Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By allowing experiments to be performed on a computer which would be impractical or dangerous to perform in the physical world , it also allows the design engineer to probe new areas . |
| 2 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 3 | For many a stay in hospital is in appropriate but they are often too weak or ill to care for themselves properly . |
| 4 | The assertion that law is unsuitable or unable to deal with family and personal behaviour has a long history . |
| 5 | As the outside and upper are also designed with weight rather than durability in mind , unless you are exceptionally light on your feet you would have to be either foolish or wealthy to train in a pair of racers . |
| 6 | We no longer allow the weak or foolish or unfortunate to perish in the gutters of a city slum . |
| 7 | In almost every year since 1945 the government has spent more than it has been willing or able to raise via taxation . |
| 8 | It is the West 's firmest commitment so far to helping clean up environmental damage in the East but also its clearest statement yet that it is not willing or able to pay for the process . |
| 9 | Patients are often embarrassed or hesitant to describe in detail why they have difficulty evacuating their bowels or what the sensation is like before an incontinent episode . |
| 10 | The music finally chosen helped greatly in creating a sombre mood , but John did not find it interesting or easy to work with . |
| 11 | Now those negative feelings had gone , and when she thought she detected an added happiness in their faces today she was n't afraid or reluctant to guess about it aloud . |
| 12 | The generosity of a Kettering shoe-manufacturer , Thomas Gotch , enabled him to study French and Dutch to add to the Greek he had already mastered . |
| 13 | In 1956 , The Queen Mother 's horse , Devon Loch was clear and certain to win for jockey Dick Francis . |
| 14 | She came to realise that any woman who aimed to share his life would always have to be self-sufficient and able to cope with the day-to-day problems of life without bothering him with the minutiae of domestic detail . |
| 15 | If the percentage is large , it may be more economical and feasible to dispose of the whole of the leased accommodation and move into something smaller . |
| 16 | It now became interesting and profitable to work with others , both in the classroom and in more leisurely periods of revision . |
| 17 | Given that this is the case , it is interesting and instructive to reflect on why it is that these people have decided to call us their ‘ clients ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ Aye , ’ I nodded slowly , hoping to content her with this , then looked away and up to one side as though I had just found something very interesting and important to look at on the ceiling . |
| 19 | We used to get our hay rakes from the same firm , and they were so beautifully made — light and easy to work with . |
| 20 | An unexpected outing comes your way and you 'll feel buoyant liberated ; willing and able to cope with new demands upon your intellect and personality . |
| 21 | It is willing and able to feed on a variety of prey species , up to the size of antelopes . |
| 22 | Finch points out that the job description of some Scottish police officers requires them to enlist the co-operation of at least one person in every street who is willing and able to pass on useful information . |
| 23 | The AS curve depicts the output ( or real income ) that firms are willing and able to supply at each price level . |
| 24 | If there is someone willing and able to care for them , patients usually go home . |
| 25 | ‘ Its success can only be ensured by a maximum effort from all those willing and able to work to that end . |
| 26 | Engaging in sustained interactions with a relatively small proportion of the class presupposes that the remainder are willing and able to work with little attention . |
| 27 | Resources which are willing and able to work in order to raise the rate of output and to boost living standards are failing to be employed . |
| 28 | In the Edinburgh area at the moment there are several organisations very willing and enthusiastic to pay for and carry out much-needed upgrading of the Union Canal towpath , but it appears that different departments of BW are giving different reactions . |
| 29 | Heaven is high , high and remote to see from thence distinct each thing on earth . |
| 30 | If borrowers perceive medium- and long-term interest rates to be high and likely to fall in future then they will prefer to borrow short and refinance the loan later at lower rates of interest . |