Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [det] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 2 | In addition to such single-industry , cross-country studies the recent availability of quantitative survey data in Britain and the United States has now made it possible to test some explanatory hypotheses of bargaining structures more systematically across a much broader cross-section of industries . |
| 3 | Is it possible to establish any general principles of ecology ? |
| 4 | In the early days of man 's evolution natural forces ensured that these individuals were weeded out of the human race and could not reproduce , but science has altered all that , made it possible to rear such frail specimens . |
| 5 | Applied to the artists showing at Brussels , the term could have no very definite meaning , and Apollinaire found it hard to identify many specific characteristics shared by the painters , or even to distinguish Cubism from Fauvism : ‘ One feature unites them , for if the principal merit of the painters who have been called the Fauves was the return to fundamental principles as far as colour and composition are concerned , the Cubists , in order to extend yet further the province of an art thus renewed , have sought to return to basic principles of drawing and inspiration . |
| 6 | The cables from the all-purpose I/O and drive controller card stretch across two slots and would make it awkward to fit any tall cards in either of them . |
| 7 | Other demands will arise if the information presented is inadequate in content , e.g. poor lighting may make it difficult to detect some relevant cues , or in structure , e.g. because of poor coding and presentation of information on dials , charts or screens . |
| 8 | Our experience of MCI Communications Corp 's MCI Mail service makes us feel that it has a quite impressively user friendly interface , whereas we find it difficult to believe that British Telecommunications Plc 's Dialcom — or good ol' Telecom Gold — is really quite as user-hostile as it appears , so having hit a snag in MCI and keyed ‘ help ’ at the prompt , and got a couple of screens of useful information ending with two phone numbers and a further option to key at the prompt , we wondered what Gold came up with if you keyed ‘ help ’ — here is the answer — Top-level directory not found or inaccessible . |
| 9 | Eadric Streona 's raid on St David 's in 1012 was not the first English incursion of Æthelred 's reign , and Cnut had been opposed by Welsh allies of Edmund Ironside in 1016 , and felt it necessary to settle several Scandinavian earls in the west midlands , one of whom , Eglaf , ravaged Dyfed in 1022 ; it is Welsh , not English , sources which record his flight from England after Cnut 's death . |
| 10 | Why did I think it necessary to take such drastic measures ? |
| 11 | This means that the user does not hag to specify that a legend is required , nor is it necessary to give any detailed instructions on the placement of the legend . |