Example sentences of "[adj] or [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a grim indictment ( and I do apologise to him if I am wrong ) but he seems not to read Latin or to use any source except in translation . |
| 2 | You may have an automatic right to get these things free or to get maximum help with the costs . |
| 3 | Those who claim to see the past or future or to have clear sight or understanding of present events without the use of normal senses . |
| 4 | The dominating tendency of mental life , and perhaps of nervous life in general , is the effort to reduce , to keep constant or to remove internal tension due to stimuli ( the ‘ Nirvana Principle ’ , to borrow a term from Barbara Low ) — a tendency which finds expression in the pleasure principle ; and our recognition of that fact is one of our strongest reasons for believing in the existence of the death instincts . |
| 5 | An attempt was made to stop the bleeding or to prevent further haemorrhage by local injection of polidocanol . |
| 6 | In 1985 , France introduced a levy on all 400 combustion plants larger than 50 MW with the proceeds being used for investment subsidies to reduce emissions in the plants concerned or to develop new pollution control technologies . |
| 7 | There is also the question of whether it is better to treat on-site or to transport contaminated soil to a specialist plant . |
| 8 | One consequence of the breadth of this definition is that it has been held to cover psychological harm — where D causes V to become hysterical or to suffer substantial fear or fright , for example . |
| 9 | to provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in the inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training ; |
| 10 | To provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training . |