Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | One argument is that if building the CIT involves cutting into present research programmes then it may be preferable to run the present experiments for longer . |
| 3 | However , we have not been persuaded that it would be right to extend the special provision which has been made for the infected haemophiliacs . |
| 4 | Then , and only then , will it be safe to assert that Parliament is no longer sovereign ; and until then United Kingdom courts will be right to follow the well-marked paths , even if this does result in conflict between the constitutional laws of the United Kingdom and Europe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The CRG set about trying to define a series of integrative levels upon which it would be possible to base the main classes and their order for a new general classification scheme . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | How would it be possible to take the two applications together when , thanks to the Government 's incompetence , there is not yet a scheme to run trains to King 's Cross ? |
| 12 | For a long time , I believed that it would be possible to overthrow the Irish regime by English working class ascendancy … |
| 13 | It can be possible to preselect the final choice by ‘ fiddling ’ the criteria . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | At a press conference on Sept. 17 federal Defence Minster Imrich Andrejcak said that it would not be possible to divide the armed forces by Jan. 1 , 1993 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | From these data it will be possible to examine the social structure and processes that occur within a particular industry . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In new biomaterials it may be possible to imitate the natural surfaces of these cells . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It may also be possible to extend the diagnostic discrimination using cytokeratin subtype classification , neuroendocrine status , or serological antibody titres . |
| 24 | If a constant level of activity were maintained , it would be possible to employ the appropriate number of permanent staff to deal with it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It would then be possible to devise the appropriate system for presenting the required information . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | … unless some pressure is applied to urge improved methods and practices , and unless such pressure is continuously applied … it will not be possible to save the fertile areas of Kenya from deterioration … without the application of compulsion under legislation to enforce improved agricultural practices . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | I thought that it would be possible to adopt the exterior trappings of the system without succumbing personally ; yet because I was frightened of appearing different or cockier than the others , I fell in with their mannerisms , jokes and brutishness . |