Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By examining the arguments of the reformers , in looking at their aspirations and ambitions , it is possible to see something of these relationships as they were evolving . |
| 2 | Mm , mm , that sounds a possibility , I think , I think it is interesting to have someone like that you know |
| 3 | If it is difficult to distinguish precisely the living standards of older women in official statistics , it is impossible to say anything at all about the position of older Black women ( or men for that matter ) . |
| 4 | Finally it is appropriate to say something at this point about the fact , discussed in detail in Chapter 2 , that habituation does not show context dependence . |
| 5 | The profile of this short-lived low-level blast cloud is supposed to look something like that of a clump of fir trees , so it 's sometimes described as ‘ cypressoid ’ . |
| 6 | Grammatical gender is supposed to have nothing at all to do with sex . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's good to see anyone in such Godforsaken weather . |
| 8 | If the parties had not agreed on nominating such authority , or if the nominated authority declines to appoint an arbitrator or is unable to nominate one within sixty days of its receipt of either party 's request to that effect , both parties may ask the Secretary-General of the Permanent Arbitration Court to nominate an appointing authority . |
| 9 | But it 's difficult to see anything in this wild sea . ’ |
| 10 | It 's difficult to tell anything from that smooth Madonna face . ’ |
| 11 | However , it is difficult to conclude anything at all from a correlation , particularly one which is barely significant . |
| 12 | Vicki too is anxious to see something of other worlds , times and places , and she persuades the Doctor to take her with him to Imperial Rome . |
| 13 | But since answering this question involves reference to some matters of fact , it is necessary to say something about those facts . |