Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] in [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , but , if he was willing to drive in his spare ta time , he would have his name down surely ? |
| 2 | The right hon. Gentleman also knows that we have provided more additional resources in this Parliament than he was even prepared to promise in his last election manifesto . |
| 3 | Goff and Reasons , after analysing the period 1952–72 , came to the same conclusion : ‘ the Combines Branch has centred its attentions upon the investigations , prosecutions , and conviction of small-medium-sized companies and corporations , leaving the very largest corporations free to engage in their monopolistic practices ’ ( 1978 : 86 ) . |
| 4 | Whereas in hierarchically structured societies consumption of the most sought after goods was restricted to a relatively small class , in more democratic ones the mass of the population , no longer confined to the vicarious enjoyment of precious substances , was free to engage in their active consumption , unimpeded by sumptuary regulation , social disapproval or economic disability . |
| 5 | Well it 's just erm ah I do n't know , I mean there 's there 's certain things I mean , it it 's like this maths I mean , I I spoke to her erm and she said yes Lee had come on and everything in his maths and I said we the thing is , I said , knowing Lee has difficulty in in th l in the high level maths , yes you do n't want to drop him , but surely I said I 'm willing to help in my spare time , Lee 's willing to do it and I said ca n't you show Lee I said I 'm not I was n't trying to tell her |
| 6 | The stress , arousal , motor activity and so on inevitably associated with learning themselves result in biochemical and physiological changes in the brain at the same time as the animal is learning , and they are all important and interesting to study in their own right . |
| 7 | Primarily , I greatly respected the culture and customs of the people and , as a western woman , although free to dress in my own cultural fashion , I dressed respectfully for an Islamic country and covered my hair , arms and legs and wore loose fitting clothes , so I felt comfortable drawing and was protected from the heat of the sun . |
| 8 | erm I think it 's really encouraged by the fact that the erm gipsy sites which one sees around the County at the present moment because there is very little control over them , are most unsightly and do considerable damage to the countryside , and people do not wish this to happen in their own area . |
| 9 | It is a special occasion as it coincides with a lovely Flower Celebration and we have Canon Harney to thank very much for allowing this to happen in our lovely Cathedral . |
| 10 | Delighted to find in her Venetian exile someone else who had spent the war in London , Julia sat down beside Mrs Suvarov . |
| 11 | I am pleased to see the porpoise , because they too have been affected by the general shortage of food recently , and have not been easy to find in their usual haunts . |
| 12 | This location is almost impossible to reach in anything less than a Jeep . |
| 13 | At this point it becomes impossible to determine in what exact sequence events happen but essentially computer memory dropped below $1,000 for a megabyte which allowed a complete page of A4 paper to be created in memory at 300 dots per inch . |
| 14 | Impossible to live in his own house as things were . |
| 15 | With a painter father and a musician mother , it might not have been easy to decide in which artistic direction to steer the young Sylvestra . |
| 16 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 17 | After the death of Chilperic and the revolt of Gundovald in 584 , Guntram recognized his nephew as being fit to rule in his own name , but even this did not ensure consistently good relations between the two kings , not least because of differences of opinion over control of certain cities , and because of the ramifications of the Gundovald affair . |
| 18 | Macaulay , like Baptist Noel earlier in the meeting , consciously took upon himself the mantle of a new generation ‘ who , although they have not contributed to your past success , are ambitious to participate in your future labours … the good cause shall not therefore want fresh champions , nor , if it must be so , fresh martyrs ’ . |
| 19 | A third kind of analysis conceives some sections of the middle class ( technicians , managers , engineers , professional employees in the public service and in private industry ) either as constituting an important part of a ‘ new working class ’ which is likely to participate in its own way in a refashioned socialist movement ( Mallet , 1975 ) , or as forming one element — alongside the old industrial working class — in a new class , which is becoming involved in a new type of struggle , directed against those who control the institutions of economic and political decision making , and who reduce it to a condition , not of misery or oppression , but of restricted and dependent participation in the major public affairs of society ( Touraine , 1971a ) . |
| 20 | Aragorn sings his song of Beren and Lúthien some fifty pages earlier with a certain reluctance , explaining that it is ‘ in the mode that is called ann-thennath among the Elves , but is hard to render in our Common Speech , and this is but a rough echo of it ’ . |
| 21 | People are much less likely to vote in their own interests , much less likely to vote in their class interests if other people know how they 're voting . |
| 22 | 1973 ) found that those with a daughter or daughters were more likely to die in their own homes than those with just a son or sons . |
| 23 | The manorial style was what Robert Forbes had been accustomed to portray in his early days in Hollywood , when Paramount had tagged him ‘ the young Ronald Colman ’ and cast him in half a dozen minor heroic roles with reasonable success . |
| 24 | In practice the widowed of any age were much more likely to stay in their own homes than to move to find support . |
| 25 | This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming a conclusion or deduction , e.g. ‘ she left at 8 o'clock , so she must have arrived by now ’ ; when ‘ must ’ is used in this way , it is rather less likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in its more familiar sense of ‘ obligation ’ . |
| 26 | You are welcome to browse in our main showroom , and select any number of designs from our own ‘ PRINT TO ORDER ’ fabrics and silks , and from other major manufacturers . |
| 27 | He replied that it was because in his youth there was little to do in their spare time except read and study . |
| 28 | Practical PC recently received a heart-rending letter from a reader and while it was already too late to help in her particular case it is worth going over her story to prevent others from falling into the same trap . |
| 29 | It has been encouraging to read in your last two issues constructive recognition by Pilot readers and by you , the editor , that GA noise is an issue which needs to be addressed , both for the sake of those exposed to it , and for the long-term health of light aviation . |
| 30 | Far better to relax in your favourite armchair , enjoy a drink with your husband ( or wife ) and talk through today 's problems than escape with a mate for endless rounds of gin and tonic . |