Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of us believed that it was right , sensible , logical or professional to split up the company , ’ says Bill Toner . |
| 2 | This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task . |
| 3 | You could of course call on Messrs Bradshaw or Cornish to sort out the confusion , but they 'll cost you all four limbs and a second mortgage . |
| 4 | But for those who are unable or unwilling to put aside the time to meditate regularly , or who are more conscious of bodily stress , such techniques as acupuncture , postural integration and taking dietary supplements may also prove effective antidotes to the ravages of time . |
| 5 | The hotel manager says he was forced to employ French staff because no one in this region , or this country , seemed willing or able to take up the positions . |
| 6 | Such people are also not themselves so keen or able to bring on the bright youngsters . |
| 7 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 8 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 9 | Telling though the silence of the majority of the Turkish sources is , however , it is neither possible nor necessary to reject outright the assertion of Katib Celebi and those who follow him that Hizir Bey was in some sense mufti of Istanbul . |
| 10 | This caused me to run out of aft trim i.e. I could n't take my hands off — and she did n't feel quite so rock-like and stable coming down the last few hundred feet , but the resulting touchdown was smoother and shorter . |
| 11 | The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work . |
| 12 | Most encouraging for the bookseller is the buoyant hardback market for genre titles : in part this is a result of the continuing proliferation of series which leave the poor punter desperate for the next instalment and willing to fork out the extra few bob for the hardcover . |
| 13 | It was a lovely sight to see all the sleeping hens on their perch and exciting to open up the door in the morning to find they had laid eggs for our breakfast in the three nest boxes on the floor . |
| 14 | Whereas Christmas is viewed as a more sedate family occasion , Hogmanay is quite the opposite , and young and old see out the old year in style and ring in the new at the top of their voice . |
| 15 | The Green Paper sets out draft implementing regulations which by and large follow closely the wording of the Directive . |
| 16 | Clearly in this case , where both parties were , by their own admission , drunk and unable to remember fully the events that took place , the commanding officer was placed in a very difficult position . |
| 17 | So it was that — ill-equipped , ignoring all warnings , and unable to pick up the BBC World Service on our radio — we confronted El Jocoso without guides and in a thunderstorm . |
| 18 | Some of them would make their way to the railway station , but a few , having no horse and trap and unable to afford even the train fare , would travel on foot the whole week , often sleeping rough in the fields or in barns or farmhouses . |
| 19 | Now it has emerged lean , fit and hungry to take on the best . |
| 20 | It was impossible to continue with the meeting and difficult to tell where the next outburst might come from . |
| 21 | Despite the fact that the Mexican government spends almost 25 per cent of its budget on education , a high proportion of the population is still relatively poor , semi-literate and ill-equipped to grasp even the fundamentals of the legal system , let alone to take it on in what would appear to be a very one-sided battle against the establishment and its administration . |
| 22 | Inevitably , the scientists and military differ over the ethical and strategic issues raised by the possession and use of such a destructive weapon . |
| 23 | I wonder just how easy this is when so many record companies are spreading their nets far and wide to find just the right location for an increasingly varied range of repertoire commitments . |
| 24 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 25 | At one time sharing the old Norn language , even there we had been forced to diverge , because while Shetland became absorbed into Scotland and obliged to take on the Scots/English language , the Faroese managed to retain and develop their own language , using that of their ‘ parent ’ country Denmark as the second tongue . |
| 26 | The new process could make carpet recycling possible on a major scale ; until now it has been laborious and expensive to separate out the component materials , which often include wool , nylon as well as latex . |
| 27 | What I need most is something strong and sharp to pick out the cement between the stones with . |
| 28 | Assassination only works — I do n't really have to explain ? — when the victim 's people were sick of him anyway and ready to let in the new man without overmuch fuss . |
| 29 | For the average funeral the pall-bearer was expected to perform his duties en route as well as within the church ; whereas at the funerals of the great , the pall-bearers were only called into service once the coffin was at the church and ready to proceed up the nave . |
| 30 | I buy a harmonium — nearly an organ — and spend the rest of my life playing it , thickened with doleful dirges , vainly trying to lay the trauma , my only satisfaction the ashen faced , staring eyed audiences staggering out at the end of performances , primed , and ready to carry on the good work . |