Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to miss this important point about pragmatism , however , and we should be careful not to fall into the trap . |
| 2 | ‘ We are looking for a new partnership with the LAS and believe that together it is possible to ensure this vital lifeline goes from being the worst in the UK to being the model service . ’ |
| 3 | He said ’ It is possible to reconstruct this damaged passage in ways which completely alter the meaning of other passages . |
| 4 | But in its stupid quest for short-term solutions to our economic woes , the Government is prepared to lose this precious heritage for ever . |
| 5 | The council is prepared to accept this small loss of under-used parking space to secure employment opportunities the proposed development will bring to Darlington . |
| 6 | ‘ But it is foolish to ignore this important element in preparing for work . ’ |
| 7 | It is interesting to compare this intuitive vision with the more inhibited adaptation of it by a Greek artist at Paestum a decade or two later ( fig. 107 ) . |
| 8 | It is interesting to contrast this statutory definition of monopoly of " one quarter " with that of economic theory where monopoly refers to the existence of a single firm . |
| 9 | It really is appalling to present this outmoded idea about special foods . |
| 10 | It really is appalling to present this outmoded idea about special foods . |
| 11 | In the morass of detail Mills brings forward to describe his ‘ power elite ’ , it is easy to ignore this fundamental assumption which precedes his empirical work : ‘ In so far as the power elite is composed of men of similar origin and education , in so far as their careers and their styles of life are similar , there are psychological and social bases for their unity , resting upon the fact that they are of similar social type and leading to the fact of their easy intermingling ’ . |
| 12 | We wade around in so many glossy pointless circulars , so many yards of dubious newsprint , that it is easy to forget this primary fact : it is words , and our ability to speak and write , which make us human . |
| 13 | It is instructive to apply this analytical perspective to early rock 'n' roll — to Elvis Presley , let us say . |
| 14 | The characteristics and attitudes of people entering the sector as owner/occupiers is considered to be especially important and is likely to mark this small business sector as unique in relation to other sectors . |
| 15 | One benefit of this over similar units is that the groove retains the semi-circular wedge , so it is hard to separate this moveable part from the nut . |
| 16 | It is useful to include this extra information to fully define the item to be cached . |
| 17 | The Arkleton Trust , which was established in 1977 for the study of new approaches to rural development , with emphasis on education and training , believes that it is useful to encourage this new type of dialogue between developed and developing countries . |
| 18 | It is important to place this alleged trend in perspective . |
| 19 | The impact on Third World policy makers is likely to be large if Earthscan 's outreach is utilised , so it is important to review this new departure critically . |
| 20 | The director , Elijah Moshinsky , is unable to disguise this fatal uncertainty of tone , and most of the supporting roles are alarmingly one-dimensional creations . |
| 21 | The generalist administrator is concerned to take this wider view and not be bound by a narrow perspective . |
| 22 | The current project is concerned to examine this far-from-easy task of assigning internal structure to words and , in particular , to investigate the extent to which it is possible to build a computer system which will model the procedures which the linguist follows in arriving at a description of the word structure of a language . |
| 23 | Citalia is pleased to reintroduce this well-run hotel into our programme for 1992 . |
| 24 | Griffiths is particular gives this great play and constantly stresses the need to get input and feedback from the actual consumers of services . |
| 25 | It is difficult to ignore this combined perspective on Anglo-Saxon society in the early eighth century and its implication that it had entered ‘ a highly unstable phase ’ . |
| 26 | The view of senior management is that policemen need to combine the qualities of compassion and toughness and know when each is appropri — ate ( FN 11/11/87 , pp. 7–8 ) , although in practice it is difficult to strike this fine balance . |
| 27 | But it is unlikely that Althusser would welcome such an option because , as we saw , he is anxious to reject this very distinction . |
| 28 | It is necessary to abolish this distorting influence on the labour market . |
| 29 | The point I am labouring at such length is that there is a large and complicated repertoire of non-verbal behaviour without which it is impossible to communicate meanings through the medium of spoken words and although it is tempting to regard this non-lexical repertoire as something which can be painlessly removed without any significant loss of meaning , the experience of reconstructing talk from a medium in which the representation of this aspect of speech is so poor is a salutary reminder of its importance . |