording of this kind . |
| 3 | It was a prosperous community : going to America was a big step to take , and one that would not be taken by people with prospects at the top of English society unless they were going out to fill a government post , but for anyone else it was likely to lead to a higher standard of living than could reasonably be expected in Britain . |
| 4 | That may be more difficult , but it is ultimately more likely to lead to a cleaner world . |
| 5 | Not only were the sites of their cancer much more significant compared to their ‘ matched ’ counterparts , but they had also arrived at Bristol when their disease was already worse and therefore more likely to lead to an earlier death . |
| 6 | People who had said — during another part of the interview — that they preferred the smallest possible individual instalments turned out to be just as likely to switch to a shorter repayment schedule ( given lower APR and credit costs ) as people who had said they preferred the shortest possible repayment schedule . |
| 7 | Analysis of current fertility by parity , and the responses to attitude surveys , have persuaded official statisticians and some demographers ( OPCS 1989 , Shaw 1989 , Brass 1989 ) that fertility in Britain is likely to return to a higher , if not replacement level . |
| 8 | Most visitors will be glad to return to the friendlier atmosphere of Glen Garry where , rejoining the A.87 , Invergarry and the Great Glen are soon reached . |
| 9 | You will find the speeches scattered like jewels throughout the text , but it is perhaps as well to keep to the simpler ones for your audition piece — those where Romeo and Juliet are directly enthralled by love and the declaration of love to another person . |
| 10 | Companies unwilling to move to the older regions had the option of moving to the new towns . |
| 11 | It is useful to return to the earlier typology of hazards ( Fig. 10.1 ) and to stress the links that might be made between those working on natural hazards and those working in the socio-economic domains . |
| 12 | We all acknoweldge that they provide an important service , especially for the elderly and those less able to get to the larger stores during the week . ’ |
| 13 | Certain local tree species will be unable to adapt to a warmer climate , and Gates suggests that saplings planted now should come from southern European seed stocks . |
| 14 | Extra revenue raised through the tax will be fed back into the economy by reducing other taxes such as VAT and by protecting those least able to adapt to the higher price of energy . |
| 15 | As they were mainly couples who had been married for a number of years and were now able to move to a larger , more expensive home , their children ranged in age between seven and nineteen years . |
| 16 | According to US press reports , the 64-bit bus architecture will be backwards-compatible with AT and EISA boards , but they will not be able to upgrade to the higher performance . |
| 17 | But as a preliminary to an explanation of the statutory pre-emption provisions it is necessary first to refer to a further reform introduced at the same time , i.e . |
| 18 | Water is ill at ease when situated higher than the surrounding ground , almost as if it is impatient to tumble to a lower area . |
| 19 | In academic writings it is probably more common to look to an earlier period as the time when family solidarity was of prime importance . |
| 20 | However , it is not necessary to go to the remoter parts of the world to find examples of such deposits . |