Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ None of us believed that it was right , sensible , logical or professional to split up the company , ’ says Bill Toner . |
| 2 | This might put pressures on the sons and it could well be that not all would feel able or willing to take on the task . |
| 3 | You could of course call on Messrs Bradshaw or Cornish to sort out the confusion , but they 'll cost you all four limbs and a second mortgage . |
| 4 | The hotel manager says he was forced to employ French staff because no one in this region , or this country , seemed willing or able to take up the positions . |
| 5 | Such people are also not themselves so keen or able to bring on the bright youngsters . |
| 6 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 7 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 8 | When in a hurry , or eager to try out the new software you 've just received for example , you might forget to validate the disks . |
| 9 | In 1973 , a Japanese motoring enthusiast bought a Super Seven and before long he was back , determined to import the cars into Japan and more than willing to take on the red tape . |
| 10 | And his librettist , Alessandro Striggio , son of the composer , provided him with many more opportunities than Rinuccini to break up the recitative with musically attractive relief : extended madrigalian choruses and strophic solos such as Orfeo 's lilting ‘ Vi ricordo ’ in Act II ( accompanied only by continuo instruments , but with ritornelli played by five viole da braccio , a contrabass , two harpsichords , and three chitarroni ) , his display piece ‘ Possente spirto ’ in Act III ( accompanied by organo di legno and a chitarrone , but in the four stanzas competing with brilliant concertante parts for two violini , then two cornetti , a double-harp , and finally a string trio ) , and his swinging ‘ Qual honor ’ in Act IV ( varied strophes for the voice over an ostinato bass ) . |
| 11 | Though perhaps outrun in the fame stakes by the likes of Nick Beggs and Alphonso Johnson , Californian Chapman Stick virtuoso Jim Lampi is doing more than most to push back the frontiers of his instrument , in partnership with the latest in high technology . |
| 12 | One whiff of a piece of clothing and the appropriate commands , and off goes Fido , nose to the ground , casting this way and that to pick up the same scent . |
| 13 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 14 | The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work . |
| 15 | Most encouraging for the bookseller is the buoyant hardback market for genre titles : in part this is a result of the continuing proliferation of series which leave the poor punter desperate for the next instalment and willing to fork out the extra few bob for the hardcover . |
| 16 | It was a lovely sight to see all the sleeping hens on their perch and exciting to open up the door in the morning to find they had laid eggs for our breakfast in the three nest boxes on the floor . |
| 17 | ‘ If there were only six stetches in the field and eight ploughs working , the first baiter then put the second baiter and another to open up the furrows and lay the tops , so all the ploughs were employed . |
| 18 | She was worried the water , if unable to flow up the Colne to Colchester , will be forced to find its level in St Osyth . |
| 19 | The tramp 's eyes were closed but Magee used his thumb and forefinger to push back the lids . |
| 20 | So it was that — ill-equipped , ignoring all warnings , and unable to pick up the BBC World Service on our radio — we confronted El Jocoso without guides and in a thunderstorm . |
| 21 | Now it has emerged lean , fit and hungry to take on the best . |
| 22 | The UN Secretary-General 's special envoy in the Iran-Iraq peace talks , Jan Eliasson , shuttled between Tehran and Baghdad , the capitals of Iran and Iraq , between Nov. 1 and 16 to speed up the process . |
| 23 | His determination and stubbornest to carry out the bond is also regarded as immoral . |
| 24 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 25 | At one time sharing the old Norn language , even there we had been forced to diverge , because while Shetland became absorbed into Scotland and obliged to take on the Scots/English language , the Faroese managed to retain and develop their own language , using that of their ‘ parent ’ country Denmark as the second tongue . |
| 26 | Here above all he or she has to organize as far as possible a staff consensus , to present it to the governors and to explain any requests for modification back to the staff — and then if necessary to carry out the modification . |
| 27 | The new process could make carpet recycling possible on a major scale ; until now it has been laborious and expensive to separate out the component materials , which often include wool , nylon as well as latex . |
| 28 | What I need most is something strong and sharp to pick out the cement between the stones with . |
| 29 | Assassination only works — I do n't really have to explain ? — when the victim 's people were sick of him anyway and ready to let in the new man without overmuch fuss . |
| 30 | For the average funeral the pall-bearer was expected to perform his duties en route as well as within the church ; whereas at the funerals of the great , the pall-bearers were only called into service once the coffin was at the church and ready to proceed up the nave . |