Example sentences of "perfectly [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It would be perfectly possible to give the rights to children without imposing the duties on them , the one does not entail the other , but we would then still be distinguishing between adults and children as citizens . |
3 | It would be perfectly possible to recast the system of democratic supervision so as to restore a considerable part of the power of the Commons and to provide a devolved system of regional and local elected councils , which would mean that every important administrative body was subject to checks and examination at one or other of the three levels — national , regional or local . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ It 's perfectly possible to take a violent dislike to someone on sight ! ’ |
7 | It is perfectly possible to replace the hot spots in a Land Rover cylinder head . |
8 | It is well worth keeping a special watch for fossils of this kind when hunting in Cambrian localities — it is still perfectly possible to discover a completely new kind of echinoderm ! |
9 | ‘ It gives us the opportunity to work on persuading the huge catchment area around us that it is perfectly possible to get the Hamilton habit after work when experiencing a top evening out . ’ |
10 | It is , however , perfectly possible to write a commercial on Monday , shoot it on Tuesday , do the post-production on Wednesday and have it on air on Thursday : for large retail clients , at sale time , this is not that uncommon ! |
11 | ‘ It is perfectly possible to combine a family with a career if you really want to . ’ |
12 | ‘ It is perfectly possible to combine a family with a career if you really want to . ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | On paper this may sound like splitting hairs , but in practice it is perfectly possible to make the difference clear . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | It 's perfectly possible to run a GEM based DTP package — like Timeworks or Timeworks Lite — on your machine , or to use Jetsetter , from Garbo Systems which is one of the better DOS based DTP programs . |
17 | They are perfectly adequate to create a strong , rigid , reliable frame for the wardrobe |
18 | Well , when we were doing the long-running series , Today 's History , it seemed perfectly sensible to do a programme about women 's history , along with a number of other things which were n't adequately covered . |
19 | I say ‘ certain ’ because they do n't have to try all that hard : there appears to be a steady supply of scientists , both American and British , who , along with associates not necessarily involved in direct research at all , are perfectly willing to sell the Soviets anything they want — provided , that is , the price is right . |
20 | When the congregation of the Lutheran Church gathered to hear the Word of God expounded , they expected to hear it expounded fully , and the Pastor of Tappersdorf was ready to oblige , not merely comparing the German text for the day — a reference to the doings of an obscure Old Testament prophet — with the original Hebrew , and giving a learned half-hour to an explanation of the circumstances in which the prophet lived , suffered , and prophesied , a time in which it seemed a small group of people struggled for the truth and searched for God under the shadow of huge decadent empires to the East — and the West , but he , the Pastor , was perfectly willing to apply the prophet 's message to the present day — and to present-day socialist Germany , at that . |
21 | " I 'm perfectly willing to discuss the pathology of cholera with Dr Dunstaple , " said Dr McNab in a mild and gloomy manner , " but I doubt if there 's anything to be gained by doing so publicly and in front of those who may tomorrow become our patients . " |
22 | If you do n't want to cut your magazine it 's perfectly OK to send a photocopy . |
23 | In research terms , this has shown itself in the way that it has become perfectly acceptable to use a wide variety of research techniques in one study , and to use different techniques for the study of different topics . |
24 | It is perfectly simple to extract a coin or other small object buried a few inches under the ground without digging a great hole . |
25 | All I can say is that there in that creepy hut , I came to believe it was perfectly easy to turn the whole story of the world I knew into a world of story . |
26 | For Simeon Kokhba , it would have been perfectly natural to expect the adherents of an earlier Messiah — the rightful king dedicated to freeing his country from the Roman yoke — to aid him in just such an enterprise . |
27 | However the Americans are so helpful and flexible that if a starter does particularly take your fancy you are perfectly welcome to make a meal of that and nothing else . |
28 | It is perfectly legal to charge a reasonable interest rate on your unpaid or late paid accounts . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |