Example sentences of "is perfectly [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these circumstances I feel it is perfectly reasonable to ask for the full refund of £29.50 , not to mention compensation for all the vexation and trouble I have been caused . |
| 2 | It is perfectly reasonable to select a job advertisement for a similar post in a particular publication and to ask that journal to tell you what was the size of the response . |
| 3 | It is perfectly simple to extract a coin or other small object buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole . |
| 4 | For example , it is perfectly appropriate to demand neatness , correct spelling , and features of Standard English in work which has a public purpose . |
| 5 | Consequently , many customers are banning smoking or restricting it to certain areas of the office or canteen , yet it is perfectly feasible to banish the smoke without banning smoking , by installing the latest electrostatic air filters . |
| 6 | It is perfectly feasible to have sparse tree populations at densities of 0.25 trees ha¹ ; ( = 200 trees or less within 2–5 km radius of a pollen site ) that are largely undetected pollen analytically ( see Bennett ( 1985 ) for the basis of these calculations ) . |
| 7 | However , it is perfectly feasible to calm traffic without the use of the law in quite normal streets , provided that cars can be made to travel slowly and with consideration . |
| 8 | Until recently , it has not been possible to use the Census to follow a particular group of people through their lives ( but see Fox and Goldblatt above ) , but it is perfectly feasible to study the changing population structure of , say , a particular district . |
| 9 | It is perfectly legal to charge a reasonable interest rate on your unpaid or late paid accounts . |
| 10 | So though it is perfectly practicable to take a trip to Heiden by car ( a direct road leads from Rorschach ) you would do much better to leave the car behind , go along to the station of the Rorschach-Heiden mountain railway near the harbour , take a cogwheel train , sit back in one of the red coaches and enjoy the gradually changing view . |
| 11 | Now it is perfectly legitimate to draw the boundaries of labourism in this way , but the matter becomes troublesome when these are located within wider structures . |
| 12 | In any case , it is perfectly intelligible to say in reply to someone 's persistent talk about " this chair " : Look here , that chair exists only in your imagination . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , Jimmy and his colleagues were pipped for the single promotion place by Charlton Athletic on goal average alone , in the most exciting finish to a 3rd Division South season in the history of our club , but it is perfectly possible to argue that , had Jimmy Wilde become available to Palace just one or two matches earlier , Palace would have crowned his first season with us with success . |
| 14 | It is perfectly possible to go through a University career , satisfy the examiners , graduate in the splendour of the Great Hall , and leave as a Bristol graduate without ever once having thought how the whole thing has been organised . |
| 15 | Although one person may not be able to combine the range of roles and tasks in the way that some coordinators have , it is perfectly possible to spread these across the staff as a whole and thus maintain the momentum of innovation and support . |
| 16 | Second , it fails to recognise what is signally obvious in the experience of many women , myself of course included , namely that it is perfectly possible to agree ‘ in one 's head ’ that certain images of women might be reactionary or damaging or oppressive , while remaining committed to them in emotion and desire . |
| 17 | It is perfectly possible to replace the hot spots in a Land Rover cylinder head . |
| 18 | Eliot asserts that it is perfectly possible to claim ‘ that primitive man acted in a certain way and then found a reason for it ’ . |
| 19 | If the condition is a recurrent one such as migraine or period pains , it is perfectly possible to use a book like this to find remedies that will give relief each time the pain occurs but it will not prevent the pain recurring next time . |
| 20 | A half-crown 's worth of soy sauce also tends — unless you are keen on Chinese cooking -to remain an old faithful among the stores ; and although nothing can quite compare with fresh tarragon , it is perfectly possible to use the excellent Chiltern Herb Farm dried version . |
| 21 | It is perfectly possible to use with just the keyboard but there are advantages in all the modules of being able to point and select . |
| 22 | It is perfectly possible to communicate with little or no such similarity or else children would never learn their native tongue . |
| 23 | It is perfectly possible to build a tag that , for example , creates a blank page before it but is not allowed to become separated from the next block of text . |
| 24 | On paper this may sound like splitting hairs , but in practice it is perfectly possible to make the difference clear . |
| 25 | It is perfectly possible to obtain all the protein you need from a balanced daily diet . |
| 26 | ‘ It is perfectly possible to combine a family with a career if you really want to . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It is perfectly possible to combine a family with a career if you really want to . ’ |
| 28 | It should also be stressed that it is perfectly possible to have reservations about , or even to reject , both these schools , and yet to accept that there has indeed been a major shift in the economy and geography of the UK since the mid-1960s ! |
| 29 | For instance , it is perfectly possible to have more than one ( up to three , in fact ) PC connected to the 4300 at any one time , and the printer will accept data from any one at a time , or concurrently , in effect queueing the jobs itself . |
| 30 | Lord Greene MR stated in Saltman that it is perfectly possible to have a confidential document , be it a formula , a plan , a sketch , or something of that kind , which is the result of work done by the maker on materials which may be available for the use of anybody . |