Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Student Cook Book is exceptionally good at providing basic , helpful advice without sounding patronising or comic , and it is refreshing to have clear , reasonably technical explanations of , for instance , what chemical changes happen to the yeast in bread dough . |
| 3 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 4 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 5 | Much has been added to the house over the years and today , with its elegant 18th-century front rooms , there is little to remind one of its humble beginnings . |
| 6 | Internationally , there is little planned this season , following the failure of the Irish team to qualify for the World Cup finals in Australia . |
| 7 | There is little to please those who want to hear merely a beautiful sound or a neat , well- tailored style , everything to move those who believe that , like her great predecessors , Lehmann and Fischer-Dieskau or her co- eral Schrier , the word should have equal place with the music . |
| 8 | At present , there is little to suggest continued occupation at Ilchester by the time of full Saxon penetration in the seventh century . |
| 9 | There is little to suggest any aesthetic vulgarity or antipathy to culture on their part . |
| 10 | For those in social housing in or close to the LDDC , there is little to suggest any short-to medium-term improvement in housing conditions . |
| 11 | This done it 's possible to reach all the electrics and the truss rod adjuster . |
| 12 | It 's possible to use all the items . |
| 13 | It 's possible to give some help to the poor and needy of the world without having to give the dedication that Janet Lacey did . |
| 14 | Is n't it strange that men never seem to wonder whether it 's possible to love two women at once ? |
| 15 | Do you think it 's possible to love two men , in two different ways ? ’ |
| 16 | I 'm rather fond of Edwardian tastes myself , but sadly , I do n't live in the type of property where it 's possible to go berserk recreating the rich style of that bygone age . |
| 17 | Bet it 's due now see if I can win any of the luxury cars , I do n't think it 's possible to get that there was the , , you , you , you realise make an insurance claim for it , oh , now , now what 's he doing ? |
| 18 | I 'd expect to find deep-seated internal bruising , but it 's possible to get this without many superficial signs . |
| 19 | Provided you have a fair left hand reach it 's possible to play this without a capo , although I have seen many people play it either with one at the 2nd fret , or without one by transposing the part down to E … |
| 20 | The Last Honeymoon by Shelley Weiner Constable , £13.99 SET IN the uncompromisingly suburban surroundings of Golders Green , Shelley Weiner 's new novel proves that it 's possible to satirise Jewish family life with a touch more subtlety than the British Telecom commercials . |
| 21 | I just want to know those three things — the extent of the damage , the location of this ticking noise and to see if it 's possible to remove this atom bomb or whatever , which I 'm convinced in advance is impossible . |
| 22 | ‘ It is simply wrong for the Government to suggest that on the basis of these raw figures it 's possible to make valid comparisons . ’ |
| 23 | And with ‘ perfumed strips ’ now impregnated into the pages of so many magazines , it 's possible to try new scents for a single day without venturing further than your friendly newsagent . |
| 24 | Do n't they say it 's possible to gain half a stone on a three-week cruise ? ’ |
| 25 | Ms Li said : ‘ I do n't know if it 's possible to have less confidence in the future than people already have , but I 'm certain it will decrease confidence in the British Government . ’ |
| 26 | In classical breeding and in nature , it 's possible to cross some species borders , but you can not cross all species borders as well . ’ |
| 27 | It is unnecessary to give more than the following sketch of the widespread litigation which has attended the efforts made to bring this case to trial . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Normally it is unnecessary to make special provision for this since the rent the tenant pays is linked to the rent he receives . |
| 30 | In those circumstances , it is unnecessary to express any view on the proper construction of the charter and statutes beyond saying that I have heard nothing which persuades me that the views of Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle and the Court of Appeal [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 were wrong . |