Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [be] [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it 's more when we actually see people doing it , but it 's all , it 's a nice idea to give you a little bit of basic just to think about , and again we wo n't be expecting this to be demonstrated to the on this afternoon 's role page , you done all your preparations for that have n't you . |
| 2 | Another charity to provide bread for the poor was when Reginald Gregory , left 10/ in 1776 , this to be charged to his estate in Halling , Snodland and Paddlesworth . |
| 3 | A magistrate ordered this to be increased to 15 , but Crawford appealed and it was halved . |
| 4 | I would like this to be explained to me as I just do n't understand it . |
| 5 | For were this to be admitted to be the case , the belief that their religious position ( in which women are subordinate , or hold a particular place ) is of God would be undermined . |
| 6 | Then , in 1393 , a provisional agreement was reached giving the English Calais ( which they already held ) and that part of Aquitaine south of the river Charente ( much of south-west France which was largely out of their hands at this time ) , all this to be alienated to Gaunt in the near future . |
| 7 | In S 987 , a writ from 1035 , Cnut declares that he will not permit wrong to be done to Canterbury no matter who may be reeve ( presumably of Kent ) — a clear indication that it was still suffering from the attentions of his men . |
| 8 | Dr Pertwee says there is no longer a stigma attached to cannabis research in the scientific world , although pharmaceutical companies have been less willing to be seen to be working with cannabis-like substances . |
| 9 | He had clearly learned a thing or two from his family 's entrepreneurship , and was not willing to be confined to any form of anonymity such as overtook some would-be poets . |
| 10 | Further evidence of coral reef bleaching , believed by some to be linked to rising sea temperatures caused by global warming [ see ED 48 ] has emerged from Thailand . |
| 11 | Of course he was too old to be married to that young girl . |
| 12 | Clearly , even in situations where the distribution of future cash flows is known to the auditors , then a going concern qualification 's ‘ accuracy ’ as a predictor of failure will depend on the nature of this distribution and the point at which the auditors decide that the possibility of failure is sufficiently high to be signalled to investors . |
| 13 | Now that 's something we in England , in Britain I should say , are not particularly aware of , but a lot of British artists who are very well known on the Continent , that in Britain would seem , you know , too avant-garde to be known to the wider public . |
| 14 | As far as Sullivan recalled , the Shah seemed relieved to be invited to the US and suggested he should fly to Andrews Air Force base outside Washington . |
| 15 | The was occupied , against the wishes of the village , by the college , with no improvements to premises considered unsafe and too dangerous to be continued to be used as a public library . |
| 16 | ‘ This meeting , having taken into consideration the proceedings of former meetings , and being informed that many respectable persons delay giving their names as subscribers while the proceedings of the committee are subject to be reported to the Odiham Society , and are under the controul [ sic ] thereof , find it expedient to detach themselves from that Society , the work on which they are engaged being of so considerable importance , the reformation and improvement of Farriery , requiring that it should be confined to that purpose and use alone , and be under the sole management and control of its own members . |
| 17 | Though EIGHT may read well , he may not spend as much time at reading by himself as he did at seven and he again likes very much to be read to . |
| 18 | In Tony Lumpkin 's judgement , good liquor is much to be preferred to all this . |
| 19 | He had learnt early on that it was better not to flounder ; a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel . |
| 20 | Finally , it is a pity that a Bill designed to end restrictive practices should extend one of the worst in the book : but barristers ' immunity from negligence claims looks set to be extended to solicitors . |
| 21 | An historic mansion looks set to be sold to a private buyer , despite its owner 's dying wish that it be opened to the public . |
| 22 | During my wife 's pregnancy , I was delighted to be invited to a dads-to-be session at our health centre . |
| 23 | They were delighted to be invited to a friend 's birthday celebrations in Sadberge , near Darlington , where they used to live . |
| 24 | The European Commission wants that content to be reduced to a very small amount by 1995-96 . |
| 25 | Many United States jurisdictions require the funds due to an accused to be paid to victims , who must be advised by published notices of the availability of the funds . |
| 26 | These , then , were some of Orkney 's councillors who were n't afraid to speak out , who were glad to be seen to be supporting the stricken families . |
| 27 | They were glad to be sent to Cannes to recuperate with only one show a night . |
| 28 | He was glad to be transferred to the Army Education Corps after about a year , to discourse , with the rank of sergeant , to soldiers on topics such as ‘ why Turkey will remain neutral ’ , ‘ why Japan has entered the war ’ and so on . |
| 29 | He was to add that the French should also be glad to be allied to the Scots , ‘ for from Scotland we may repulse the English , and from thence enter easily into their country , which gives no great odds against them , and thus enables us to curb and check them . ’ |
| 30 | After being charged with assaulting the officers , he emerged bruised and dishevelled to be transferred to Pentonville . |