Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had arranged for the ‘ leaking ’ of a letter he had circulated to all the delegates due to attend the presidential election in Paris on October 9 . |
| 2 | He was last seen in England a few days before he was due to attend an important conference in Italy . |
| 3 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 4 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 5 | It 's so refreshing to see a motley crew of urchins , trendies and ravers like Sunscreem making total unself-conscious idiots of themselves on a stage instead of prancing and preening like twats . |
| 6 | It was not possible to compare the 26-way tree , reduced memory tree and trie directly with the dawg because the word lists used in the earlier experiments were no longer available . |
| 7 | It had not even proved possible to enforce the 1891 Factory Act , which obliged all women to take one month off after childbirth . |
| 8 | It should be possible to agree a fixed rate repayment for a couple of years , and many companies offer special rates for first time buyers . |
| 9 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 10 | But , in my experience , if this is the case although it is possible to plant a new church it will not happen nearly as quickly as it will do if someone can make themselves available full-time . |
| 11 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 12 | If it is not considered appropriate or possible to lodge an early Tender , then once the necessary information or Medical Report is available , the Tender should be lodged as soon as possible thereafter . |
| 13 | If anybody wants to know whether people are right to perform the local duty |
| 14 | Monica is due to hit the big screen in January with the release of Dracula . |
| 15 | It is very pleasant to see a full hall on an inclement evening . |
| 16 | It will now seem strange to see a silent Locomotive Shed ( Bldg A22 ) wit hits doors closed for the last time . |
| 17 | Their behaviour conforms to fairly well-known principles and it should therefore be possible to estimate a perpetual inventory model which will show , for example , increased saving if the real value of their assets falls as deficiencies are made up . |
| 18 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 19 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in exporting companies . |
| 20 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , and from a telephone survey on the exporting status of non-respondents , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in all exporting companies in Scotland . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , there was a simple weight-loss equation on which it was possible to estimate the maximum amount of weight likely to be lost each week on any specific calorie allowance . |
| 22 | It seems exactly right to see the whole family sitting on a sofa together as Joseph meets his new sister at the end . |
| 23 | It can be possible to acclimatize a specialised feeder to substitute foods although there is always a danger of a reluctance to feed deteriorating into anorexia and premature demise . |
| 24 | It may have been preferable to issue the national curriculum documents as guidelines , templates of good practice against which schools could evaluate their extant curriculum rather than requirements that have to be met . |
| 25 | It is possible to lose the entire speech off a computer disk . |
| 26 | So he was right to drive a hard bargain . |
| 27 | We need to attract as many people as possible to enjoy a good day of movement at the Training Taster Days at Bedford College on 28 April — on 9 June and on 16 June . |
| 28 | ‘ Ideology is one thing , but it is possible to enjoy a visual impression without thinking of history . |
| 29 | Obviously it should not be possible to evade the statutory immunity by pleading the genus and relying on the species as unlawful means , but there would seem to be no statutory protection if the unlawful means take any other form such as nuisance or trespass . |
| 30 | Using this technique , it is possible to perform a safe autorotation from a very low level . |