Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is most common to find the following three logical operations between the contents of the accumulator and the contents of a store location . |
| 2 | Nykrog , for instance , suggested the morals were a redundant , fossilized feature inherited by the fabliaux from twelfth-century precursors that were fables ; Ménard sees the moral largely as a façade and Charles Muscatine is most inclined to see the moral simply as a convenient , traditional way of closing a text . |
| 3 | It is most important to include the widest possible range of matters to be considered when deciding whether or not a given house is below acceptable standards . |
| 4 | In these days when inter-faith dialogue can easily slip into syncretism , and when man 's search for God can easily supplant all idea of God 's self-disclosure to man , it is most important to remember the emphatic union which the New Testament asserts between the Holy Spirit and Jesus . |
| 5 | The question of which type of cell is most likely to give the desired result remains unanswered , but work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter . |
| 6 | The individual that produces the most clear-cut signal is most likely to have the most offspring . |
| 7 | Rather than trying to bluff your way through , it is better to say something like , ‘ Right at this moment it 's rather difficult to remember the exact details , could I possibly look over the advertisement again ? ’ |
| 8 | He petitioned the Chief Justice of the Forest to ‘ remit his fine and order his enlargement ’ on the ground that he was ‘ a very poor man with many children … and is altogether unable to pay the said fine . ’ |
| 9 | The mandatory penalty does indeed serve to mark out murder from other crimes , but whether the definition of murder is sufficiently refined to capture the worst killings , and only the worst killings , remains to be discussed below . |
| 10 | However , there does not seem to exist an accepted notion of ‘ grammatically different element ’ which is sufficiently well-defined to carry the whole burden of distinguishing lexical units . |
| 11 | Hence it would be necessary to draft a new housing repair code in terms specific enough to be clearly understandable … but also containing a wide enough range of topics to be considered so as to ensure that the law is sufficiently flexible to cover the greatest number of housing repair problems … |
| 12 | It 's much better to join the European monetary union and do things through them . |
| 13 | Well I have to say straight away that I 've erm worked on a Council with the Labour Party in opposition with us , and now with the Labour Party in Government with us with us a very small group , and I have to say it 's much preferable to have the Labour Party in power than to have the Conservative Party in power as far as we 're concerned , because at local level the sort of things that we want to do — providing better services , caring of people , all those sort of things — we do n't disagree . |
| 14 | It is only necessary to compare the living conditions of laborers in nonindustrial areas with those of industrial workers , miserable as these may be in some cases , to be aware of the material benefits of the conversion to machine technology . |
| 15 | For our purposes , it is only necessary to mention the larger , superficial muscle groups which affect the shape of the body and are responsible for the movement of the limbs . |
| 16 | For our purposes , it is only necessary to mention the larger , superficial muscle groups which affect the shape of the body and are responsible for the movement of the limbs . |
| 17 | With the stickback style , however , it is only necessary to curve the top piece ; the sticks would then position themselves into a curve , even from a straight base . |
| 18 | Clearly it will be easier to treat a recessive disease using gene therapy than a dominant one , since it is only necessary to introduce the normal gene , not to remove the mutated copy . |
| 19 | It is only possible to highlight the basic points and common principles in this chapter . |
| 20 | Actuaries often break down populations for analysis by sex so it is only fair to apply the same process to ourselves . |
| 21 | She 's an extravagant girl , but I suppose given her looks , it is only natural to make the most of herself . ’ |
| 22 | Gilford , a 27-year-old from Crewe , is so keen to make the European team that he would even be prepared to give up any invitation he might receive to compete in the US Open this year . |
| 23 | That is why metaphor is so useful to communicate the experiential world of the people to the reader . |
| 24 | In view of the devastation , the unemployment and the misery caused to our people , is it any wonder that the Prime Minister is so reluctant to hold the general election ? |
| 25 | Says Dana Stuchell at Trans-Species , ‘ We believe that it 's morally wrong to alter the genetic material of species . |
| 26 | Given that Dunrossness is experiencing a boom , it is entirely reasonable to make the most of the boom by selling individual plots of land , if that is the only way one can take advantage of it . |
| 27 | However , in analysing behaviour in organizations , it is extremely useful to consider the two sets apart — on the one hand the goals relating to the individual search for a comfortable lifestyle , and on the other those relating to the search for a definition of what is required of each individual . |
| 28 | For example , it is a recognized fact that a child who has been regularly beaten by one or both of his parents is extremely likely to inflict the same violence on his own children . |
| 29 | My Lords , I believe that it is extremely difficult to get the right sort of people erm to do these things . |
| 30 | It also means that it is extremely important to get the matching stage right because no amount of back-seat driving will persuade new parents to change their basic way of running their family . |