Example sentences of "[adj] to [pron] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coroner is not averse to our using a photograph , if it is what he describes as ‘ tasteful ’ . |
| 2 | There was no uncertainty about Walter Smith 's choice of team , however , the manager playing Andy Goram , Richard Gough and Trevor Steven on a weather-ravaged surface unhelpful to anyone carrying a knock . |
| 3 | It was in 1972 , after I had trekked to and from Rhodesia on several occasions , and the mission in which I was involved appeared to be a triumphant success , that I received a letter from Ted Heath , who asked whether it would be acceptable to me to receive a CH ( Companion of Honour ) . |
| 4 | Shocked by the formation of the left coalition last year , the KNE was downright hostile to its supporting a government in alliance with the right . |
| 5 | Sometimes it is obvious to which group an individual should be assigned , but where it is not . |
| 6 | These registers may contain information useful to anyone contemplating a bid for the company . |
| 7 | It may be helpful to me to put a copy of that lecture in the Library . |
| 8 | ‘ And it is important to you to keep an identity ? |
| 9 | It is disproportionately uncommon among women , and some authorities believe this is due to its producing a carrier state in females . |
| 10 | And due to them taking a lot of the trees do you see , from there , and opened the wind in do you see . |
| 11 | Even if you are not entitled to these rights by law , due to your leaving a scheme within two years , your employer may be willing to return the contributions you have paid . |
| 12 | I refer instead to my pet rat , who I have decided to pass on to a new owner due to our having a cat . |
| 13 | I suppose she was used to her filling an armchair every night and just sitting there all night and not doing anything |
| 14 | But I do not think it was open to them to state a sum constituting the … deficit and then say in effect they were not sure if the sum was correct . |
| 15 | It may take only twenty minutes or as long as two hours before they find the monkeys and are sufficiently close to them to launch an attack . |