Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the great importance that we attach to a successful GATT round . |
| 32 | He is right to emphasise the general safety level of the railways , which compares favourably with all other modes of transport . |
| 33 | After all our travels we were sorry to see the trusty GRiD go . |
| 34 | The rapidity of expansion in the last quarter of the nineteenth century makes it possible to treat the chemical industry , for instance , as virtually a new creation . |
| 35 | This disposition of rooms made it possible to treat the residual high-level space as a single living/dining/cooking area , with the kitchen located at its northern end , divided from the generous living-dining-room only by a head-height folding screen . |
| 36 | The CWIS ‘ blue source ’ , for example , makes it possible to search the hundreds of thousands of titles in the Library , to place reservations and even to check one 's own borrowing record . |
| 37 | The solution suggested above allows the very low synonym levels of a multi-record bucket — in this case a track — to be combined with the CKD format of individually stored records , which makes it possible to search the whole track and retrieve only the desired record . |
| 38 | If permission is refused to a Part I application , no direct compensation is paid , but it may well be possible to compel the local authority to purchase the property compulsorily if it can be shown that the property has no reasonable beneficial use . |
| 39 | Ford said : ‘ We want to cut costs and make sure money is being spent in the best way possible to promote the new range . ’ |
| 40 | At the beginning of February 1990 cyclone " Ofa " , one of the most devastating to hit the western Pacific region , caused one death in Tonga and T$4,000,000-worth of damage . |
| 41 | Cyclone " Ofa " , one of the most devastating to hit the western Pacific region , struck Western Samoa on Feb. 1 , 1990 , leaving seven people dead , 10,000 homeless and WS$306,000,000-worth of damage . |
| 42 | At the beginning of February 1990 cyclone " Ofa " , one of the most devastating to hit the western Pacific region , caused US$2,500,000-worth of damage on Niue . |
| 43 | It is probably ample to accommodate the spontaneous arising of DNA or RNA . |
| 44 | Unlisted Securities Market-quoted Sherwood , chaired by David Parker , is due to report the 30 per cent-plus profits increase on Tuesday . |
| 45 | For centuries the practice of philosophy has been overwhelmingly the prerogative of men but it is only recently that feminist analysis has made it possible to see the distorting effect of this historical fact . |
| 46 | In the red-lit dimness it was possible to see the mutilated Tree Spirits more plainly now and Fenella thought there had never been anything quite so dreadful . |
| 47 | When the paper is viewed on the light box , a see-through view is obtained so that it is possible to see the rough copper track layout , like an X-Ray , in relation to the components . |
| 48 | From almost every hilltop it was possible to see the great column of smoke , still far , but much nearer than they had ever seen it before . |
| 49 | It is now possible to see the desperate farce of late fifties pop as a first tremulous step towards the liberalization to come : the publication of the Wolfenden Report in September 1957 recommended the limited legalization of homosexuality , while a newer generation of pop stars , like Adam Faith or the female icon , Helen Shapiro , pushed in from the margins towards society 's centre . |
| 50 | It is possible to see the national curriculum legislation as part of the government 's strategy to reduce the power of local authorities . |
| 51 | It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on these large snakes . |
| 52 | It was possible to see the same sort of divide as at the commercial end : every second house had been restored and repainted , with extensions sprouting in the gaps between them . |
| 53 | Even with × 20 it shows up as nothing more than an elliptical blur , more or less devoid of detail , though it is possible to see the smaller companion galaxy M32 close beside it . |
| 54 | In the limit that J/Mc exceeds r /2 the horizon would vanish and it would be possible to see the physical singularity at the centre of the black hole . |
| 55 | Whilst it is not possible to fool the private sector repeatedly , issues of credibility and the extent of discretion are important . |
| 56 | So we can write Nominal interest rate = Real interest rate + Expected inflation rate In practice , it is not possible to observe the expected rate of inflation so , for simplicity , the real interest rate is often defined as the nominal interest rate minus the actual inflation rate over a relevant period . |
| 57 | Well yes , I suppose it does ; though it should be possible to observe the unfamiliar with cool detachment and still make perceptive drawings . |
| 58 | However , it is possible to indicate the last known checked version of the module , for user information only . |
| 59 | However , it is possible to indicate the last known checked version of the module , for user information only . |
| 60 | However , on the facts of Lim 's case the House of Lords upheld the decision of the lower courts that it would be possible to obtain the required facilities outside the National Health Service and that it was reasonable to incur that expense . |