Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 When the wind gusts , rotors need either to flex or be very strong .
2 Erm the approach we 've adopted is to try and be as flexible as possible in terms of the using both the land-take and the economic activity rates .
3 ‘ It wo n't always be easy , but we ought to try and be as cheerful as possible . ’
4 so we have to try and be really polite you see and she helps us like you are and , and see how your
5 The white press of Kenya had a far larger market to attract and was altogether more viable : a considerable number of Kenyan newspapers and magazines were readily available in Tanganyika .
6 The good ones are those which , for all their rough edges , are found to work and are widely used .
7 I hoped that Mavis had n't passed on my thoughtless , remarks about his easy-going approach to work and was therefore somewhat self-conscious when he appeared in my office at half past two on the dot .
8 The satyāgrahi , for example , is required to harbour no anger , never retaliate , voluntarily submit to arrest , never resort to insults , behave courteously , obey orders , respect religious beliefs of others , be prepared to suffer and be scrupulously honest .
9 Difficulty with breathing , wheezy ; must sit up to breath and is much worse ( < ) for any exertion .
10 Creep tests provide a measure of this tendency to deform and are relatively easy to carry out .
11 He smiled coolly , and it was a smile that somehow managed to convey a ruthless hardness in him that was n't used to compromise and was n't going to start now .
12 In practice , however , students are not enthused by participative bureaucracy so that volunteers are difficult to find and are probably not representative .
13 Characteristically , the data used may be more difficult to obtain and are usually more spatially aggregated ; modelling software which permits feedback loops is essential ;
14 I think you will destroy them ; you are a ruthless woman ; how ruthless I am yet to know and am just beginning to discern .
15 Happy was hard to find but was generously cast as Bryan Gould .
16 But if the reality is allowed to stand but is also understood as a metaphor for the experience of all women , then I believe Mary can speak to our condition .
17 The double header was rather more expensive and had seats to spare that were partly filled by a late special offer .
18 The feeling of comfort is basic to a sense of well-being , but it is difficult to define and is often most notable in its absence .
19 The steps directed by the order to be taken must , therefore , be intended to remedy and be reasonably capable of remedying the contravention .
20 Staff time taken with such enquiries is difficult to evaluate and is probably underestimated in many Job Descriptions in Annual Staff Reports .
21 The light seemed to dim and was not reassuring .
22 The coxswain considered taking the casualty to Newlyn at this point , which was to leeward , but decided to continue to Falmouth , as that was the port which the casualty was trying to reach and was also the lifeboat 's home port .
23 Highly heat-efficient — over 80% on some models — the stoves are quick and simple to install and are virtually maintenance-free in operation .
24 Applying the opposite rudder can not possibly cause the spin to reverse as is sometimes stated , unless the pilot is keeping the stick right back .
25 A statement from the new pressure group says clubs throughout the Foyle area feel that even with the continuing decline both in Irish stocks and water quality , the Commission has allowed over-fishing by netting to continue and is not adequately funded to deter or prevent poaching and the continued degradation of water quality throughout the system .
26 ‘ Well it 's a it 's a it 's a place and it 's a g-girl and a boy … and the-they 've got obviously something which is is made some made made made well it 's just beginning to go and be rather unpleasant ( ha ! ha ! ) um and this is in the this is the the woman and she 's put putting some stuff and the it 's it 's that 's being really too big t-to do and nobody seems to have got anything there at all at all and er it 's …
27 Problems are sometimes difficult to spot and are certainly unlikely to be highlighted by the vendor or his solicitor .
28 Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards .
29 We decided that Shakespeare 's plays were mere patterns of imagery , without human beings in them , and by a strange act of critical abnegation , deliberately blinded ourselves to all sorts of psychological insights , which the Victorians had been able to see and are now being seen again .
30 But do n't you think you need to sit and be quite
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