Example sentences of "is not [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To reach structures deep within the brain it is not possible to use external landmarks , like folds in the cortex , directly . |
| 2 | The relation of the one continuum to the other is not possible using Newtonian mechanics . |
| 3 | It is not possible to take separate sectors of administration , appoint an official to be in charge , give him a budget and let him get on with it , because if anything is raised in the press or in the House about this sector , there must be an immediate channel of communications to and instructions from the top . |
| 4 | However , the Gould-Jacobs reaction is unsuitable for producing 1-cyclopropyl-quinolonecarboxylic acids or 1-cyclopropyl-azaquinolonecarboxylic acids of the ciprofloxacin type because it is not possible to alkylate 1-unsubstituted quinolones or azaquinolonecarboxylates with cyclopropyl halides . |
| 5 | Since no objective accident data were available for the areas shown in the films used in this study , it is not possible to define certain films as exemplars of risky junctions a priori . |
| 6 | In the United Kingdom it is not possible to get comparative estimates for individuals , but in England and Wales in 1984 , 23% of non-psychiatric beds were occupied by people who died before discharge ( G Bevan , unpublished observations ) . |
| 7 | According to Jesus , it is not possible to consider real foundations in marriage and in life without also considering the spiritual dimension to our lives . |
| 8 | With cross-sectional data it is not possible to make precise comparisons between changes in employment and economic activity over time . |
| 9 | Since it is not possible to handle statistical issues in any detail in a general account of sociolinguistic methodology , I shall concentrate in this section on picking out general principles of particular relevance to sociolinguists , referring as appropriate to more specialist treatments . |
| 10 | Everyone appreciates that employers are working in a volatile and sometimes precarious economic environment , and so clearly there will be times when it is not possible to meet pre-set targets on an individual company basis . |
| 11 | However , since the calculation of P(A) requires the aggregation of data across subjects and each subject only rates 30 of the 60 stimuli it is not possible to calculate average correlations in this case . |
| 12 | Councillor bodies are often paralleled at officer level and it is not uncommon to see different outlooks prevail — a further dimension of complexity . |
| 13 | In the Western and Northern Isles and on the north-west mainland of Scotland , it is not uncommon to find montane plants growing at or near sea level , though this phenomenon is probably better demonstrated in NW Sutherland and Shetland than in the Western Isles . |
| 14 | Registers tend to be filled in , often to a pattern , sometimes in advance , whereas actual attendance , particularly in rural areas may be far more sporadic than indicated , while in certain communities ( as with nomads such as the Kenya Turkana or Moslem communities suspicious of the corrupting influence of western schools on their children ) it is not uncommon to find considerable numbers of pupils who are on the roll , but attend sporadically and unwillingly . |
| 15 | The country 's largest carrier is not keen to face new battles at home when it is trying to spread its wings overseas , by buying TWA 's slots at Heathrow . |
| 16 | An engineer designing a horseless carriage is not obliged to retain structural features that existed solely to adapt the carriage to the horse ( although , in fact , such primitive features were retained for a time ) . |
| 17 | It probably is not practical to remove nuclear weapons entirely , but we can lessen the danger by reducing the number of weapons . |
| 18 | Using this approach it is not necessary to resolve alternative interpretations immediately — they may instead be maintained until their combination with other constraints produces in a single interpretation . |
| 19 | As we shall see , it is possible in the quantum theory for the ordinary laws of science to hold everywhere , including at the beginning of time : it is not necessary to postulate new laws for singularities , because there need not be any singularities in the quantum theory . |
| 20 | It is not necessary to have different languages for database access ( such as SQL ) and a host language ( such as Pascal ) for the complex programming tasks using the data collected . |
| 21 | Countries can think about widespread famine and the international organization needed to deal with it , but it is not easy to make detailed plans years in advance of the crisis . |
| 22 | But we know very little about the animals which bore these scales and although a few articulated remains have been known for several years , they show very little anatomical detail and it is not easy to identify immediate relatives . |
| 23 | In the light of these structural changes , it is not surprising to find regional variations in unemployment . |
| 24 | Since the care will be the same , it is not crucial to examine historical causes . |
| 25 | A man of few words , but strong opinions , the England skipper is not prone to make rash assessments . |
| 26 | With hindsight , it is not difficult to imagine alternative uses for this fine estate which would have been of lasting benefit to the Association . |
| 27 | In his fantasias and toccatas it is not difficult to trace Venetian influences , particularly in the six fantasias ‘ in the manner of an echo ’ where he takes advantage of the two manuals of the organ to ‘ echo ’ motives duly marked f and p . |
| 28 | It is not difficult to make similar observations in the case of other adjectives : ( 8 ) a meteorological expert romantic novelists foreign policy a nuclear scientist animate nouns the royal hatmaker All these are wholly respectable phrases of English ( especially the last one ) but , in every case , a test using the sentence " This N is A " will either give a meaning to the adjective which is different from that in the original phrase , or simply produce an unacceptable result . |
| 29 | ‘ It is not difficult to have vivid memories of him , ’ he told me . |
| 30 | But it is not difficult to find conflicting judgements , as in the headline : ‘ TERROR GANGS TO BE WIPED OUT . |