Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the buyer 's terms of purchase might contain a provision to deal with late delivery : ( a ) If the Seller fails to deliver the goods in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Buyer is entitled to terminate the contract with immediate effect . |
| 2 | To occasion change , then , requires a willingness to respond to changed perceptions , and changed circumstances . |
| 3 | To this end , we must inculcate in our students not only enabling skills such as fluency in English , particularly written English , IT competence , and the ability to communicate but also creative , problem-solving skills — the phrase that is most often used is ‘ transferable skills ’ — which include a willingness to engage with new concepts and techniques . |
| 4 | It should encourage a willingness to engage on common ground , where ‘ meaning ’ theist and ‘ meaning ’ atheist conduct an argument in which each understands the other and indeed may convert the other . |
| 5 | A willingness to participate in interdisciplinary teamwork and proficiency in English are required ; knowledge of another foreign language is desirable . |
| 6 | The government on Aug. 13 made " individual " offers of amnesty and pardon to active guerrillas who had committed political crimes prior to the promulgation of the new constitution on July 5 , if they surrendered and showed a willingness to return to civilian life . |
| 7 | Their qualifications are … a healthy distaste for children … an ability to act like a witch … and not least , a willingness to work for free . |
| 8 | Carlton Books ' achievement , he says , has been based on an ‘ unashamedly commercial ’ approach , combined with a willingness to look beyond traditional publishing methods , to the music or magazine or advertising industries , for inspiration . |
| 9 | May each one have clarity of mind , honesty of speech and a willingness to rise above stereotyped ideas and seek a lasting peace . |
| 10 | Moreover , research in this context has demonstrated the existence of misleading stereotypes of the abilities of black workers , with images that are often contradictory as between employers , and which reflect a willingness to generalize about ethnic characteristic on the basis of very limited experience ( Lee and Wrench , 1983 ; Jenkins , 1986 ) . |
| 11 | In this way the lawyer has a part to play within political movements , such as the peace movement , while acknowledging that it is not law alone that can bring about the changes we desire , but it is that movement as a whole that can and must do so . |
| 12 | In certain circumstances , the customer 's consent will never constitute a defence to breach of fiduciary duty . |
| 13 | Elevations , a response to dance by Glasgow-based Richard Learoyd , the result of a Scottish Arts Council commission in 1990 ( until 16 Feb ) . |
| 14 | She cleans the rooms with efficient savagery , yet stops in a flash to engage in vigorous conversation , leaning on her mop handle , eyes to the ceiling . |
| 15 | And moreover do n't you feel you have a responsibility to explain to ordinary people , particularly in your area , what it is you 're doing and why it 's important and why you should go on doing it ? ’ |
| 16 | Never a department to succumb to philosophical fashions , it continues to represent a wide variety of philosophical positions and approaches . |
| 17 | And I 've got a chapter to read for American Studies . |
| 18 | The labourers were drawn into a pattern of early marriages , large families and demoralisation which expressed itself in a growing surliness and a readiness to explode into violent , but contained , protest . |
| 19 | A poem about a daisy or a butterfly , however quiet in tone and however naive it may appear in isolation , may be read in this context as a hymn to battle against economic thinkers , who could find no place for such useless natural objects in their systems of ideas . |
| 20 | Pride of place goes to Crawfordsburn Country Club who are making a bid to get into junior division one for the first time . |
| 21 | MARK JOHNSTON 'S dream double attempt failed in France yesterday — but only just.Johnston sent out Marina Park for the £100,000 Prix Morny at Deauville in a bid to add to Quick Ransom 's Ebor success last week . |
| 22 | I have a bid to make for additional assistance , and I suggest that there are three means by which we could help people without work more than has been possible in the past . |
| 23 | Response to art at this level demands both a willingness and a capacity to go beyond obvious and conventional ways of perceiving and a preparedness to accommodate and restructure existing concepts and patterns of relationships . |
| 24 | Now the r the reason for us doing that is that if they do accept it , they are duty bound as a council to write to Prime Minister , Prime Minister , direct , saying they support the declaration of intent . |
| 25 | Ltd. v. The Irish Land Commission ( Case 182/83 ) [ 1984 ] E.C.R. 3677 , in which the court held to be compatible with article 52 a requirement to reside in Irish territory which was imposed on nationals of other member states , is not relevant . |
| 26 | All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines , upwards or downwards , towards their natural place . |
| 27 | The purpose of the section is clear : it is to enable a 16-year-old to consent to medical treatment which , in the absence of consent by the child or its parents , would constitute a trespass to the person . |
| 28 | A return to use of Titan booster rockets , however , was evidence of an urgent need to reduce costs and guarantee the increased launch efficiency of commercial , scientific and military payloads . |
| 29 | Although this has led some farmers to renounce the more extreme forms of continuous cropping , the new minimum cultivation methods ( described in Chapter 3 ) may allow a return to monoculture on suitable light soils . |
| 30 | But what I would like to say before we look at those is that the Act was actually based upon a report — the government set up a committee to look into special education several years ago , and this reported about two years ago . |