Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And character recognition is relatively slow and prone to errors even on powerful computers . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're prone to exaggeration too , I see . ’ |
| 3 | A normal 2¼ does not run out of steam at 60mph Check that on full throttle the carb is actually on full throttle 24v distributors do not have provision for a vacuum ignition timing advance only a mechanical system which is prone to failure Also as the 24v plugs are very expensive these are seldom changed once out of the forces A cure this You do not comment on the general state of the engine possibly a decoke , piston rings and cylinder head skim ( up to 65 thousandsths of an inch ) which will give you the performance and reliability you require |
| 4 | Elderly people become more prone to falls often because of arthritic joints or dizziness , are vulnerable to pedestrian accidents perhaps due to lessened acuity in sight and hearing and at risk to the hazards of fire . |
| 5 | First , he identified the foundations of the tenth-century cathedral of Saint Lambert and of its Gothic successor , but then he found an extensive second- to third-century AD Roman villa . |
| 6 | It would be wrong to single out the Clinton administration for criticism . |
| 7 | the statistics in the background paper are inadequate , and it is wrong to single out sole practitioners when partnership dishonesty costs as much ; |
| 8 | But when his report admits that everything that could have gone wrong on that fateful day actually did , it would surely be wrong to single out any individual as a scapegoat , amid such an horrendous combination of factors . |
| 9 | THE Government is quite prepared to fork out millions to repair the damage at Windsor Castle yet it is obviously happy for Merseyside 's historic Cammell Laird shipyard to sink without a trace . |
| 10 | Nearly three months have passed … by now a relieving force may be no more than a day 's march away , and yet you 're prepared to mortgage away your future lives as if they did not exist ! |
| 11 | The purpose of the technique should be made very clear to parents so that they can also make it clear to the child what they are doing and why they are doing it . |
| 12 | As things have changed round here , things are changing present time er which has so much , however , and there are other areas er just report will be reconsidered er and the right sort of er er area of cover er that we would wish to see and just cutting services , we 're talking about improving resources from an area which is clear to areas where there is no further issue , or etc. , etc. , there is not adequate cover . |
| 13 | It was clear to Leith then that Olinda Bray was one of many . |
| 14 | Both the plaintiff and defendant were free to practice either as doctors in a hospital or as medical consultants . |
| 15 | After a 28-year break , Austrian Airlines are flying direct to Innsbruck again . |
| 16 | We had to run direct to Kirkwall quite a lot then . |
| 17 | ( 1983 , p. 69 ) , is more suited to situations where restraint or cutbacks are called for . |
| 18 | Meadows has stated that in the 19th century , local geological studies represented worthwhile research in their own right ; but in the 20th century , local studies have increasingly become acceptable to professionals only if they incorporate , and reflect on , the wider geological picture . |
| 19 | This is not to advocate that Nizan should be judged solely by criteria acceptable to Nizan individually or the communist party as a whole , but it is to put forward the idea that Nizan 's situation as a communist writer in interwar France needs to be given prominence in any assessment . |
| 20 | The camera holding the action switches slowly to a normal , positive picture — more acceptable to viewers now that the impact has been made . |
| 21 | Desperate in his anxiety to leave Bristol , almost any available house now seemed acceptable to Coleridge so long as it was near Tom Poole . |
| 22 | It is particularly harmful to farmers elsewhere because the Community — with its guaranteed price of , eg , wheat , standing at 165 ecus ( $225 ) per tonne — produces more than it needs , then dumps its surplus onto the world market . |
| 23 | Among his sacred possessions were an enormous club which could raise the slain to life again ; a magic harp whose music made its listeners forget sorrow ; an inexhaustible cauldron from which no-one is turned away hungry ; and two marvellous sheep — one eternally roasting , the other forever feeding in readiness for slaughter . |
| 24 | Yeah well it but ah similar to contracts personally |
| 25 | Not only did Holroyd Smith succeed in a location where the fierce Irish Sea buried the delicate electrical apparatus of the day under shingle and salt water , but his method of transmitting electricity along the Promenade by means of a naked electrical conductor located between the tram rails in a conduit with a narrow slot at the top , was similar to installations later made by major electrical companies in great cities where overhead lines were considered rude . |
| 26 | If the scope of that measure were widened to take in the contents of magazines which are easily accessible to persons under 18 , it would form a useful adjunct to the powers of the police . |
| 27 | It has tried to make the excellent support the Campaign offers more accessible to people all over Wales who are keen to improve their local environment . |
| 28 | He had said it was unwise to load up in villages because of thieves and dangerous to camp apart from each other because of bandits . |
| 29 | It could not only prove dangerous to expatriates inadvertently breaking local laws but could damage a company 's reputation and its business dealings . |
| 30 | New subsidy arrangements increased the grant payable to blocks over six storeys . |