Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the client proposes an asking price which appears even after investigation to be unrealistic or unreasonable , it may be preferable to withdraw from the engagement . |
| 2 | If a client proposes an asking price which appears unrealistic or unreasonable , it may be preferable to withdraw from the engagement rather than to be involved in protracted negotiations which are likely to have little prospect of success . |
| 3 | It would be awful to work in a place where everyone was miserable . |
| 4 | The texts should be practicable to administer in the classroom context , and to mark and moderate . |
| 5 | It ca n't be right to cry through the night . |
| 6 | Many will be sorry to hear of the death at home of Terence Goldsmith , former publishing director of Blandford Press , on 16th December . |
| 7 | ( I am not , however , suggesting that if you exercise it will be possible to live on a diet of eggs , butter and cream — moderation in all things ! ) |
| 8 | If none is available , it may be possible to arrange for a specialist physiotherapist to visit the hospital department to see the patient and suggest appropriate treatment lines to the physiotherapist there . |
| 9 | I wonder if , even at this late stage , it might be possible to arrange for the loan of an item from your collections for our forthcoming exhibition on John Slezer , of which you may already be aware . |
| 10 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 11 | ( The main reasons for taking this approach is that for dynamic handwriting recognition it is necessary to select the correct information shortly after the word was written — it may not be possible to wait for the user to finish a sentence or clause . ) |
| 12 | It would be possible to search through the file until the record was located , but this technique , and the more refined methods available for searching sequential files in which there is no direct relationship between the record key and its storage location , are too slow for the needs of most enquiry systems . |
| 13 | Acheson informed the British ambassador in Washington on 24 December 1949 that because of inability ‘ to find satisfactory answers to certain basic problems confronting us ’ , it would not be possible to adhere to the schedule originally decided with Bevin in September . |
| 14 | In other words , if it were possible to remove the grievances of the middle classes against those above them , then it might also be possible to nip off the danger of an alliance between the middle classes and the working classes below them . |
| 15 | Merchant bank Where the transaction is a private one and does not involve the issue of securities it may be possible to proceed without a merchant bank , although , under the FSA , an authorised person will be needed to approve the offer document . |
| 16 | It might just be possible to get past the ticket collector at West Hampstead without paying but at Finchley Road there was a nearly impenetrable barrier of ticket gates . |
| 17 | It ought to be possible to get to a position where we can say with regard to a specific query : ‘ These are the most inherently valuable sources available worldwide ‘ about ’ that subject . ’ |
| 18 | If we could identify the factors that cause this , it would be possible to interfere with the process and prevent cot deaths , ’ Prof Weir said . |
| 19 | The comments I made about the narrowness of Nicolson Street at the Community Centre was based on observations from Highways to the effect that it would not be possible to fit in a northbound bus lane unless there were only a single southbound lane and no bus stop . |
| 20 | It is greatly to be hoped that some version of the censorship hypothesis holds because close to naked singularities it may be possible to travel into the past . |
| 21 | It may be possible to study for the course by distance learning , so that the modules can be covered at an appropriate time in your training . |
| 22 | In shop sales it may still be possible to imply as a matter of general contract law that the goods supplied , in the absence of representation to the contrary , correspond to the goods displayed in the shop . |
| 23 | It would be possible to add to the system indefinitely until every one of the recorded parameters that is normally displayed on an instrument in the cockpit of an aircraft was reproduced in this way . |
| 24 | The intra-group transfer should be possible to achieve on a no gain/no loss basis for capital gains tax purposes under s171 TCGA 1992 ; it should be exempt from stamp duty under s42 Finance Act 1930 ( as amended ) provided transferor and transferee companies are " associated " within the meaning of Finance Act 1967 when the asset is transferred ; and outside the scope of VAT under section 29 VAT Act 1983 where the transferor and transferee companies are members of a VAT group . |
| 25 | Having said that , it would be possible to extract from the rhetoric , and the general statements of the NCC and from the syllabuses so far produced , words which might suggest that the NCC executives agree . |
| 26 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 27 | There was a short silence as they both drank coffee , and then Miriam said sharply , ‘ Why should it be odd to refer to the infant in the neuter ? |
| 28 | If anyone would like further information about this year 's event , or would be prepared to act as a site co-ordinator , they should contact & name & phone no ; |
| 29 | 7 Be prepared to act as the diplomat within your Company . |
| 30 | Yes chairman , that er we er would be prepared , the County Council would be prepared to put in a statement to the effect that er it would be w prepared to amend the key diagram to reflect a a single er star on the diagram er to reflect the A fifty nine relief road . |