Example sentences of "[adj] to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The vices of Lovelace are , for example , those of the traditionally aristocratic variety , where Clarissa 's family , which aims at elevation , has developed the rabidly acquisitive instincts peculiar to their aspiring breed . |
| 2 | For overseas women the problem is compounded by struggling to achieve some status in the adopted country and meeting the domestic commitments peculiar to their cultural background . |
| 3 | ‘ At first the pilots and navigators will mostly go their separate ways and concentrate on the subjects peculiar to their own calling , but after about a week they will be crewed-up — one pilot , one nav/observer , and one nav/plotter to a crew on the bomber side and a pilot and a navigator on the PR — and from then on will attend lectures and do drills as crew members . |
| 4 | In D & F Estates Ltd v. Church Commissioners for England and Wales [ 1988 ] 2 All ER 992 ( HL ) , the House of Lords distinguished Junior Books v. Veitchi as being peculiar to its own facts . |
| 5 | The ability to view infant care practices in any other light than whether they help the infant in his basic struggle to live is , then , something peculiar to our own century and , within this century , to the technologically advanced countries in which infant and child mortality rates have now been reduced to comparatively insignificant proportions . |
| 6 | ( For example , are the outcomes generalisable to my local need and clinical practice , and are the same service structures in place ? ) |
| 7 | The party may have put on a collar and tie but it is still the Labour Party , prone to its old reflexes ( as it reminded us yesterday on defence spending ) , prisoner still of its anachronistic structure , its mind set in 100 years of working-class history . |
| 8 | Similarly , among the lower species , their communication is by sound , by smell , by sight , by a multitude of strange senses unfamiliar to our human minds , and by gesture and by inward intent . |
| 9 | Designed in San Francisco by Paul Chandler , these guitars are faithful to their '60s roots . |
| 10 | Consequently , the vast majority of contemporary rugs made in Afghanistan and the Soviet Union remain faithful to their tribal heritage and employ predominantly geometric schemes , despite being often of workshop origin . |
| 11 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 12 | Brahma was , by and large , faithful to his beautiful consort , Sarasvati ; however , an incestuous lapse with his daughter Vak resulted in the creation of mis-shapen godlings named Asuras , whom he ultimately had to destroy . |
| 13 | If Bowe was faithful to his own script for the fight , relentlessly unloading huge rights behind his calling card jabs , it was Holyfield who set the agenda as far as courage , determination and work rate was concerned . |
| 14 | The cowboy , by contrast , stays faithful to his British films , however limited their ambition , becomes a director and goes on to make serious pictures . |
| 15 | ( v ) In redrafting their writing , pupils should be encouraged to think about ways of making their meaning clear to their intended reader . |
| 16 | All those connected with salmon fishing , the hotel business , the tourist industry and those who just feel incensed by this cavalier treatment from London , should make it clear to their own MPs that they will do all they can to make the Government 's position even more precarious . |
| 17 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 18 | Since he believed the embryo was formed from the menstrual blood by the male dynamic in the semen it was clear to him that preformation must be excluded . |
| 19 | It was becoming clear to me that agriculture and its problems were a key factor in demographic changes all over Peru . |
| 20 | In July 1939 it seemed clear to me that war was inevitable . |
| 21 | It was made clear to us that Operation ‘ Brisket ’ for the road haulage dispute , ‘ Bittern ’ for the rapidly growing ambulance drivers ' dispute , and ‘ Nimrod ’ in the case of the water workers ' action , were all long on detailed planning , but short on how much could actually be done in a major dispute . |
| 22 | They make it clear to us that painting is a challenging process of continual decision-making — what to paint , how to apply the characteristics of the medium to the subject , how to retain the initial idea , or convey a particular mood . |
| 23 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 24 | Now that Hilary was three years old , Stephen had made it clear to his own mother that the necessity for her to remain at the Manor was past . |
| 25 | FO … you acquire the … skill , with practice , of looking at a discharge and being able to say visually in many cases , that there 's things like suspended solids — that it is going to be outside consent ; it is clear to you that sample is going to be outside . |
| 26 | Can I make it quite crystal clear to my own mind , long term pension benefits it does n't come automatically it only comes if you surrender part of your own pension thus making provision for . |
| 27 | May I make it clear to my hon. Friend that this is a document that the Labour party simply could not write , because the principle of being critical of the producer is anathema to a party that is totally in thrall to the producers ? |
| 28 | Make clear to your prospective employer any plans you have for the future , and make sure that the post you accept is appropriate to these . |
| 29 | Make clear to your new employer that you are looking forward to continuing your professional education . |
| 30 | ‘ So , in the romantic setting of Bettystown beach , you reluctantly made it clear to your fair companion that it was goodbye and thank you . |