Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be absurd to claim that this day is already near . |
| 2 | It would be possible to acknowledge that this type of emotional layer exists in human beings , and that it finds expression in the brutality men are capable of inflicting on one another . |
| 3 | Indeed , it may even be possible to argue that certain types of reservation of title clause are caught by s3 , in so far as they purport to allow the seller to retain title until certain conditions are fulfilled , and therefore permit it to render a performance substantially different from that reasonably expected of it , or no performance at all . |
| 4 | By the use of control accounts in both the financial and cost accounts it will be possible to ensure that both sets of accounts are balanced and integrated . |
| 5 | For example , it may be possible to determine that one group of contexts represents a building , which was covered by a group of contexts representing a paved area , which in turn was covered by a group of contexts representing another building , etc . |
| 6 | It would be pleasant to think that this decision was made purely on conservation and environmental grounds , but on all the evidence of the past this seems unlikely . |
| 7 | We must be prepared to adapt as some industries and occupations expand and others contract . |
| 8 | Although monitored allocations of the kind suggested above are the only way to ensure that library policy is translated into practice , it would be unrealistic to believe that all authorities manage their budgets in this way . |
| 9 | It would be unrealistic to assume that any assessment process based solely on one assessor 's judgement of another 's competence would always be regarded as completely valid and reliable . |
| 10 | At best , the vendor may be willing to warrant that such forecasts and opinions are reasonable . |
| 11 | It will be interesting to see whether similar actin cables also play a part in driving the coordinated movements of normal morphogenesis . |
| 12 | It would be interesting to see whether other mechanisms , besides CDM , are capable of reconciling HDM with observations . |
| 13 | It will be interesting to see whether current opinion confirms that historical evaluation or throws up masters due for a fuller reassessment . |
| 14 | It will be interesting to see whether Japanese management practices likely to be brought in by the new top management will work in an environment where aggressive individual success , rather than collaborative teamwork has been the norm . |
| 15 | It will be interesting to see whether this trend will be followed if convictions are obtained in the Blue Arrow trial and the Barlow Clowes Affair . |
| 16 | The fitting of blinkers on Spartan Sprite had the desired effect at Higham , and it will be interesting to see whether this ploy works a second time should Nigel Bloom opt to ride her rather than Jaaez . |
| 17 | It will be interesting to see whether these objectives are attained . |
| 18 | In these weavers the importance and complexity of the nest seems to have focused co-operative behaviour in this area but it will be interesting to see whether further research shows an extension of the behaviour to incubation or rearing in any of them . |
| 19 | Personally , I would not object to payment but it would be interesting to see if all users would contribute . |
| 20 | Significant amounts of gas may have been generated , and it would be interesting to know whether geochemical work has been done on the gases found in Jurassic reservoirs to see whether any Palaeozoic contributions are present . |
| 21 | It will be interesting to determine whether direct homologues of pou [ c ] exist in other species and if the class defined by this divergent zebrafish POU protein also contains other members . |
| 22 | On the other hand , however , although 20th Century publications , taken as a whole , showed a lower-than-average proportion of items in need of repair ( 3% ) , it would be wrong to conclude that such material is in no danger . |
| 23 | These studies were not " wrong " , but it would be wrong to conclude that this pattern of interest-group politics holds for all issues . |
| 24 | It would be wrong to conclude that either material is inferior and far wiser to use such information to your advantage when choosing drawing materials . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , it would be wrong to suppose that all mergers were approved . |
| 26 | Likewise it would be wrong to assume that economic difficulties worked to push the gentry increasingly into the Tory camp . |
| 27 | However , it may be wrong to assume that this inability to create a coordinated response is a bad thing : a truly-integrated response to the cities from the Conservative governments elected in 1979 and after might have been even more detrimental to the major conurbations than it has been . |
| 28 | It would be wrong to suggest that any segment of an eighteenth-century electorate was truly independent , and a number of ties joined the freeholders to the party , or interest , of a local politician . |
| 29 | I shall be interested to discover whether that view is shared by the Labour spokesmen who trail round the country assuring training and enterprise councils of their support . |
| 30 | The House may be interested to learn that hon. Members who represent south Wales constituencies hold fairly regular meetings with the south Wales constabulary . |