Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is necessary to distinguish between gradual and abrupt , minor and major , peaceful and violent political changes ; and so far as is possible to connect these diverse phenomena with their causes or conditions . |
| 2 | It may also be possible to compare these early drawings with a still existing building on the same site , to determine if it is the same structure , and , if so , if any general exterior modifications have been made . |
| 3 | It is also possible to dilute some Araldite resins with toluene for pre-casting soak . |
| 4 | US aid commitments to Zimbabwe began at $24m at Independence in 1980 , rose to $84m in 1982 , fell to $59m in 1984 and were set to fall well below $20m in early 1986 prior to a decision in September 1986 to cancel all future aid programmes … |
| 5 | If Brindley 's detractors thought his stone aqueduct was a mad idea , it is as well they were not alive to see this amazing piece of engineering successfully accomplished . |
| 6 | And Mr Smith was so right to compare those two comedians with Laurel and Hardy . |
| 7 | In any case , it would be dishonest to pretend that Mill-type consequences are not relevant here . |
| 8 | That got some cheap laughs . |
| 9 | Summer skiing : On the Kitzsteinhorn glacier , reached by cable cars and a funicular , it is possible to enjoy some good quality skiing , but only in the mornings as the snow becomes too soft in the afternoons . |
| 10 | ‘ According to one dogma , world history is in some sense a coherent whole , and it is therefore possible to affirm that certain events have a unique significance for the entire story . |
| 11 | It claims that the decision of the US National Academy of Sciences in the spring of 1980 to suspend all bilateral symposia , seminars and workshops involving the Soviet Academy , shows how actions often speak louder than words with the mammoth Soviet bureaucracy . |
| 12 | This means that it is possible to kill many more rabbits in one field at any one time with a rifle than can ever be accomplished with a shotgun . |
| 13 | Have you looked at the daily chart she fills in that records all those details ? ’ asked Tom . |
| 14 | It is possible to miss this important point about pragmatism , however , and we should be careful not to fall into the trap . |
| 15 | Edith Lathrop 's study of American rural schools in 1934 revealed many supportive agencies lending slides , stereographs and movies , often to libraries . |
| 16 | The mail system is also used to inform users when they are due to perform some administrative tasks , such as assessing proposed changes or endorsing SSRs . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , we have already seen that it is possible to see some total societies as externalizations of paranoia ; not merely as collective projections ( which may also be present ) , but as realizations of paranoid processes within the architecture of the state . |
| 18 | That occurred some 30 years earlier when the San Diego Open Tournament in California made headline news . |
| 19 | It is possible to obtain some wider cover under certain extensions of Part C of 2* and 3* Contents policies . |
| 20 | It may seem odd to find these aquatic animals appearing in the desert , but the eggs of these shrimps probably lie all over the desert , collecting in the depressions which ultimately become pools . |
| 21 | Is it possible to establish any general principles of ecology ? |
| 22 | It 's important to set the input level correctly otherwise too much signal will cause distortion while too little causes some strange sounds ( like a faint fuzz box followed by a fax signal ) to appear once the guitar sound starts to decay . |
| 23 | Melia concluded , ‘ We have solid cost and asset management , and will continue to emphasise keeping the business lean , focused and financially strong , ’ and noted that the company was due to launch those new machines and price cuts ( CI No 2,152 ) , late yesterday . |
| 24 | I have never been able to remove the inevitable bright yellow stain it produces and neither has any other paper conservator that I know . |
| 25 | ‘ I had no idea it was possible to extract such multifarious enjoyment from a simple night-time car journey . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think that erm it will be possible to meet those affordable targets on the lower numbers . |
| 27 | During the year to mid-1991 by-elections were held in Knowsley on Sept. 27 , 1990 ( held by Labour with an increased percentage over the Conservatives ) ; in Eastbourne on Oct. 18 , ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 37784 ) ; in Bootle and Bradford on Nov. 8 , and in Paisley North and Paisley South on Nov. 29 ( when Labour retained all four seats ; in the Scottish constituencies the SNP advanced from fourth to second ) ; in Ribble Valley on March 7 , 1991 ( won by the Liberal Democrats — see p. 38110 ) ; in Neath on April 4 ( when Labour retained the seat despite a large swing to Plaid Cymru — see p. 38200 ) ; in Monmouth on May 16 ( when Labour won the seat from the exports — $2,500 ) ; and in Liverpool Walton on July 4 ( when Labour retained the seat and the Conservatives came fourth — see p. 38355 ) . |
| 28 | It is possible to modify these various statements of the no-arbitrage condition to allow for continuous compounding . |
| 29 | On a technical basis it is possible to exclude those Continental examples which are not made in the same tradition as the English ones . |
| 30 | However , there is one monkey , the owl monkey of South America , that has little useful colour vision , being a nocturnal animal , but which still possesses these blobs . |