Example sentences of "it is [adj] to make [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunities for successfully re-using a structure to which it is necessary to make major modifications in order to suit it to its new task are small , even with ironwork of exceptionally good quality . |
| 2 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 3 | Because of the differences in structure and gradings in the above two assessments , it is impossible to make direct comparisons , but the 1989 review includes within its Category 16 ( Other Physical Sciences ) , such diverse subjects as astronomy , oceanography , and meteorology , some of which have teaching and research connections with the earth sciences . |
| 4 | Because this is so it is unnecessary to make extravagant claims ; the provision of a multimedia library , with the fullest integration of catalogues and shelves , and the finest collection of viewing and listening equipment , still meets only questions 1,2,3,6,7 and 8 . |
| 5 | He added , ‘ It is easy to make cheap cracks about Norma 's hair and her clothes . |
| 6 | It is easy to make lasting judgements based on impressions and recollections from a time when things were different . |
| 7 | From this road it is possible to make small diversions down into the villages of Jardim do Mar and Paúl do Mar , although the roads in and out of them are more spectacular than the villages themselves . |
| 8 | Once this has been done it is possible to make single-frequency readings to give quantitative concentrations of constituents of a mixture . |
| 9 | Again it is possible to make categorical assertions in English without giving any indication of the evidence that one has for making them or of one 's attitude towards what one is saying : there are languages that can not do this . ’ |
| 10 | In these days of the video camera and ‘ instant ’ processing it is possible to make memorable recordings of important local events — from rag-day parades to the church bazaar , the Remembrance Day service at the war memorial , or the opening of the new parish hall . |
| 11 | It is possible to make three-dimensional maps . |
| 12 | Another problem arises from the form of the inscriptions ; most are lists of short , terse statements — objects , numbers and dedicatees — and many of the words are proper names , so it is possible to make false interpretations without the errors becoming apparent subsequently , as they would in a longer and more connected text . |
| 13 | This is a method of analysing the contents of documents or other non-statistical material in such a way that it is possible to make statistical comparisons between them . |
| 14 | Thinking and fantasizing seem to have constituted the majority of Foulkes 's and Vogel 's subjects ' reports , but while it is possible to make fine distinctions between levels of sleep depth using EEG/ EOG measures , these did not seem to be very predictive of the quality of experience reported . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , provided that it is possible to make informed assumptions about the likely shapes and sizes of buildings at particular periods , a computer can be programmed to search for particular configurations of post-holes that might result from such a structure and ‘ peel them off ’ , to reveal a simplified picture of earlier building phases . |
| 16 | Naturally , it is difficult to make direct comparisons with the situation in the United Kingdom because psychosocial problems is a broad category and children who meet this criterion are sheltered by different services , such as education , health , and social services . |
| 17 | However , the limited extent of this research , combined with the different questions explored by different methods , leave a substantial number of issues on which it is difficult to make definitive statements . |
| 18 | At the time of the first interview , it is vital to make careful notes , and details relating to the taking of instructions appear later in the text . |