Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , is it your wish that we would write expressing our concern and would it be possible for us to erm delegate this to Councillor and the Town Clerk , with the Chairman of Planning obviously in n it ? |
| 2 | Many workers are also less prone to pessimism than the historically vulnerably class of Chinese intellectuals . |
| 3 | Other significant phenomena which have emerged from such studies are that simple reversals of the numbers are a common form of error , accurate reproduction is facilitated by deliberate grouping in twos or threes and the ends of a span seem to be less prone to error than the middle . |
| 4 | If hysterectomy does change bowel function it seems likely from our data that the primary problem is in the act of defecation rather than in colonic function , as there was little or no change in stool form yet half the subjects felt they were prone to constipation and a quarter strained with every recorded defecation . |
| 5 | The idea is to strip the HIV virus of six of its nine genes … leaving the three genes which target cells prone to HIV and the gene which controls whether the virus grows . |
| 6 | Lenny Sinken , a lawyer for the Washington-based Christic Institute , wants the mission delayed for 18 months while Nasa studies alternative power sources or arranges for Galileo to leave Earth on an unmanned rocket , less prone to failure than the shuttle . |
| 7 | If your windows are prone to condensation and the mould that builds up , use the Steamatic accessory adaptor to loosen the mould with steam and simply wipe it away . |
| 8 | Family farms were just as prone to emergencies as the larger units , whose labour force normally lived nearby , and their need for ‘ on site ’ housing was every bit as critical . |
| 9 | Heel of the palm : Fast and less prone to injury than a punch . |
| 10 | ‘ The sentence must also make it clear to others that the law will not permit individuals of excellent character , such as yourself , to take the law into their own hands . ’ |
| 11 | The scheme has made it clear to managers that the teaching contracts represent a substantial part of each hospital 's budget , and Dr Pearson says that most managers are now very anxious to work with the medical school to ensure a good service for the students . |
| 12 | Soon after 1600 on Sunday 6 October 1990 a dramatic change in weather conditions led to hurricane-force northerly winds along the east coast of Scotland , and it soon became clear to Coastguards that a number of divers had been caught at sea . |
| 13 | From equation ( 7.13 ) it is clear to agents that the price level appropriate to this money stock is P 2 so that , the economy moves to point C , output reverts to y * ; and prices bear the entire brunt of the increase in the money stock . |
| 14 | It is failing to make it clear to parents that the law gives them full rights to withdraw their children from religious instruction and religious observance . |
| 15 | As they drove out of town , along the quiet roads to the country , it became clear to Juliet that the brandy and soda her father had given him had n't been Nigel 's first drink of the evening . |
| 16 | It became clear to Truman as the months passed that the Soviet government was taking little heed of these threats and that differences over the composition of the Polish and other East European governments , over the fate of Germany and a host of other issues , remained as wide as ever . |
| 17 | It was clear to John that the opportunities in ballet , both for training and performance , were far better in Cape Town than in Johannesburg . |
| 18 | In London , UK ministers called for those responsible for the November killings to be brought to justice but made it clear to Alatas that the UK , the second-largest arms supplier to Indonesia after the USA , would not cut off aid or arms sales . |
| 19 | But Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , made clear to MPs that the Government did not consider that saving mining jobs should be a factor taken into account in giving consents for gas-fired stations . |
| 20 | I 've made it clear to Craig-Dunlop that the family does n't want her life prolonged , for religious reasons . |
| 21 | Compensation , however , is present , for it seems very clear to observation that the subtle side of their awareness is not so blocked , if at all , as in their human counterparts . |
| 22 | But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states . |
| 23 | Indeed it would be absurd if the following two cases were not treated the same : ( 1 ) A has two deposits each of £10,000 , and he assigns one deposit to B and the other to C ; and ( 2 ) A has one deposit of £20,000 , and he assigns one-half to B and the other half to C. |
| 24 | John 's extreme aggression to himself and others was a sign that he was no longer responsive to self-control or the standard of protective control which his family could offer . |
| 25 | New members are welcome at sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays for 12 to 21-years-olds and a girls only session is held on Thursdays . |
| 26 | The service would still be free to patients and the financial transaction would take place between the two authorities . |
| 27 | Sixty-seven per cent of men compared with 42 per cent of women were on state benefit excluding child benefit and retirement pension ( universal to parents and the retired elderly ) ( p=0.013 ) . |
| 28 | 2-1 to Newcastle and the party is almost over . |
| 29 | This is defined by British Standard BS 5283 : 1976 as : the destruction of micro-organisms but not usually bacterial spores ; it does not necessarily kill all micro-organisms but reduces them to a level which is neither harmful to health nor the quality of perishable foods . |
| 30 | Discrimination and neglect has meant that the design of goods for older people remains a much neglected field , and questions about ease of access , the positioning of buttons and so on , have been much less interesting to designers than the aesthetic judgement . |