Example sentences of "[adj] to reach [art] " in BNC.

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1 He added , however , that former Sunderland player Billy Bingham , the Northern Ireland manager , might be prepared to reach a compromise with his old club possibly allowing Rogan to play for at least part of the match against Swindon and then link up with the rest of the squad on the day of the international .
2 It seems to us that these acts were sufficient to support a finding of possession and indeed on the material before us we would be disposed to reach the same conclusion …
3 The Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Administrative Development , Atif Ubayd , speaking in January 1990 about Egypt 's view on the IMF proposals of a devaluation of the Egyptian pound to boost exports and an increase in the interest rate to encourage savers , said that the amount proposed was " not justified and bigger than needed " , but added that Egypt was willing to reach a compromise agreement on both issues .
4 On May 14 the Chilean government announced that it was willing to reach an agreement with the US government to compensate the families of the victims killed or injured in the car bombing which was widely acknowledged to have been masterminded by agents of Pinochet 's DINA secret police .
5 Although these techniques developed by Sibbald et al ( 25 ) using a computer programme to determine the optimum allocation of land to agriculture and forestry make it possible to reach a more objective decision about the allocation of land to agriculture or forestry in an integrated scheme we , as yet , know little or nothing about the impact of agriculture or forest development on rural communities .
6 Although the sources are not profligate with information , it is possible to reach a more differentiated picture .
7 The judge asked the two parties to do everything possible to reach a reconciliation of the issue .
8 Only then will it be possible to reach a comprehensive assessment of Nizan 's life and work .
9 Through a week long campaign on both Max-Am and RFM stations it is possible to reach a large audience in the Lothians .
10 It was impossible to extend it to the front of the Villa without blasting the cliffs and destroying exquisite country , but quite possible to reach the gates at the rear of the park .
11 However , the problem for competition policy is that trade-offs are more or less ubiquitous , and only in a few cases ( price fixing or market sharing are examples ) is it possible to reach an unambiguous verdict .
12 The Portuguese authorities had promised to hear Ferrari 's appeal against the fine next Wednesday , after which the FIA , the international automobile federation , was due to reach a decision on Ferrari 's appeal over Mansell 's ban from the Spanish Grand Prix which was staged on 1 October .
13 The leading crews are due to reach the end of their voyage at Southampton on Sunday .
14 He was at Downing Street in February , 1974 , when Mr Heath tried in vain to reach a deal with the Liberals .
15 Glenn has frequently been for training in one of the world 's most deadly martial arts to its home in Malaysia , where he became the only non-Malay , non-Muslim to reach the Jurulatih , or ‘ expert in technique ’ grade .
16 There was no need for the accused to reach the restaurant door .
17 But with seven wins from their last eight , the Chargers look set to reach the play-offs for the first time since 1982 — the first to do so after such a poor start .
18 It is perhaps too early to reach a conclusion on this point , but a repeat of the period of inaction between 1982 and 1985 seems to be evident , within the current political context .
19 It is not easy to reach a general conclusion on how valuable the process of appraisal was in the school as a whole .
20 Some voices do not find it easy to reach the public stage .
21 He had found some fence posts slack and claimed that it was impossible to reach the lifebelts from outside the fence .
22 There seems to the writer little doubt that unemployment due to automation will grow steadily over the next few decades , perhaps centuries , and in the end it is likely to reach a very high figure , say ninety per cent of the labour force , unless radical changes are made in the present pattern of working .
23 Looking specifically at the mid-range commercial systems marketplace , Wendler believes that by 1995 , users are likely to reach a point where the cost of implementing open systems will be less than to carry on as they are .
24 Since CNAA reports were always likely to reach a wide readership they ‘ must be based on conclusive evidence and should not identify individuals for serious criticism in a manner which can not allow them to defend themselves in accordance with the established rule of law ’ .
25 Some of the revenue from the tax — likely to reach a total DM40 billion ( £14 billion ) annually in Germany — is earmarked to pay for German coal subsidies when the existing system expires after 1995 .
26 These had risen by 70,000 in the month from mid-August , and Mr Murdoch said the group was likely to reach the target of one million homes by 1 February 1990 .
27 But Cleveland 's case is the most likely to reach the high court .
28 This may have been the factor which enabled him alone to burn clinker successfully , since a glass kiln would be more likely to reach the temperatures required for successful burning of Portland cement rather than the lime-burning kiln used by his competitors .
29 This means our mailings to advisers are far more likely to reach the person they are intended for .
30 She was glad to reach the door of the Seven Stars where she could rest the bag , though she was screwed up with fear that Garty might pop out of some alley , or Samson erupt like a volcano from the bowels of the tavern .
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