Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 2 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 3 | Is it possible to assign one function to each , or are some of mixed function ? |
| 4 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , is n't it possible to tease each other about our politics — ’ |
| 6 | It is possible to use in a diesel engine , but the main purpose is to make it possible to use unleaded petrol in a vehicle which can not normally use it . |
| 7 | Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children . |
| 8 | At this point the cycloaracylation process was discovered by Bayer , which made it possible to produce this type of substance . |
| 9 | Is it possible to follow this symbolism in our poem ? |
| 10 | There are many aspects of the local authority 's role as enabler — through the provision of land , planning permission and so on — which should make it possible to exert such influence on the private sector . |
| 11 | Is it possible to summarize this account of the family in industrial society ? |
| 12 | The naming is crucial , for not only does this make it possible to contrast one kind of relationship with another , it also allows the group as a collectivity to determine what the " proper " behavioural concomitants of the relationship should be . |
| 13 | Smaller wage rises would make it possible to have lower inflation at a higher level of output — a combination that clever manipulations of macroeconomic policy ( interest rates , exchange rates and budget deficits ) have always failed to achieve . |
| 14 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 15 | Was it possible to feel that way without love ? |
| 16 | It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them . |
| 17 | And , if one accepts the concept that the spirit is journeying through many lifetimes in order to achieve that degree of evolution which makes it unnecessary to spend further time on this earth , then surely it must be essential to experience life both as a man and as a woman . |
| 18 | But no planning regulation may be passed , no law affecting the education of the young or the use of the highway , and so on , which will make it easier to realize one conception of the good or more difficult to pursue another . |
| 19 | Apart from the difficulty of chambers , the ordinary person who has no special connections normally finds it easier to get some kind of start on the common law side , where there is a great deal of small work , in county courts and the criminal courts ; on the Chancery side there is no criminal work and all the civil work tends to be fairly important . |
| 20 | Although there is a risk that life can become too self-contained and claustrophobic , farmers nevertheless find it easier to inspire some degree of personal loyalty among their workers and allow the class animosities of the occupational community to be vastly reduced . |
| 21 | So the Commission has thought it appropriate to include some consideration of these forms of communication in its Report . |
| 22 | This makes it easy to use each crayon as a fine , crisp ‘ tool ’ as well as a blunter one or rubbed on its side . |
| 23 | Push buttons on deck make it easy to clamp abrasive sheet in place |
| 24 | ‘ I do not find it easy to reconcile this ruling of Viscount Dilhorne , which was as I understand central to the answer which the House gave to the certified question , with the reasoning of the House in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 . |
| 25 | I do not find it easy to reconcile this ruling of Viscount Dilhorne , which was as I understand central to the answer which the House gave to the certified question , with the reasoning of the House in Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 . |
| 26 | The purpose of an index is to make it easy to locate any record in the system . |
| 27 | are friendly and find it easy to establish good rapport with others |
| 28 | The reversal of the conventional speech/writing hierarchy which is implied in the term archi-écriture makes it impossible to see any use of language , written or spoken , as being determined by presence , intention or representation . |
| 29 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 30 | The very different behaviour of coordinate time t and the proper time τ when the probe approaches and crosses the horizon illustrates vividly how spacetime curvature makes it impossible to cover all space–time with one set of Cartesian coordinates . |