Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Due for Sarah to come round soon to have it trimmed again ai n't you ? |
| 2 | IN an energy-conscious world , is it right for towns to switch on their Christmas lights so many weeks before the big day ? |
| 3 | If on the other hand it was the morning fire of the returning verderers it would be possible for Hugh to stumble back to them pretending he had failed to recapture his prisoner . |
| 4 | It is none the less possible for opponents to pick up the ball , so to speak , when Mrs Thatcher has put it down . |
| 5 | It is possible for parents to go on behaving as they have always done towards their children , without making adjustments as they are needed . |
| 6 | Ipswich3 Newcastle2 IT IS still mathematically possible for Ipswich to miss out on a place in the Premier League next season , but with five games left against teams from the bottom eight only a fool would bet on it . |
| 7 | Thus , it is possible for things to get out of a black hole . |
| 8 | As Lord Wilberforce said in Anisminic : ‘ Although , in theory perhaps , it may be possible for Parliament to set up a tribunal which has full and autonomous powers to fix its own area of operation , that has , so far , not been done in this country . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ When we move over to this scheme it will be perfectly possible for people to pop in and do a module in June , July or August , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It is possible for research to find out , for example , where people would most like to go for their holidays , and how much they could afford to spend . |
| 11 | Therefore , it was possible for subjects to carry out a certain amount of integration of information even when they did not know the theme of the passage . |
| 12 | Stewart Island , the southern extremity of New Zealand , is a place that most Kiwis have never visited , but one which it is quite possible for PPLs to fly in to . |
| 13 | Having a highly fragmented retail distribution system , it was normal for companies to operate through about one thousand drug wholesalers . |
| 14 | They thought it normal for tea to come out of the fridge or the oven in a tinfoil box with a peel-back lid , although they did remember for weeks afterwards Lucy 's occasional cordon-bleu phases , when the house had been filled with heart-warming smells , and different kinds of food had appeared out of saucepans on top of the oven , and other dishes inside it . |
| 15 | Religion is something solid for people to lean on . |
| 16 | In a fine speech that preceded the president 's , Colin Powell , the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff , said in essence that it was wrong for servicemen to hold back respect for their commander-in-chief simply because of what he did long ago . |
| 17 | He would even be willing for Viola to move in and share their bed . |
| 18 | He stopped in his perambulation and his gaze fell on the table by the window ( set too high for children to see out of ) , on which was laid out a display of local history material . |
| 19 | Yes , well I mean I 'm particularly interested for people to come along to the Cowley Centre stall , er and we also sell on the Cowley Road at our plant nursery which one of the other groups runs down near the east Oxford Health Centre . |
| 20 | These developments hold great promise for severely disabled people who , although dependent on a machine , can have a feeling of relative independence ; their range of control in communicating and getting an appropriate response is increased and they are less dependent on people to carry out a number of everyday living activities . |
| 21 | The present ski development is unsafe for walkers to walk through towards the carriers as the skiers do not give way to each other let alone walkers . |
| 22 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 23 | We followed him in silence up a flight of stairs to a corridor too dark for eyes to pick out its furthest point . |
| 24 | Strategies , in this sense , are preprogrammed rules for action , so it was appropriate for contestants to send in their entries in computer language . |
| 25 | If one works in logarithms , the relationship between y and x becomes linear : Hence , it is quite simple for accountants to work out the learning rate for their industry/firm by converting observations of y and x to logarithms and regressing log x against log y . |
| 26 | He never kept a catalogue of his stock , so it had been easy for Cleo to pour out a generous measure from each flagon on the upper shelf in Wakelate 's workroom . |
| 27 | Coun Szintai said it was easy for families to run out of money a day or two before Giro cheques were handed out . |
| 28 | Greyson All too easy for Stone to win back . |
| 29 | It 's so easy for problems to get out of proportion — most conflicts can be overcome by thoughtful action . |
| 30 | Moreover , it would be very easy for Jones to check out the heat by collaborating with an electrochemist . |