Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This would make it easy to disconnect them in case there was a need to make changes , or if problems arose at a later date . |
| 32 | It being impossible to hit him with Marguerite looking on , Jenna slid into the passenger seat and kept silent . |
| 33 | Now she is absolutely delighted to see me in Formula One . ’ |
| 34 | If it was agreeable with Ellie , he would be delighted to escort her to dinner and the opera on Saturday . |
| 35 | Our new landlady made it clear that she was delighted to accept us in preference to yet more evacuee children . |
| 36 | But although ‘ In Place of Strife ’ was in accord with majority public opinion , it was certainly not in accord with Labour Party and union opinion , and although that in itself has not always blocked the parliamentary leadership , this time it became obvious that sufficient Labour MPs would reject the proposals to make it impossible to establish them as law . |
| 37 | This means that it will be impossible to grow it as part of the decoration , or to expect it to be self-sustaining . |
| 38 | One might perhaps have expected that it would have been impossible to discharge him from hospital , but the local authority , which shares parental responsibility for him , has been able to place him with devoted foster parents whose dedication and skill are of the highest possible order . |
| 39 | Would he be content to leave her in charge of Thomas and merely check on his progress from time to time , or might he endeavour to wield control in her — his — their son 's life ? |
| 40 | But it 's almost impossible to separate it from thinking of Alexander Pope the man . |
| 41 | It is easy to read it with approval as support for the view that management should be considerate of the well-being and interests of employees , and would be well-advised to promote their participation in the discussion of them . |
| 42 | And while the injunctions are subject to unwitting acceptance , it is impossible to call them into question . |
| 43 | It is impossible to place them in context so they are virtually worthless . |
| 44 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 45 | Stephen quickly put in , ‘ Yes , Michael , delighted to have you on board . ’ |
| 46 | The fact that the area is an expanding and highly mobile community with a high percentage of nominal church-goers means that it is relatively easy to bring them into church services . |
| 47 | Once Newton 's physics had been constituted , it was possible to apply it in detail to astronomy . |
| 48 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 49 | And one of you I 'm particularly disappointed in at the moment , I do n't want to name any names because I do n't think it 's right to embarrass her in front of the others , |
| 50 | However , it is hoped that by bringing in additional path material it will be possible to reopen it by Easter , with access being limited to certain ‘ clean ’ areas . |
| 51 | Parents need time to understand how their problems affect their children and that it is possible to help them with management issues if they work together and support each other . |
| 52 | She had been lucky to see it in Vogue and to find it available in Harrods . |
| 53 | And there was nothing in his present circumstances likely to ensnare him in sensuality . |
| 54 | If you subject your fish , which will already be disturbed by the journey from the dealer to your pond , to a further spell in ‘ solitary ’ you are more likely to lose it from stress than from specific infection or parasite infestation . |
| 55 | Despite the fact that the sale agreement will treat income arising after the transfer date as belonging to the purchaser , the Inland Revenue are likely to treat it as income of the vendor . |
| 56 | People likely to provide him with ammunition for his little campaigns would n't appreciate an audience any more than they 'd want to be seen tripping up the steps of the council offices to some bloody committee room . ’ |
| 57 | When , for example , Alexander Gordon of Strathdon came to Elgin on 5 November 1539 to bind himself in manrent to George earl of Huntly , promising to serve him in peace and war , give him counsel , and protect him against harm , he was only one of many hundreds of men throughout the country during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries making such an obligation , and thereby creating strong personal relationships based always in theory and normally in reality not just on mutual self-interest but on mutual loyalty and trust . |
| 58 | As Freud has pointed out , however , children do not normally repress the thought of death , but are more likely to express it in fantasy . |
| 59 | She was a silk-and-satin girl ; it was hard to imagine her in denim and cotton . |
| 60 | ‘ I 've got to manage Crystal Palace in the way I see fit to help it in business . |