Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On a clear day it is possible to see both the English and Bristol Channels ; the distant Quantocks and Mendips frame the Somerset Levels , with Glastonbury Tor rising mysteriously out of the mists . |
| 2 | As Pahl ( 1988 ) points out , it is not possible to accept uncritically the idea that an underclass has emerged in British society . |
| 3 | These properties make possible studies of the pulsar at radio wavelengths with unprecedented detail , and indicate that it should be possible to detect both the pulsar and its companion at optical and perhaps shorter wavelengths . |
| 4 | As Laurence Martin has said : ‘ It is impossible to refute entirely the criticism that the various strategies of limitation may appear to make the world safe for nuclear warfare and thereby hasten its onset ’ ; but he concluded : ‘ The proper question may therefore be not , should we contemplate limited nuclear war , but , should we consider the ways of limiting the nuclear war which is henceforth always a possibility ’ ( Howard , 1979 , pp. 119 and 120 ) . |
| 5 | The locals say they believe he was a swine thief , but it all seemed a bit serious to represent merely the chase and capture of a robber who stole pigs belonging to the monks of Jervaulx Abbey . |
| 6 | It is impossible to explain satisfactorily the passion that Shah Jehan had in this direction . |
| 7 | Even if it were possible to model accurately the supply and demand responses to changes in taxes and transfer or benefit provisions of all kinds , it would remain a GNP or market calculation . |
| 8 | It was therefore thought important to publicise again the condition and at the same time characterise it and discover its natural history using a larger number of cases . |
| 9 | He is then able to see clearly the extent and depth of his wounds . |
| 10 | Each subject was able to adjust both the height and the angle of a toilet seat by remote control . |
| 11 | Apart from the name of each variety , it is clearly important to know exactly the type and habit of each climber you grow . |
| 12 | By formulating such objectives , ward staff are able to define precisely the general and the specific care required by the patients of their particular specialty . |
| 13 | So important was this and so adept the participants that the farmers-general and the Van Necks were able to persuade both the French and British governments to permit the continued shipment of British tobacco to France during the wars of 1744–8 and 1756–63 . |
| 14 | The DHAC had softened up the Unionists by publicising the housing situation in Derry and causing embarrassment for the Stormont government , but it was the Nationalists , as elected representatives , who were able to press home the advantage and force the concessions . |
| 15 | Often , two individuals will sadly suffer their pain and loss alone , unable to share either the love or the suffering . |
| 16 | If moral scepticism is to be avoided , then , it is important to appreciate both the scope and the limits of these sorts of explanation . |
| 17 | From this , we can see that it is possible to control both the rate and angle of descent by varying the pitch ( Fig. 8.1 ) . |
| 18 | The German naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel ( 1834–1919 ) is generally regarded as the first to put forward the idea that these changes in the embryo retrace our evolutionary history . |
| 19 | The leaky valves for Intal inhalers were manufactured by a subcontractor and an application was made to the FDA in 1987 to change both the valve and the manufacturing site . |
| 20 | UN officials reckon that to pay both the army and the civil servants would cost some $1m-7m a month . |
| 21 | Certainly one would have to agree that O'Neill did little to change either the reality or Catholic perceptions of their subordinate position in the polity and the economy but his failure almost certainly owed more to his lack of power than to his lack of desire . |
| 22 | You may be able to continue giving care and support to the abandoned partner but it is still necessary to accept both the loss and the change and to look for a positive way forward . |
| 23 | Sometimes it may be necessary to replace both the washer and the jumper — particularly if they ca n't be separated . |
| 24 | Sufficient has been said to suggest that there may be good reason to utilize intergovernmental grants and that , in order to choose the appropriate grant , it is necessary to consider both the objective and the likely response of the local authority to the grant . |
| 25 | As further factors become clear it will be necessary to review further the Control and Collection Sections and if necessary to present further reports to the Committee during 1993 . |
| 26 | One particular strength is that it is possible to specify both the area and the subject of the map . |
| 27 | Impulsive by nature and eager to experience fully the love that she knows will be hers for life , Helen is scrupulous in her demands on his friendship and earnest in her desire to learn by his side . |