Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be expensive to provide and difficult to obtain at short notice , and has the disadvantage of not being readily available in ordinary schools . |
| 2 | Fun to wear and great to look after . |
| 3 | ‘ Just get out , ’ she cried feebly , not knowing where to look and unable to reach for the bag in case she revealed more of her anatomy than she already had . |
| 4 | I found them comfortable to use and easy to care for . |
| 5 | But speculative ventures in the late '80s have proved costly to fund and unprofitable to sell in a worsening climate . |
| 6 | All three judges in the Divisional Court ( the others were Glidewell J and Nolan J ) found the speeches of the Law Lords in Bromley v. GLC not easy to understand and impossible to reduce to agreed principles . |
| 7 | The information base is diverse and complex , and , to the outsider , can be difficult to understand and difficult to investigate in any structured or systematic way . |
| 8 | One person might consider it his moral duty to fight and another to desist from fighting . |
| 9 | No-one dared to lie and those admitting to the lapse were told , |
| 10 | Our cardigan 's easy to knit and easy to care for — it 's machine-washable . |
| 11 | The Boipatong massacre became the first major hurdle which rugby had to overcome and this led to the implementation of All Black and Wallaby tour conditions such a the minute 's silence prior to each test , the display of peace and democracy signed at match venues and in match programmes , the non-playing of national anthems and the removal of any official flying of the South African national flag . |
| 12 | For instance , first-school classrooms with colourful montages of the children 's own work and collections of objects that are interesting to touch and fun to look at provide a stimulating background for pupils whether they have defective vision or not . |
| 13 | Emphasis would be given to missiles that are simple to operate and cheap to produce in large quantities . |
| 14 | Also throughout the branches of physical geography it was necessary to convince members of other disciplines that physical geographers had a contribution to make and this had to be done by showing what could be done rather than by simply stating in advance that a physical geographer had much to contribute . |
| 15 | There is therefore much to gain and much to lose for the profession . |
| 16 | It does not enter because the entry assumes the willing compliance of people who consider that they have nothing to gain and much to lose by complying . |