Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This decision must not be left to the magistrates to make as they are likely to base it upon pragmatic considerations only . |
| 2 | Frederica could , in the Lake District , have seen a " Wordsworthian " tarn and been able to render it in Wordsworthian words , and , because these words were known , tested , thought about , she could have introduced minute changes , have seen one little thing he had n't seen , changed the point of view . |
| 3 | And if this 6Mb does exist , would it be possible to recover it for general use ? |
| 4 | It should be possible to convert it to other BASICs without too much difficulty . |
| 5 | It has only been met twice this year , the budget is quite small for the amount of work we can continue to do is quite small er it 's quite possible that it would only need to meet once a year in future so it would be sensible to combine it with other non-policy and traffic matters as a working party . |
| 6 | So important is this consideration , and it would be perfunctory to regard it as mere vanity , that it may motivate performances to anonymous and usually unconcerned strangers . |
| 7 | ‘ They acted out the robbery in full so that when it came to describing it to everyone , to police , and to insurance investigators , they would be able to describe it in perfect detail . ’ |
| 8 | But they could possibly , they surely must be able to do it through natural wastage to some extent . |
| 9 | I suspect that if we were to take a sensate tension structure such as the love-hate paradox that lies at the heart of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet theme , we would be able to transpose it into different forms each appropriate to a particular culture , and , provided we had the necessary skill of course , we would be able to do this for all cultures in the world . |
| 10 | If the tooth is loosened in its socket , modern dental surgery may be able to fix it to adjacent teeth . |
| 11 | The F-15 is capable of dealing with all foreseeable large threats for some time ; and if a new Russian regime started to develop a better fighter , America would still be able to beat it into large-scale production of an improved version of the YF-22 . |
| 12 | But in fact is a Rolls Royce a quality car if you want to go shopping and you want to be able to park it in small paces places and get round multistorey car parks ? |
| 13 | It 's simpler to obtain large amounts of it and one hopes that if one finds out something of the mechanism through this enzyme one would be able to apply it to other enzymes dependent upon the same coenzyme . |
| 14 | ‘ Well I 've read a bit of it , mainly in order to be able to quote it at Communist opponents , who 've never read it . ’ |
| 15 | I have n't had this particular one before but we used to get a little used to be able to get it in little about |
| 16 | For a start , it will be necessary to invest it with sufficient authority to act with independence and integrity as a basis for effective oversight of the financial reporting process . |
| 17 | One very useful consequence of Lemma 3 above is that , if we want to prove a new algebraic law , it will usually be sufficient to prove it for finite programs , for example , consider the law unc This ( the conventional binary associative law of SEQ ) is not trivially deducible fro our existing laws , even though it is semantically true . |
| 18 | She peered at its various buttons and dials and wondered if it were possible to wreck it by unintentional mis-setting . |
| 19 | That had been rather exciting and they were prepared to recount it at considerable length until Narouz intervened and told them to shut up . |
| 20 | His view of the visible church , for example , was much wider than that of even Whitgift , as he appeared to argue that since Christ had died for all , all men and women — including Roman Catholics — were potentially part of the visible church , and as such should be offered the sacrament of the eucharist , if they were prepared to receive it in good faith . |
| 21 | While the test is designed for textiles , it is possible to adapt it to cosmetic products . |
| 22 | The kind of non-randomness that can be generated by simple sieving is roughly equivalent to opening a combination lock with one one dial : it is easy to open it by sheer luck . |
| 23 | Third , the Acropolis of Athens — a feature which , like some other masterpieces of nature or art , is so familiar that it is hard to see it with fresh eyes — was an inevitable centre for the rynoikism or concentration of Attica from a plurality of villages into a mia polis , ‘ one city ’ . |
| 24 | In truth , continuous polyphony can be hard to digest , and it is well to alternate it with other contrasting episodes which use very different textures . |
| 25 | There are some complications with this treatment , so I feel it is important to use it for specific indications . |
| 26 | You can claim other defences as well : for example , if you need the blade or point for work , or if it is necessary to carry it for religious reasons or as part of any national costume . |
| 27 | Coffin furniture was also exported to the colonies , it being so cheap to buy that it was unnecessary to produce it in far-flung corners of the Empire . |
| 28 | This anonymous peasant sensed intuitively the lack of communication between the centre and the grass roots , and was prepared to overcome it through personal effort . |
| 29 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 30 | Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . |