Example sentences of "[prep] [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Links between subjects may be sought for to enable a thematic approach or topic work to continue . |
| 2 | Ehret 's enthusiasm over rare blooms was such as to prompt a daily walk from Chelsea to Parsons Green to watch the progress of Magnolia grandiflora in Sir Charles Wager 's garden . |
| 3 | If used as total flooding agents , however , they can be extremely effective , but the toxicity of bulk carbon dioxide , and to a lesser extent , the halons , is such as to demand a gas-tight enclosure for the storage , if danger to adjacent life is to be avoided . |
| 4 | In Attorney General v Squire , it was held that obnoxious odours from pigs kept by the defendants , and arising from the number of animals , the place in which they were kept , and the food with which they were fed , were such as to create a public nuisance , and in Attorney General v Cole and Son noxious gases created by the defendant carrying on the trade of fat-melter were also held to be a public nuisance despite the fact that the defendant had carried on his trade , in a proper manner and in the same way for 30 years . |
| 5 | The only role of the Labour party is to stir up any bad news that it can get hold of to give a bad image of Wales . |
| 6 | Head the left-hand column ‘ reasons for ’ and write down all the reasons you can think of to follow a particular choice . |
| 7 | Britain , a few years ago , denied extradition to Italy of a convicted terrorist , saying piously that ‘ his personal conduct ’ was not ‘ such as to constitute a present threat to one of the fundamental interests of society ’ . |
| 8 | A great critic may evoke what it was like to attend a historic performance , but only a genius can provide an equivalent emotional experience . |
| 9 | The pity is that they are missing so much ; for instance , they will never know what it is like to fish a small stream , or any river except perhaps a sluggish canal-like one . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've almost forgotten what it 's like to live a normal life , ’ she said drily . |
| 11 | Susan made an effort to imagine what it would be like to live a settled life with a partner she saw every day . |
| 12 | Not gaining weight could mean you 're not meeting the increased dietary needs of pregnancy , the risk being that you are more like to have a low birthweight baby . |
| 13 | What must it be like to have a substantial body of work behind you and yet have the creeping sense that you are being remembered only as a bore in Under the Volcano , as the inventor of a word about Greene , and as the friend of Lowry , of Orwell , of Patrick Hamilton ( himself , something of a forgotten figure ) ? |
| 14 | There are a variety of paths around the reserve as well as local bridleways and footpaths you can link up with to make a longer walk . |
| 15 | There are plenty of bars and restaurants to choose from to enjoy a cool beer in . |
| 16 | Treaties are called upon to perform a wide variety of functions corresponding to distinct transactions in municipal law . |
| 17 | el-Kefevi of the early sources even places him in Edirne , writing that he was appointed by Murad II to one of the Uc Serefeli medreses there in 855/1451 It is only right to emphasize , however , that negative evidence of this sort the fact that an appointment is not mentioned-is not a wholly dependable guide when dealing with the since it can by no means be relied upon to provide a complete account of a scholar 's career . |
| 18 | Ladies and gentlemen , let me myself hazard a guess as to the answer , for such a gentleman capable of the levels of deceit he has displayed over these past days should not be relied upon to provide a truthful reply . |
| 19 | By the same token love is called upon to find a constructive way to point out a selfish behaviour in my partner . |
| 20 | Selling needs public relations to assist it in its everyday operation and selling is often called upon to disseminate a public relations message . |
| 21 | Who knew whether it could now be called upon to fight a steady fighting withdrawal ? |
| 22 | Then , having announced to his prime minister that he hoped to be ‘ a president of national understanding ’ , he was called upon to review a military parade , before proceeding to attend a commemorative mass in the great Gothic Cathedral of St Vitus . |
| 23 | VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right … |
| 24 | The Polytechnic 's case for retaining teacher education was based on four main arguments : that it was the only public sector institution of higher education in the Principality which provided the full integration of teacher education with the remainder of the higher education system ; that the proposals would leave the largest education authority in Wales employing the largest number of teachers , without involvement in teacher education ; that the Polytechnic had already stopped recruiting for the Certificate of Education course , in line with the DES policy of seeking an all-graduate profession , and in September 1976 had attracted the largest number of teacher-training students with a minimum of two GCE A levels in the Principality ; and that the Polytechnic was being called upon to make a disproportionate sacrifice because it would have to drop its Dip.HE/BEd. programme which was a basic component of a newly developed integrated system of degree courses . |
| 25 | The court is not allowed to peer inside at the meanings assigned to those elements , except to find a non-jurisdictional error . |
| 26 | By 1988 the morning-peak load was such as to necessitate a fifteen-minute clockface interval service from Swindon to Paddington between 06.30 and 09.00 ; additionally two services passed through Swindon without stopping . |
| 27 | Of course , you might decide to do something different , such as to bake a simple cake and then use Matchmakers to set up an equation . |
| 28 | There were complaints of inordinate delay such as to make a fair trial impossible ; that regulation 7 notices were served far too late ; that the police officers were not interviewed until a year later , that being the first time that they were notified of any specific allegations against them . |
| 29 | Chemical reactions and the compounds which they form all depend , ultimately , on the way the electrons are arranged in the individual atoms involved ; the reactions being such as to achieve a stable configuration of electrons in the orbits of each participating atom ( see Figure 4 , p.55 ) . |