Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not prepared to stand by and let schools in areas that we represent get closed or re-organised or whatever , at the expense of small village schools , which should be re-organised , or re-rationalised before schools in large urban areas . |
| 2 | Well as you 're aware , our philosophy , our policies are to protect and improve services , and a lot of our services , when we came in with our initiative , we started from a nil base , on some of the provision , and we are not prepared to stand by and see diminution of any of the services , if it is humanly possible . |
| 3 | Be prepared to reflect upon and discuss difficult or controversial points in your reading . |
| 4 | They are willing to contribute to and collaborate with the youths , often spending long hours coaxing and prompting . |
| 5 | At our next meeting we were able to have a long chat , I found very frank and easy to talk to and felt very much that a two way supportive relationship developed quite quickly , as opposed to supporter-supportee ( does this word exist ? ) . is now 14 months old and we have contrived to get together on a regular basis . |
| 6 | Most concrete of all , most easy to talk about and to understand was the diet . |
| 7 | Press releases given in technical language , with a large number of figures and percentages , were not easy to listen to and understand when broadcast . |
| 8 | In the press , in the House of Commons , in reports to government departments and in popular folklore there emerged the evacuee stereotype — a dirty , lice-ridden and foul-mouthed urchin who wet the bed with monotonous regularity , preferred fish and chips to a proper three-course meal and was about as domesticated as a wildcat ; similarly , the evacuee mother appeared as a negligent slut , impossible to live with and having the vocabulary of a Billingsgate fish porter . |
| 9 | Give advice on what is easy to care for and put on . |
| 10 | You will no doubt have been assisting her in basic matters connected with the running of her home while she is still in a state of shock following her husband 's death , for at this point even the most capable women sometimes find day-to-day planning and decision-making very hard to cope with and need to be eased gently back into their normal routine . |
| 11 | This method of bandaging provides a firm grip that is less likely to slide of and fall in festoons during the ensuing bout . |
| 12 | The profession was extremely hard to break into and to maintain a very low weight required constant vigilance and self-discipline . |
| 13 | To gain attention and recognition we need to be able to attend to and recognise others . |
| 14 | Well I believe that the report that er is before us that has been moved erm actually sets out a framework which the social service committee is able to work to and to monitor and I see no point whatsoever in referring this back to social services erm to delay further what is the inevitable . |
| 15 | While this relieved his mind in one regard — daemon spawn would be unable to home in and manifest themselves — the precaution piqued his curiosity afresh . |
| 16 | Suggested model memoranda and articles for both limited and unlimited companies are included in this pack and certain provisions in those models ( or provisions to like effect ) are identified in an introductory notes as being necessary if the incorporated practice is to be able to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 17 | Certain provisions ( or provisions to like effect ) in the Articles are necessary for an incorporated practice to be able to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 18 | Certain provisions ( or provisions to like effect ) in the Articles are necessary for an incorporated practice to be able to comply with and remain in compliance with the Rules . |
| 19 | From Scotland we are apt to look at and condemn Thatcher 's England , south of Birmingham , the greenbelt-eaters , the yuppies , the Sloanes . |
| 20 | By the time you had let them out you would have domesticated deer who are no longer likely to be able to fend for and defend themselves as they previously did . |
| 21 | Counsellors are available to talk to and advise individuals and couples about marital or partnership problems , preparing for marriage and parenthood . |
| 22 | Counsellors are available to talk to and advise individuals and couples about marital or partnership problems , preparing for marriage and parenthood . |
| 23 | The farms , small to start with and made even smaller as time went on by the system of inheritance , were extremely vulnerable to natural disaster . |
| 24 | We shall have to introduce point charges , but let us be a little more general to begin with and assume that the charge is uniformly distributed within a sphere of radius r0 . |
| 25 | I found the sexism and heterosexism of the Black movement difficult to cope with and felt at that time that I was n't considered Black enough either in my colour or my politics . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In a few cases , it may be necessary to look at and take samples from the rectum . |
| 28 | After that it was back into the ‘ chocolate box ’ scenery of western Norway , the fabulous fiords and magnificent mountains , which are marvellous to look at and to photograph , but which I find a bit aloof and unattainable . |
| 29 | Subject to statutory minimum periods of notice which the Council has to give you , you are entitled to receive from and required to give to the Council notice of termination of employment of eight weeks . |
| 30 | Subject to the statutory minimum periods of notice which the Council has to give you , you are entitled to receive from and required to give to the Council notice of termination of employment of four weeks ( eight weeks on reaching PO1 ) . |