Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various schemes are being proposed to make it possible to record a wider range off-air for educational purposes but it is a complicated business involving different independent TV and production companies , different unions and a copyright law that needs to be reformed . |
| 2 | As technology improves , thereby making it possible to set a lower emission standard , new sources face increasingly more strict controls . |
| 3 | Congratulations , it is with immense gratitude that I am saying this ; I am fully aware of the dedication , the hard work ingenuity and imagination which has made it possible to celebrate a 40th Anniversary of the Medau Society . |
| 4 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 5 | But , in those terms , taking the very wide range of social systems which were studied by the first generation of British social anthropologists as a model ( the list includes the Trobrianders , the Tikopia , the Bemba , the Tswana , the Azande , the Nuer , the Nupe , and the Tallensi among others ) , is it possible to formulate a useful stereotype of what this notional entity " a primitive society " or " a savage ( wild ) society " is like ? |
| 6 | While some tests provide summary scores which reflect success and failure on different items , other tests make it possible to derive a numerical score for the whole test which reflects an individual 's test performance relative to that of other individuals . |
| 7 | Is it possible to cook a three-course family meal in under 30 minutes ? |
| 8 | Whether it is so curved that it closes in on itself ( like a balloon ) , thus making it possible to do a round trip of the Universe in a straight line , we simply do n't know . |
| 9 | But how is it possible to reconcile a variable rate of capital formation with a fixed stock of capital ? |
| 10 | This type of ‘ client-server ’ architecture also makes it possible to provide a uniform way for users to talk to applications running on different platforms . |
| 11 | It does seem to me an extraordinary catalogue of errors erm and one can well understand how errors take p er could , could have occurred during the somewhat co chaotic passage of the Railways Bill er what , what can not be understood and what is quite inexcusable is , is the fact that no steps adequate steps have been taken to correct those errors and to assure the er continued existence of a er Transport Police which er h h has the sole responsibility for er policing large public spaces in , in this country and er as the Noble Lord has made clear , er does it honour er very considerable scale , very effectively er I hope that the Minister will find it possible to make a favourable reply to the arguments which have been raised . |
| 12 | A recently patented process by the company Woodbenders has made it possible to make a made-to-measure arch with preformed wood or mdf . |
| 13 | Is such evidence available anywhere else and is it possible to suggest a general model of settlement development which may apply to local studies elsewhere in the country ? |
| 14 | The growing volume of eye-witness accounts emerging from the firmly sealed region make it possible to gain a clearer picture of how the protests grew . |
| 15 | The assumption was that the creation of larger authorities ( with larger budgets ) would attract less parochial ( more managerial ) councillors and also make it possible to attract a different sort of officer , less tied to the narrowness of existing departmental boundaries with a management style closer to that of the major corporations in the private sector . |
| 16 | Is it possible to straighten a crooked canvas ? |
| 17 | Or is it possible to complete a 20 mile circular walk by going along the coast path via St David 's Head , St Justinian , Porth Clais and Caerfai . |
| 18 | Only later were , was one to find it possible to develop a small comedy action or a small dramatic action on the screen , this would be around nineteen hundred and three , four , five , about five or six years from the beginning , that films of this sort would make . |
| 19 | Middlemas recognises that " the accepted version of the constitution … has become inadequate " ; he asks " is it possible to discover a hidden code which explains more fully the behaviour of political parties , other institutions and government ? " ; and he argues that it is possible to " establish a theory … of British governance " in the first half of the twentieth century " . |
| 20 | If the partners to the Alliance disagreed on matters of policy how was it possible to present a single manifesto ? |
| 21 | Is it possible to have a second chance of happiness ? |
| 22 | The open plan made it possible to have a twelve-foot tree , and we were able to hang presents , quite heavy ones , without its collapsing . |
| 23 | Is it possible to build a coherent ethic on the principle of awareness alone ? |
| 24 | The charcoal made it possible to get a carbon-14 date on the deposit , giving an age of about 10 770 years before the present . |
| 25 | In Smeaton v. Ilford Corporation Upjohn J. found it unnecessary to express a concluded view on the question whether a local authority exercising statutory duties is altogether outside the rule as suggested by Denning L.J. , or prima facie within the rule subject only to express or implied statutory modification as tentatively suggested by Evershed M.R. in the Pride of Derby case . |
| 26 | On the face of it Labour has a real chance of overturning the Tory majority of 2,661 . |
| 27 | This is why I do n't think it sensible to have a separate procedure for it , 'cos it 's so simple . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's a batik factory on St Lucia , ’ he continued calmly , ‘ you might find it interesting to see a primitive style of fabric printing , compare it with all this high-tech stuff Chester 's handle . |
| 29 | He said that he thought it wrong to encourage a military spirit , and that it was contrary to the ideals of disarmament . |
| 30 | Manpower constraints , often found in industry , make it impracticable to allocate a single person to using online services . |