Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , it is n't physically possible to sit and listen to a rap album all the way through . |
| 2 | It was so strange to meet and talk to them in the flesh . |
| 3 | This tells them you are not arguing — you are willing to compromise and come to an agreement . |
| 4 | The result of the survey was ‘ a remarkably even split between managers who were prepared to help and lend to the proprietors and those who were not prepared to do so ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm willing to learn and listen to your ideas . ’ |
| 6 | It led Marguerite on to the art of cooking , and Jenna was content to sit and listen to the soothing sound of her voice . |
| 7 | Consequently the NHS inherited a large number of public hospitals containing many who were defined as chronically ill and written off as being impossible to rehabilitate and restore to the community or independent living . |
| 8 | Despite these dangers , there is a widespread belief that Japanese society differs from Western societies because of the greater willingness of the Japanese to conform and defer to group consensus . |
| 9 | Degree of transfer is not easy to measure and needs to be carefully defined . |
| 10 | It is all too easy to take and agree to a request for samples , ring up the appropriate department or dispatch centre and happily assume that it has gone . |
| 11 | The diagnosis was easy to make and seems to be a safe one . |
| 12 | I think I 'm supposed to go and report to the local polizei tomorrow . ’ |
| 13 | British cinema licences have for most of this century prohibited the exhibition of films which are ‘ likely to encourage or incite to crime ’ , which anticipated the deprave-and-corrupt test of 1959 . |
| 14 | In this atmosphere , it was understandable that commercial television should be placed under the close scrutiny of a licensing body , empowered by what is now s4(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1981 to ensure : ( a ) that nothing is included in the programmes which offends against good taste or decency or is likely to encourage or incite to crime or to lead to disorder or to be offensive to public feeling … ( b ) that due impartiality is preserved on the part of persons providing the programmes as respects matters of political or industrial controversy or relating to current public policy . |
| 15 | property uneconomical to repair and had to be demolished . |
| 16 | That belief system will be accompanied by values of behaviour and culture , which we are likely to accept and practise to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 17 | Rather than enticing your man , its real value may be that it makes you feel sexier and therefore more likely to initiate or respond to his overtures . |
| 18 | Conflicts , over such matters as land use , are likely to arise and need to be faced squarely . |
| 19 | After a fortnight , Fred saw what was likely to happen and went to a lawyer whom he trusted . |
| 20 | Erm , I understand that erm somebody from the unit has had talked to your group before , but it 's just as well to come and talk to you again because we 've changed the Local Government Unit , not the same erm , unit that it was when we were first introduced , we 've grown basically . |
| 21 | ‘ You think people have nothing better to do than listen to you . ’ |
| 22 | Method 3 is , strictly speaking , only legitimate if the aim is to feature the gradual revealing of the background to the action ; otherwise , it is a slow and obtrusive alternative to a straight cut , and becomes tedious to watch if done to excess . |
| 23 | an over-ambitious agenda which takes too long to complete or has to be carried over to the next meeting . |
| 24 | It was better to move and keep to the garden area . |
| 25 | The system had , however , neither become simpler to understand nor reverted to the strengths observed by the Redcliffe-Maud Commission in the former county boroughs . |
| 26 | Your own college library and local lending and reference libraries house a great deal of this ; you will be able to borrow or refer to the literature in these libraries . |
| 27 | Others were diffident , unable to cope or come to terms with their sexuality . |
| 28 | They give us their advice on what they know about the voluntary sector , and they give us guidance and help , in fact , the meeting took place er , only two days ago , and absolutely invaluable to be able to sit and listen to people who 've spent their life in the voluntary sector working with some of the difficulties we do n't appreciate . |
| 29 | And I was able to go and talk to her in Washington , and , and really feel that history was coming alive . |
| 30 | Open Learning would be extremely useful to chemists unable to attend or travel to an institute of higher education . |