Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can not they too be committed to the view that philosophy must deal with matters of fact , and that to claim something as a matter of fact one must be able to state what observations would in principle establish its truth or falsity ? |
| 2 | Having briefly described ten tests of language , it is now possible to compare them on a range of criteria . |
| 3 | Although it is clearly not possible to restore it as a conduit care , the same external effect will be provided by the use of re-chargeable batteries with a replica truck and control gear . |
| 4 | But that pleasure was tinged with sadness because his mother , Joanna , is n't alive to see him in a role he might have been born to play . |
| 5 | In the ignominious collapse of the grand scheme the two separated , each to accommodate itself to the developing capitalist system , each to find its own way forward within the system and as part of it . |
| 6 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 7 | 7 It 's terrific to see her without the bars between us. 8 She sits eating the treat food at the opening to the door and looking at me. 9 How does she know to look into my eyes and not at the huge finger next to her . |
| 8 | The outer leaves are very important for the effect of the painting , especially against the sky , whereas it is possible to lose myself in the inner masses to some extent . |
| 9 | When questions , for example on morbidity , had been validated in the General Household Survey , it would be possible to include them in the Resource Allocation Survey . |
| 10 | Through this it is possible to orient oneself amidst the various schools and to make sense of the anonymous drawings , which constitute the majority . ’ |
| 11 | Is it possible to wear it with a belt ? |
| 12 | And I was sorry to miss you at the Keppels 's thrash ; I hope that you are recovered ? |
| 13 | But it is also possible to see it as an attempt to formulate the way in which the sliding incompatibility of the two can only be perceived through an ‘ internal distantiation ’ in which the problem of that ‘ relation ’ is enacted by its relation , in the sense of the telling of a story — which is how we get history . |
| 14 | Although an attempt was made to be representative in the choice of these films it is clear that if the effects observed are of any practical significance it should be possible to observe them on a more varied stimulus set . |
| 15 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 16 | ‘ Harry said he was due to meet someone in the boathouse , so we went over there . ’ |
| 17 | According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . |
| 18 | ‘ I am extremely sorry to inform you of the death of poor Mary Flint — the haemorrhage from the stomach had ceased for nearly a week in consequence of which her other symptoms became aggravated . |
| 19 | The defence recognises that market makers play an important role within the securities market and that to provide them with no immunity would be to make that market less liquid . |
| 20 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 21 | Humpage had been chosen as wicketkeeper and started the game behind the stumps , but with Gloucestershire finding little to worry them in the efforts of Warwickshire 's regular bowlers , Humpage removed his pads and gloves , with Chris Maynard , playing as a batsman , taking over as wicketkeeper . |
| 22 | Probably only a minority of these carried the commitment through into adulthood , though as Gilroy writes ( 1987 : 187 ) , " by looking at the broad and diverse use to which the language and symbols of Rastafari have been put , it is possible to conceive it as a movement in which the lines dividing different levels of commitment are necessarily flexible " . |
| 23 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 24 | That is why you have someone with a clapperboard at the start of each take : to make it possible to find everything in the whole length of film . |
| 25 | If there was no shot in or among the human remains , in the cavities of the skull for instance , would it be possible to find it in the soil , among the sand and gravel and pine needles ? |
| 26 | However , it is possible to discover something about the relationship between clause structure and the processing of written language by using a subject-paced reading task . |
| 27 | Far away we can hear the noise of the wind forcing its way up some narrow gully then bursting free to hurl itself across the plateau we crossed yesterday . |
| 28 | Dr Mackintosh had left for the weekend , but Dr Lange , the literary one , would be free to see him in the morning . |
| 29 | Can I come with you ? ’ by people who were keen to see what happened and who were prepared to treat it as a spectator sport . |
| 30 | From long experience Blanche knew it was pointless to confront most interviewees , foolish to drive them into a corner . |