Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are wanting to consider the relationship between readability and comprehension for one particular topic or passage , then it would almost certainly be preferable to consider the local readability of that chapter or section . |
| 2 | However , we have not been persuaded that it would be right to extend the special provision which has been made for the infected haemophiliacs . |
| 3 | It may be possible to reconcile the seismic evidence with fractured rock beneath the lava , which is no more than a few kilometres thick , particularly if the first few sheets that flowed were heavily fractured and were then covered by the sheets we see today . |
| 4 | In principle it should be possible to describe the functional organization of the brain simply by studying its anatomical organization and the functions of its individual components , the neurons . |
| 5 | When the retention of 59 was announced , the Gazette responded : ‘ Sometime in the future , it may be possible to resurrect the old car and parade it on the Promenade as a specimen of what people in Blackpool used to enjoy travelling on ’ . |
| 6 | They argue further that it should be possible to eliminate the long-term effect by a procedure designed to extinguish a context — stimulus association — the procedure they used was that of giving a period of exposure to the context alone between initial exposure to the target and the conditioning phase . |
| 7 | In the limit that J/Mc exceeds r /2 the horizon would vanish and it would be possible to see the physical singularity at the centre of the black hole . |
| 8 | For a long time , I believed that it would be possible to overthrow the Irish regime by English working class ascendancy … |
| 9 | It can be possible to preselect the final choice by ‘ fiddling ’ the criteria . |
| 10 | In this case it may be possible to define the main task for the subject in terms of the demands necessary for driving the car . |
| 11 | The rear of the Toyota was only just clear of the water as I jumped out , checking to see if it would be possible using the low gear to push the rock over the edge . |
| 12 | If all exports and imports were originally declared in terms of dinars and then converted into ‘ statistical ’ dollars , it should be possible to reconstitute the original dinar values by multiplying up by the ‘ statistical ’ value of the dollar in terms of dinars . |
| 13 | From these data it will be possible to examine the social structure and processes that occur within a particular industry . |
| 14 | Obviously it should not be possible to evade the statutory immunity by pleading the genus and relying on the species as unlawful means , but there would seem to be no statutory protection if the unlawful means take any other form such as nuisance or trespass . |
| 15 | But since it seems to be possible to analyse the black community as a whole as consisting of overlapping sets of relatively closeknit groups , the network variable is rather more helpful in describing the relationship between linguistic variability and non-linguistic differences between speakers . |
| 16 | Reorganisation of both storage and seating arrangements in the class or specialist teaching room may be constrained by the size of the room itself and the size of the class in it , but even so it may be possible to improve the present situation by looking at it purely in terms of its current , rather than traditional , use . |
| 17 | It may also be possible to extend the diagnostic discrimination using cytokeratin subtype classification , neuroendocrine status , or serological antibody titres . |
| 18 | If a constant level of activity were maintained , it would be possible to employ the appropriate number of permanent staff to deal with it . |
| 19 | That cash aid is due to run out on March 31 and unit organiser Kate Harker said there were concerns that without the Government money it would not be possible to continue the same level of service . |
| 20 | It would then be possible to devise the appropriate system for presenting the required information . |
| 21 | If permission is refused to a Part I application , no direct compensation is paid , but it may well be possible to compel the local authority to purchase the property compulsorily if it can be shown that the property has no reasonable beneficial use . |
| 22 | ‘ It is only with a ceasefire that it will be possible to save the traumatised population of Angola , and the United Nations are ready to help once the hostilities cease , ’ said Joao Lins de Albuquerque , spokesman for the UN representative , Margaret Anstee . |
| 23 | The only circumstances under which it would be possible to remove the National Government were those which actually arose in May 1940 : " A new situation might arise of course , if any considerable number of Members of Parliament now supporting the Government . |
| 24 | It may indeed be possible to regard the present subject of study as yet another type of word-pairing — except of course that the " greater precision " may be a function of the whole line in relation to the previous line , and not just of one word in relation to another word . |
| 25 | It may be helpful , when considering a precedent , to ask why a particular term has been included , and what it is intended to achieve , and then consider whether the same result can be achieved in any other way : for instance , it may be possible to express the same idea more clearly or concisely . |
| 26 | The Grand Locomotive Cavalcades are timetabled for 12.20 and 14.50 on both days , so it will be possible to travel the whole line and see one Cavalcade by a mixture of steam and diesel haulage . |
| 27 | Mr MacGregor said it should be possible to build the 68-mile railway between London and Folkestone by ‘ around the turn of the decade ’ — about seven years after the opening of the Channel Tunnel . |
| 28 | If an effective method can be found , then it may be possible to utilise the same information to aid the choice of candidate words in positions where no error has been found . |
| 29 | By using the ALS as the pump and the IRFEL as the probe , it will be possible to study the vibronic structure of highly excited molecules . |
| 30 | Will it be possible to challenge the legal validity of the claims ? |