Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion so far might suggest the following definition : a public function is a function peculiar to government , or a function not peculiar to government the performance of which has an important impact on society at large . |
| 2 | Then the pleas began — not unfamiliar to Gabriel the Miracle-Worker , but worse , much worse , so much , much worse . |
| 3 | He asked my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health whether he was prepared to measure the success by the simple test of whether the trusts did more or less work for the national health service . |
| 4 | You 're probably quite prepared to stomach the fact that I 've slept with girls before you , you 'd think it odd if I had n't , but if you ca n't see that a baby makes a difference to how much other affairs matter , I ca n't explain it to you . " |
| 5 | At least , she thought , she had made clear to Stephen the fact that she was not happy living in his mother 's shadow . |
| 6 | Mr Solarz 's supporters would say that his courage in the Gulf war was typical of a politician willing to buck the conventional liberal wisdom when the facts demand it . |
| 7 | The distinction , termed ‘ polarisation ’ was deemed necessary to make more transparent to customers the possible ties of their advisers , and to eliminate the ability of an intermediary to pass off as an independent adviser yet suggest the policies of the advisers ' own company ( or those which provide the highest commission ) . |
| 8 | When it is suggested to him that it may be necessary and unavoidable to kill those who oppress mankind in the same way as it is necessary and unavoidable to hill a homicidal lunatic who threatens society , his reply is that no man is so evil as to be beyond redemption , and no man so perfect as to be justified in killing these whom he considers to be evil . |
| 9 | As a protective measure it designed and distributed free to members a large luminous badge displaying the word " deaf " . |
| 10 | No one else did , and Salah was careful to stagger the entertainments so that the foreign teachers ( for whom he had a certain distaste ) should arrive and leave before the other guests . |
| 11 | Are the reactions in the very old to bereavement the same as in younger people ? |
| 12 | You only get on if you 've got something specially interesting to say-about the news or what you 've been doing . ’ |
| 13 | Concerned about his influence , and afraid to beard the sultan himself , " the vezir Mahmud Pasa " consulted Fahreddin Acemi who , having heard for himself the Hurufi 's heretical words , denounced him in Mehmed II's presence . |
| 14 | A symmetric relation , on the other hand , holds simultaneously in both directions ; ‘ is similar to — ’ is a symmetric relation , so if A is similar to B , then it necessarily follows that B is similar to A. The second indispensable property for the relation of dominance of a hierarchy is the capacity , in principle at least , to form indefinitely long chains of elements . |
| 15 | While the crop itself will be resistant to herbicides the weed competition will not and can thus be considerably reduced by a broad-spectrum herbicide . |
| 16 | This definition would make central to pragmatics a notion of appropriateness or felicity : ( 14 ) Pragmatics is the study of the ability of language users to pair sentences with the contexts in which they would be appropriate Such a definition should have a nice ring to it , from the point of view of those who wish to place pragmatics on a par with other aspects of linguistic inquiry . |
| 17 | Cover outdoor sandboxes to prevent cats using them — although toxoplasmosis is not dangerous to children a pregnant woman could be infected in this way . |
| 18 | To help with raising this portion of the budget , Highlander has a regular mailing list for donations , distributes nearly 7,000 mailed copies of the ‘ Highlander Newsletter , ’ and generates a certain amount by ‘ self-sufficiency ’ i.e. profits from the sale of records , books , cattle , and from farm produce which is surplus to requirements The donations from the ‘ Public ’ source also form a significant part of the total running budget of Highlander , and this generally consists of awards from Charitable organisations , Trusts and Foundations interested in adult education , leadership development , or specifically sympathetic to the aims of particular programs , ( e.g funding for cultural exchange workshops ) . |
| 19 | Standard national and international codes exist for many of these but are subject to revision every few years . |
| 20 | Thus , by accepting in appropriate cases the existence of management control subject to constraints the continuing significance of ownership interests can be captured without misrepresenting the nature of ownership involvement in the management process . |
| 21 | If one day a more fortunate world would like to see a peaceful Balkans , then these little Balkan states should be subject to demilitarisation no armies , no weapons , nothing . |
| 22 | For example , a department may be subject to a base-zero review every five years , while another department may be subject to review every three years . |
| 23 | Though it is impossible to date the provisions with any confidence , in favour of dating them in the reign of Mehmed II is the fact that Sultan Murad III ( 982–1003/1574–95 ) , in a firman sent to his Grand Vezir in 985/1577 in connection with reform of the learned profession , speaks of " the ancient law ( kanun ) of Sultan Mehmed Gazi " : it thus seems likely that Mehmed II promulgated some legislation concerning the learned profession , if not these actual provisions . |
| 24 | Besides , it 's actually impossible to copyright a number , as Intel has found to its cost in its failed attempts to sue rival ‘ 386 ’ chip manufacturers AMD and Chips & Technologies . |
| 25 | But Pat , of Stockport , was delighted to taco the money and run . |
| 26 | ‘ I can not think , ’ Jane paused to dab her cheeks with the eau de citron which was supposed to blanche the skin of her face and breasts to a fashionable death-mask whiteness , ‘ I can not think , ’ she resumed , ‘ why the Prince of Orange , whoever in hell he is , should want to appoint Richard as a staff officer ! |
| 27 | The landlord was not supposed to sublet the house . |
| 28 | Nothing dramatically urgent to season an apology with ; no startling new development , breathtaking chase , or a second murder . |
| 29 | That sort of personal approach to the individual citizen is , more than anything else , likely to outrage the individual citizen who is being treated by the national health service . |
| 30 | If the bond is trading below par , the issuer is likely to repurchase the bond in the market . |