Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a strange voyeuristic sensation to hear people talking when they have no idea you are there , and the temptation is strong to make frightening bellowing noises and then hide behind a rock . |
| 2 | It is usual to consider fixed-point binary values either as integral ( as described above ) , or as proper fractions with absolute values lying in the range zero to one ; we use the former convention for the rest of this section . |
| 3 | For thick , impasto techniques it is preferable to use traditional acrylic paints . |
| 4 | In fact it is possible to repeat entire serial note-groups and thereby give the theme more definition ( Example 128 ) : Note the repetition of note-groups and individual notes , which allow one to ‘ stretch out ’ the music so that the series covers a fair area , resulting in music of greater definition and memorability than would otherwise be possible . |
| 5 | Biotechnology , in the form of plant and animal breeding , also has a long history , beginning with the first agriculturalists c. 10 kyr BP , but developments in genetic engineering in the 1970s and 1980s are opening up possibilities that have no historical parallels and thus there are no base-line data against which it is possible to predict future environmental changes that genetically engineered organisms may promote . |
| 6 | It is possible to use advanced biochemical techniques to look for comparable ion channels and catalytic units in the mammalian brain , without directly studying the role of cells in learning . |
| 7 | It is possible to foresee other evidential problems . |
| 8 | In the same way , it is possible to screen explicit safer-sex videos from abroad at the Institute for Contemporary Arts ( ICA ) as part of a one-off cultural event , but not on a routine basis to punters in gay bars . |
| 9 | Again , the contingency reserve and the block method of funding of grants provide means by which it is possible to accommodate limited extra calls , as in the case of the Falklands war . |
| 10 | And it is possible to make new electronic texts by scanning printed texts into a computer . |
| 11 | The internal structures of some of these galeaspids are beautifully preserved such that it is possible to make detailed anatomical comparisons with cephalaspids and gnathostomes . |
| 12 | If these restrictions to free movement are reduced and a polymer is allowed to crystallize from a dilute solution , it is possible to obtain well-defined single crystals . |
| 13 | To Adorno , listeners to popular music are far from being private critical spirits , of course ; they are a passive mass which is prepared to accept standardized musical forms precisely because it is the product of the same processes as the musical forms themselves . |
| 14 | The first is prepared to accept certain personal sacrifices in order to care for others ; the second is the frustrated medic — the nurse who ideally would be studying medicine or one of the biological sciences . |
| 15 | It is interesting to examine various superhuman beings and determine which of them are presented as inherently shy and fearful . |
| 16 | It is prone to generate new social divisions of a hierarchical kind based on political or bureaucratic position . |
| 17 | Thus it is impossible to test grand unified theories directly in the laboratory . |
| 18 | Without the support of people at the top , no one is likely to confront organisational defensive routines . |
| 19 | It is based on the agreed belief that a regular count of several basic demographic factors is vital for an understanding of the structure of our society , and at each census it is customary to ask certain specific questions which deal with current matters of special importance . |
| 20 | Left : It is illegal to collect undersized Edible Crabs — large ones are assassins in your tank . |
| 21 | It is better to revise existing dogmatic theories relating to matter/energy/interactions . |
| 22 | Although this complication is unlikely to cause overt clinical problems it may result in diagnostic confusion particularly with peritoneal malignancy . |
| 23 | A limited partnership is unlikely to have sufficient net assets to qualify ; for technical reasons , it would normally be funded predominantly by partnership loan and so will not qualify unless SFA agrees ( like IMRO ) that loans owing to partners can be ignored ; ( 3 ) A trustee of a trust with a portfolio of cash and FSA investments ( and so excluding land ) of at least £10,000,000 ; ( 4 ) An authorised person , an overseas person ( see page 31 above ) or a listed money market institution falling outside the above size test categories . |
| 24 | But this is unlikely to prevent regular fierce exchanges between Dr Kumar and Mr Bates as unalike in personality as East Cleveland and Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | If it is very diatonic , our memory of the tonic key is not disrupted , and so it is important to preserve correct key relationships . |
| 26 | However it is important to take reliable contraceptive precautions until the operation is performed , and some doctors also advise the use of contraceptive precautions until the first normal period after the operation . |
| 27 | As for the validity of those tests , I remind him that it is important to have effective nuclear warheads , and testing is the only way to establish whether warheads are effective . |
| 28 | This is why it is important to reject tired old debates about nature versus nurture . |
| 29 | Second , where he is unable to obtain satisfactory written assurances , the Director may bring proceedings before the Restrictive Practices Court ( s35 ) . |
| 30 | This does not mean , of course , that the working-class respondent is unable to produce complex verbal structures . |