Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Part of the site also appears to have been turned over to saw milling , as it was possible to drive either saws or lathes and machinery from the wheels . |
2 | Another practical problem is that ‘ global ’ ( organisation-wide ) data analysis may be so costly and time-consuming that it is often preferable to carry out entity analysis at a ‘ local ’ level , such as the marketing area . |
3 | When mice are imported from abroad it must either be possible to carry out experiments in the quarantine facility or a breeding colony should be imported . |
4 | By making the watching systematic and analytical , it was possible to carry out field experiments that reduced interference with the animals to a minimum . |
5 | After his reforms a French 12-pounder gun could be drawn by only six horses and an 8-pounder by only four ( in each case about one-third of the number needed two centuries earlier ) while the interchangeable parts which he introduced made it possible to carry out repairs and replacements with hitherto unheard-of speed . |
6 | Until recently , the acoustic analysis of speech has been such a slow and laborious business that only small samples of speech could be analysed , but recent developments in the use of computers are making it possible to carry out analysis on a much larger scale . |
7 | When a famous campaign is changed , it is still possible to carry out research on advertising recall for several years afterwards and find a substantial , sometimes even dominant , proportion of what is recalled being the old campaign . |
8 | The Upland Landscapes Study compared aerial survey data for 10 LFA parishes in the UK taken in 1945–1962 ( median , 1949 ) with field mapping carried out in 1978–79 to see how field boundaries had changed . |
9 | Surkov was due to perform tomorrow night , to a sell-out audience . |
10 | If blasphemy was ‘ a way of affirming belief , then it is possible to see how Eliot 's most blasphemously despairing poem , ‘ The Hollow Men ’ , led up to his conversion . |
11 | It was perfectly possible to see how Billy could have vaulted the fence , got on to the kitchen roof via one of the barrels and from there on to the main roof and all the connecting ones down to Sunil 's house . |
12 | As growing organisms incorporate radio-carbon and after death of the organism the trapped radio-carbon begins to decay at a known rate with half lost after 5730 years , it is possible to indicate when death occurred . |
13 | It is also possible to obtain back issues or single issues of the journal . |
14 | Is it , therefore , possible to obtain back issues — numbers 1 , 2 and 3 ? |
15 | If the business buys goods for resale , or components for assembly , the terms on which it buys should be considered : to what extent is it possible to pass back liability for defects in those goods ; can the business recover an indemnity from its supplier against any liability it incurs to third parties , or is such liability excluded ? ( 3 ) Who are the business 's customers ? |
16 | For small molecules it is often possible to write down descriptions of various vibrations until the total of 3N — 6 is reached , decide the symmetry selection rules for each in turn , and so decide how many modes should appear in the IR and Raman spectra . |
17 | Approaching this cosmology , it is natural for an outsider to suppose that the Chinese can think only concretely , after the analogies of breathing or the veins in jade ( a supposition encouraged by misunderstandings of Chinese script as a kind of picture-writing ) , while he thinks abstractly ; that the Chinese are wrong and he is right ( for is not the universe in fact composed of matter obeying the laws of nature ? ) ; that the Chinese are trapped within an unchanging conceptual scheme while he is free to go wherever reason bids . |
18 | 3.1.4 to carry out work or do anything whatever comprised within the Landlord 's obligations in this Lease |
19 | Employees are informed that " where the job involves working with people employed by the … client , then naturally you should be prepared to carry out instructions from anyone authorised by the client , where this is necessary to do the work " . |
20 | The most important point to come out of the Crabb affair was that it showed that the intelligence services were prepared to carry out operations contrary to the direct orders of the prime minister who was in charge of them . |
21 | Inhibition , as recommended by Alexander , is the ability to pause for a moment until we are adequately prepared to carry out actions satisfactorily . |
22 | It will be interesting to see how discussions over ‘ efficiency ’ in schools develop and whether they appear to be useful ! |
23 | It will be interesting to see how Blackburn fans view the deal a ) now and b ) after 20 or so games . |
24 | Poole and Johnson v Edwards and Coker should be an immense contest at lock and it will be interesting to see how Richards copes with the challenge of so many England colleagues opposite . |
25 | I originally had this idea through the workers union in Manchester , and I was wondering if there were any comparative studies that were happening at the same time , and that would be really interesting to see how Oxford compares to other areas . |
26 | It 'll be interesting to see how Alfie of course works in America . |
27 | An IBM source said it would be interesting to see how Hewlett-Packard Co , currently winning the performance race over Rios with its PA 7100 chip , will respond to the announcement — what do they say about Hubris and Nemesis … |
28 | Now that my South African ban has been lifted , I want to reclaim the No 1 spot I gave up in 1989 and it will be interesting to see how Tuffers reacts to the challenge . |
29 | It will be interesting to see how Lepage , the artistic director of Canada 's National Theatre , with his commitment to collective creation and experimental theatre , will unravel the Bard 's most popular tourist attraction . |
30 | It will be interesting to see how President Bush deals with the continuing hostage/Contra problem , particularly as he was once head of the CIA . |