Example sentences of "it is not [adj] to make [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | a prudent estimate ( before tax ) of the potential financial effect , or a statement that it is not practicable to make such an estimate the taxation implications , if necessary for a proper understanding of the financial position . |
| 2 | It is not possible to make much speed in such conditions . |
| 3 | With cross-sectional data it is not possible to make precise comparisons between changes in employment and economic activity over time . |
| 4 | However , it is not possible to make this inference from the data as they are based upon subjects ' responses to a single question . |
| 5 | It is not possible to make hard and fast rules about whom to tell , but : |
| 6 | It is not easy to make all the correlations that are needed . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |