Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If just a few processes need soft water , it is practicable to pipe the soft water to the machines concerned . |
| 2 | That has now been achieved and , although we know that a long road awaits the negotiators , it is refreshing to see the leaders of the Palestinian people at the conference table and to watch their demeanour as they approach the massive problems . |
| 3 | It is refreshing to read an article when the writer is not afraid to state the fact , even if it may be unpopular with some people . |
| 4 | When the Davy Lamp is taken into air that contains more than 5 per cent of firedamp , or if the air passing the lamp is suddenly contaminated to that extent , the air inside the lamp explodes and puts out the light but the mesh prevents the explosion being transmitted to the air outside the lamp Thus although the miner is put in the dark he is alive to tell the tale . |
| 5 | With regard to the control of corporate crime , there is little to deter the corporate criminal . |
| 6 | Through the fifteenth-century wooden door there is little to detain the visitor , just a few tantalizing traces of eleventh-century frescoes . |
| 7 | If there is little to distinguish the Christian from his non-Christian neighbour , then discipleship can have little significance . |
| 8 | Here lies the greatest pleasure of greenhouse gardening , since there is little to equal the satisfaction of raising most of your own plants from seeds and cuttings , watching them grow and develop until they fulfil their potential planted out in the garden . |
| 9 | For instance , it 's possible to bend the strings behind the slide , using the end joint on your first finger like a kind of mechanical lever , while still keeping the slide and the vibrato completely in tune . |
| 10 | Mrs Young , intelligent besides comforting , asked , ‘ Do you mean it 's possible to uncouple a car while you 're actually on the train ? |
| 11 | It 's possible to offset the costs and expenses of taking a lodger against the rent you receive . |
| 12 | In fact , it 's possible to argue the reverse ; that the commercial exploitation of his intuitions will ultimately work to the advantage of his reputation . |
| 13 | Now the important thing about the toxin is not so much that it can paralyse its victim , but that biologists can use it , and they can use it because it 's possible to label the toxin radioactively and then employ this to look at the distribution of receptors in patients with miocenia and characterise the receptors in other ways . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think it 's possible to like a sadist , do you ? |
| 15 | That is a form of typewriter , whereby it 's possible to generate a letter and , unlike an ordinary typewriter , if you make a mistake it is very easy to make the corrections because the word processor gives you the opportunity to have a look at the letter on a television screen before it is finally typed on paper . |
| 16 | It 's possible to use a normal setup , with amplifier , Power Tool and speaker cabinet , introduce an external preamp into the sound at the same time and DI the sound from the Power Tool direct into a mixer ( that 's possibly a bit over the top , but it can be done ) . |
| 17 | It 's possible to use a game as a way of demonstrating to children how they can begin to take responsibility for their own learning . |
| 18 | It 's possible to spend the entire night enjoying oneself and ending up having a good Copenhagen breakfast of meat and cheese , yoghurt and wienerbrød … ’ |
| 19 | I mean people do n't always agree on what evidence means ; they do n't always agree on what is the best thing to do , erm and I 've developed the idea that it 's possible to do an evaluation that I like to call divergent in the sense that there might be several different things that one might do as a result of it . |
| 20 | From Körmen it 's possible to visit the lively village of Datcha by taxi and Mersinçk is a useful stop en route to the ancient ruins of Knidus . |
| 21 | ‘ If it 's possible to put the fear of God into a nation of atheistic bastards , then the Chinks appear to have done it . |
| 22 | And now it 's possible to put the equivalent of a million components on one single chip . |
| 23 | It 's possible to draw a comparison between York and the National Parks : some countryside campaigners feel that the city has over-promoted itself in terms of business opportunities and pleasant surroundings . |
| 24 | It also has V42 error correction and V42bis/MNP5 data compression , so it 's possible to get a 2,400 bps modem handling data at four times that rate . |
| 25 | Now it 's possible to get a licence to grow some varieties of the plant to make paper and linen . |
| 26 | With a good selection of styling products , it 's possible to achieve a fabulous array of shapes , providing , of course , that hair is in tip-top condition . |
| 27 | Using the contour control , it 's possible to change the character of the sound from British bite to almost an American West Coast wash , while maintaining that essential edge which Marshall amps are famed for . |
| 28 | By paying a fee of £25 ( or more , if so directed by the Registrar ) it 's possible to expedite a registration ; in such a case , if a survey is n't required and no Land Registry requisitions are necessary , registration normally takes place within 14 to 21 days . |
| 29 | Well I think it , we should er congratulate ourselves in having the European Community as a piece of machinery inside which it 's possible to contain a power the size of Germany . |
| 30 | Think about how the room is to be used ( for example ) , will you want to eat there ? ) and find out if it 's possible to re-arrange the room to make better use of the available space . |