Example sentences of "[be] it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | These numbers , he pointed out , could have been considerably increased were it possible to assess the numbers working short-time , as occurred in almost every trade during some part of the year . |
2 | Were it possible to take a pill after which the most perfect essays flowed from your pen , A level History courses would be completed more rapidly . |
3 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
4 | To know that 's it right to receive him , and wrong to reject him , and yet to join with the crowd and say , away with him ! |
5 | Good that 's it good go on . |
6 | What the hell 's it good going with nothing on it ? |
7 | " When 's it unlucky to have a cat behind you ? " |
8 | What 's it supposed to say ? |
9 | What 's it supposed to do for you ? |
10 | Not only is it impossible to demonstrate whether the writers of classical Greece really attained ‘ objectivity ’ ; but our regard for them and our ability to learn from them do not require it . |
11 | Neither is it impossible to change . |
12 | Only if the language is finite is it possible to state with certainty that any given sentence belongs to the language . |
13 | Is it possible to acquire a rider 's insurance only and if so , could you suggest which insurance would be best ? |
14 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
15 | Is it possible to arrange the search space such that these conditions do not arise ? |
16 | Is it possible to arrange that they be given blanks and do n't know which are the blanks and which are the real , because otherwise there 's a risk after you 've done this the schools will suspect that they 're low , and therefore they will add a little on to their blank or something like that . |
17 | Is it possible to define a totality , or must one be content with reconstituting connections ? ) are now being replaced by questions of another type : which strata should be isolated from others ? |
18 | Is it possible to define what it is that they have in common ? |
19 | Is it possible to define what makes a good parent ? |
20 | Is , is it possible to do that Mike ? |
21 | How is it possible to exploit coral reefs for tourism , for example , but also use them as a food source ? |
22 | Is it possible to carry evil within us , like a disease we transmit but like to think we do not suffer from ourselves ? ’ |
23 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
24 | We can challenge the monist by simply asking " How is it possible to translate a novel ? " |
25 | Is it possible to wear it with a belt ? |
26 | Is it possible to lay the table do you think , for me ? |
27 | Is it possible to move out of grief or bereavement ? |
28 | Is it possible to cook a three-course family meal in under 30 minutes ? |
29 | If there can be no way of guaranteeing the full representation of all views , is it possible to create structures which lessen or remove restrictions on press ‘ freedom ’ ? |
30 | No more is it possible to claim that the strict code of social morality and convention which helped to sustain the political system was held in place from outside against the will of most Japanese people . |