Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Ford said : ‘ We want to cut costs and make sure money is being spent in the best way possible to promote the new range . ’ |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | 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 . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | 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 . |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | It is possible to see the national curriculum legislation as part of the government 's strategy to reduce the power of local authorities . |
| 44 | It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on these large snakes . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Whilst it is not possible to fool the private sector repeatedly , issues of credibility and the extent of discretion are important . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | 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 . |
| 51 | By making radar observations of a planet at several points in its orbit , and therefore at several axial orientations with respect to the Earth , it is , however , possible to obtain the axial orientation , and hence the axial period can be deduced . |
| 52 | New rules make it possible to obtain the maximum relief from CGT at age 60 . |
| 53 | I do n't know how the British press sees Austrian politics but there was a short note in the Daily Telegraph announcing that Margaret Thatcher was due to meet the Austrian President and you , with the headline ‘ Thatcher to meet von Karajan' ! |
| 54 | Representatives of the steering group are due to meet the Labour-controlled council 's insurers , Municipal Mutual , next month to negotiate the final details of the compensation agreement . |
| 55 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |
| 56 | During his two-week visit to Britain he is due to meet the foreign secretary , Douglas Hurd . |
| 57 | With such a coding system it is possible to establish the primary conditions as follows : 1 ) Inserted state : that code which contains only one space zone , that being ( 0,0,0 ) 2 ) Remote state : that code which does not contain the zone ( 0,0,0 ) 3 ) Transition state : that code which contains more than one zone with one of them being ( 0,0,0 ) . |
| 58 | By summing the matching scores obtained on each construct in table 12.2 it is possible to establish the total number of perceived connections , as shown in table 12.4 |
| 59 | Accordingly , if it is possible to establish the necessary correspondence between these characteristics and the property of concern , then relationships between the numbers should reflect the relation between objects with respect to the property being measured . |
| 60 | Compiling such a matrix diagram requires a detailed study of all the records , however , and inevitably there will be some gaps in the diagram where it was not possible to establish the precise relationship between some contexts during the excavation itself . |