Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative view might posit some quality peculiar to literature which would justify the independent existence of literary studies , but this would reduce the scope of the object of study to a considerable degree , and result in the repetitive sifting of works in search of the one magic ingredient . |
| 2 | Prone to blockage they are unsuitable for general use . |
| 3 | After that he was backed for the National and although the urbane Gaselee is not prone to hyperbole he feels that , if he reproduces that Haydock run , Party Politics will take all the beating . |
| 4 | Prognostic factors , such as age less than 2 and recurrent acute otitis media , may help to identify a subgroup of children prone to effusions who require closer follow up . |
| 5 | If I 'd known you were prone to nightmares I 'd never have told you the story ! ’ |
| 6 | A number of basic names , terms and expressions may be unfamiliar to people who are relatively new to the subject . |
| 7 | If I thought they were doing anything wrong to Lesley I could n't say anything because she 'd get it , I would n't get it . |
| 8 | It was wrong to value it , wrong to bear children even , for that was only to add to the sum of suffering . |
| 9 | It is not entirely true that people are as handicapped as we , the comparatively unhandicapped , are prepared to handicap them , but there is more than a grain of truth in that statement . |
| 10 | However I am not so enamoured of the sound of my own voice that , bearing in mind what er Dr has said about the amount of business , I would insist on inflicting it upon it if someone would be prepared to second it and the convenor and the assembly be prepared to accept it . |
| 11 | ‘ It seems a lot , but we have employees , I can tell you , below partner level , who would be prepared to mortgage their children to get a partnership here . |
| 12 | The stakes had been painfully clear to Sartre himself : ‘ Marxism is rigorously true if History is totalization ; it is not so any more if human history decomposes into a plurality of particular histories ’ ( II , 25 ) . |
| 13 | He was cool and terse , and it was clear to Lissa what was going on in his mind . |
| 14 | JS advertisements made it clear to customers they could expect higher standards from Sainsbury 's . |
| 15 | State bureaucracies are responsive to elites who do not occupy formal positions in the state apparatus . |
| 16 | ( By contrast , he was very generous to people who had less than he did , and often gave away money and cricket equipment . ) |
| 17 | The Men were progressing up towards them and were just about to reach Woil who , as usual , was swaying back and forth on his stance with a pleasant expression on his face as he intoned , ‘ Lovely Men , so good to me , so generous to Woil who is good and never tries to hurt you . |
| 18 | Patients pay £4.25 per item but four out of five prescriptions are dispensed free to people who are exempt . |
| 19 | Rents After discussion it was agreed that the upstairs room be let free to organisations who make regular use of the hall . |
| 20 | Rents After discussion it was agreed that the upstairs room be let free to organisations who make regular use of the hall . |
| 21 | Some would take this view , arguing along the lines of the story of Christ healing the lepers , that some of God 's gifts are given free to men who may then go and abuse them . |
| 22 | However , companies are not entirely free to time their issues as the Bank of England imposes a queue when it is concerned that the market may be faced with too many cash calls . |
| 23 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 24 | I believe that the House should insist er that the not only should th should be a majority o of local of of of local authority members , but these so-called independent members are really quite superfluous to requirements they are p they are creating another kind of semi-quango , they are concentrating more power into the hands of the Home Secretary and for that reason , although I do not wholly agree with the amendments that have been put down , I shall certainly vote for them all . |
| 25 | Well no not really because erm it , it was a private company as you can understand er , I can I ca n't really explain it everyone seemed to be pulling together you know that was the last thing you thought of , fifth columnists , things like that although it was they used to er , every now and again they used to send government national service officers round to look at the personnel and the structure of the working and if they thought anybody was superfluous to requirements they 'd get the papers soon after to go into the army or the services yeah , yeah , that is true and that happened , used to happen in factories all round the area , it was called the Essential Works Order . |
| 26 | Oh they were superfluous to requirements I suppose . |
| 27 | The Book of Proverbs makes it clear that happiness and discipline go hand in hand from the beginning of our lives : ‘ He who spares the rod hates his son , but he who loves him is careful to discipline him . ’ |
| 28 | In this it is analogous to reality itself ; that is , the ordinary individuated reality in which we , as individuals , live . |
| 29 | For this to be acceptable to teachers they have to have confidence in the ability and independence of the inspectors : independence , that is , from the education authorities who are their employers . |
| 30 | By ensuring adequate representation of sentencers from all levels of court , in addition to other professionals with experience of the penal system , he suggests that such a body would be capable of developing realistic guidance for sentencing at all levels that should at the same time be acceptable to sentencers themselves . |