Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain cases dominate the coverage in the national press , and by using these cases it is possible to indicate how the images of sex beast are constantly being preferred to readers . |
| 2 | She believes some people will vote Labour to shake up the Conservatives and make them reconsider their policies . |
| 3 | It is almost always possible to find out the answers to basic questions about pay and conditions prior to the interview . |
| 4 | It will be interesting to see where the matches against Auckland involving Scottish Exiles and a District Select ( venues are not listed in the draft fixture list ) will be staged . |
| 5 | If women are convicted of crimes in greater numbers ( and , as mentioned , female convictions have increased in recent years ) , it will be interesting to see how the police and the courts react . |
| 6 | I have followed Star Trek for years , it will be interesting to see how the wigs change through the films ; |
| 7 | By the time the Winterthur show came around in 1990 I thought it would be interesting to exhibit just the paintings and when Nick Serota , the Director of the Tate , proposed that we might put on another retrospective at his gallery I felt more sure of myself . |
| 8 | The parties to a consensual relationship would be free to set out the parameters of their respective rights and duties by contract , subject to any statutory provisions to the contrary . |
| 9 | In July last year he announced that ‘ we are prepared to set straight the brains of hundreds ’ in order to maintain stability . |
| 10 | In the new activity of urban reconstruction , plans were prepared to sweep away the inadequacies of the past and heal the scars of war damage . |
| 11 | Eager to please , hypnotised subjects are particularly prone to fill in the gaps in their memory with information conveyed to them in questions . |
| 12 | ‘ No , but I doubt you 'd find too many takers here willing to give up the delights of the West for a Russian dacha . ’ |
| 13 | It would be wrong , in my judgment , to order under subsection ( 2 ) the repayment of the price of shares unless it were known that the investor was willing to give up the shares . |
| 14 | Proposals have been made to replace the outmoded apprenticeship system by a proper training course , but they have foundered because no one is willing to put up the funds . |
| 15 | In considering the state of botany in the Outer Hebrides in the 1980s , it is interesting to recall how the aims of botanical study have changed . |
| 16 | There will always be some resistance to this sort of change and the problem will continue in some firms for at least another decade , so it is still apposite to mention briefly the methods of valuing goodwill . |
| 17 | It is interesting to ponder how the values of planners are formulated with respect to determining aesthetic criteria for decision-making . |
| 18 | It is tragic that any Government should , with such equanimity , be prepared to take away the rights of working people and the right to peace of mind for which they have paid over the years . |
| 19 | But the minister pointed out : ‘ The basic fact would seem to be that , the longer the campaign has gone on , fewer people have been prepared to take on the commitments and risks of being part-time soldiers . ’ |
| 20 | Part of the answer lies in the unexciting fact that he is prepared to take on the jobs . |
| 21 | It was felt that small companies would be less willing to take on the responsibilities of nuclear power plants . |
| 22 | They unofficially pay bounties to armed freelances willing to take on the terrorists . |
| 23 | The same is true for France , Australia and anyone else willing to take on the Springboks . |
| 24 | Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ? |
| 25 | Clearly many staff had found the self-appraisal to be a valuable exercise and it was such staff , it seems , that were most positive about the process as a whole and who were most willing to take seriously the advisers ' recommendations . |
| 26 | If it is acceptable to take away the lives of some , then we can no longer say that all human life is equally important and valued . |
| 27 | ‘ A democracy would cease to function if every individual were free to obey only the laws of his or her choice . |
| 28 | Notice that in each of these examples we are careful to specify exactly the entities or particles to which the amount of substance refers . |
| 29 | It would be interesting to note also the stresses that occur from time to time , be they physical , mental or emotional and to observe their effect on health . |
| 30 | As is indicated in the chapter on teaching in role , it 's possible to set up the pre-requisites through carefully chosen opening lines . |