Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] a [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry . |
| 2 | It is possible to arrange a sentence in different ways , to emphasise different aspects of the action it describes . |
| 3 | It may be possible to distract a horse in some other way than in giving it food , so that it tolerates being shod . |
| 4 | It would , of course , be possible to establish a setting in which such a sequence of events would be plausible , but , if no such setting is established , the reader will assume a local interpretation in respect of time , place and participants . |
| 5 | The idea that it is normal to find a check in a piano action seems to be the reason for saying either that Stein used a check or that some part of his action functions as a check . |
| 6 | In this case it is wrong to speak of the wording of the trust as being free ; the point is instead that it is possible to construe a trust in order to validate a disposition , for their existence or non-existence is not attested purely by the use or non-use of certain forms . |
| 7 | He no longer accepted determinism and was willing to see a meaning in the words ‘ free will ’ . |
| 8 | Even if they did , I do n't think they 'd be willing to invest a penny in Charlie Trumper . ’ |
| 9 | The price of lead was falling , men were being laid off and John ( along with others ) and with as much grace as they were able to muster , had had to be prepared to accept a reduction in salary . |
| 10 | Clearly , then , one answer to our question of how banks create money is that they do so by increasing their lending , provided that they are prepared to accept a change in their portfolio composition . |
| 11 | Applicants clearly have a better chance of obtaining accommodation quickly if willing to accept a dwelling in one of the main settlements , and this in turn may be detrimental and cause long journeys to work . |
| 12 | They were willing to accept a cut in transitional benefit which would have had the effect of ‘ throwing at least some of those receiving transitional benefit upon public assistance ’ , while Henderson pressed hard for a ‘ premium ’ , a flat deduction of 1s. a week from all unemployment benefits . |
| 13 | As Mann says , this may be acceptable if the only evidence consists of a ‘ one-sided dialogue ’ where the suspect refuses to answer any questions at all , but where some , a significant number perhaps , are answered , it may be highly impracticable to sever a conversation in this way and still expect a jury to make sense of it . |
| 14 | And see whether or not there is basis for an agreement on that because if it is possible to get an agreement on that it is infinitely easier to persuade the government that regulations have to be written which cover all of these issues and cover all of the sectors and that therefore makes it easier to create a situation in which it is not possible for an independent company that wish to ignore the good practice guidelines to simply go ahead and do so . |
| 15 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 16 | There 's no shortage of people willing to play a part in your plans , but it 's up to you to pick and choose carefully . |
| 17 | Another inveterate opponent , William Smeal , still secretary of the Glasgow Emancipation Society , told Chamerovzow that he was willing to organise a meeting in Edinburgh during a peace convention to discuss a movement towards unity in antislavery ranks . |
| 18 | Risky to do a Caesarean in her state of exhaustion , but there 's no option now . ’ |
| 19 | It 's so much easier to leave a child in the hands of a babysitter if you know that he or she will go to bed without fuss . |
| 20 | So this gentleman came and he was i , said would I be prepared to run a fete in aid of Doctor Barnardos Home ? |
| 21 | I was interested to read a letter in the November issue about modern housing estates being regimented and standardised . |
| 22 | Finally , in terms of status situation Lockwood is more willing to concede a deterioration in the position of the clerical workforce . |
| 23 | We believe that it is educationally wrong to teach a subject in isolation without linking it to the outside world . |
| 24 | The does were retained in hessian sacks and I have known some to bite a hole in the sack and escape . |
| 25 | Before the elections dos Santos and Savimbi each announced that , if elected , he was prepared to offer a role in the government to individuals from the defeated side . |
| 26 | He is therefore prepared to countenance a reduction in his real wage so as to stave off the threat of dismissal . |
| 27 | It was not then thought proper to display a microphone in the pulpit so it was disguised as a Bible- — a Bible of curious proportions , delicately mounted on two stubby white pillars . |
| 28 | Scenes like these have lead schools in the Malvern area to invite a group of orphans aged from 10 to 12 to take a break in the English countryside . |
| 29 | It follows that both domestic producers and importers will be prepared to take a reduction in their profit margins in order to retain their market share . |
| 30 | Assuming height to be a benefit the investor is prepared to take a risk in order to get a higher reward . |