Example sentences of "[vb base] it is [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To discover arbitrage possibilities in the FT-SE 100 index it is necessary to keep track of the prices of the 100 shares in the index i.e. £S , as well as the present value of the expected dividends before delivery for each of these 100 shares , i.e. £D , for each of the three available delivery dates . |
| 2 | Tories say it is essential to win the battle against inflation if they are to reduce the dole queues . |
| 3 | Some teachers say it is useful to have a pact with someone else , preferably another teacher , which allows you to complain in the most dreadful and unreasonable way to each other , in turn , for a fixed period of time like ten minutes . |
| 4 | Some say it is 0.5 microgram per cubic metre . |
| 5 | Acquaintances say it is hard to believe the same charming woman they knew is now a convicted IRA terrorist . |
| 6 | In the first place it is necessary to recognize the identity that exists between the interests of students ( whether at school or in places of higher education ) and of society . |
| 7 | To comprehend fully the distinction between task and process it is necessary to appreciate the evolutionary stages that groups go through : |
| 8 | Throughout the transaction process it is necessary to ensure that all of the parties are achieving their set responsibilities in accordance with the timetable and that , if not , the timetable is revised as necessary . |
| 9 | Before starting a product-container compatibility test it is essential to ensure that complete detailed specifications for both the product and the primary container concerned have been received . |
| 10 | … To this general test it is necessary to add certain amplifications . |
| 11 | On the IBM 370 range it is possible to specify that the execute is to modify the second byte of the executed instruction . |
| 12 | It argues that in order to understand the geography of employment decline it is necessary to understand the changes going on in production itself . |
| 13 | Soft ground is essential for Yahoo and conditions should be to his liking , although if he could not beat Desert Orchid in the Cheltenham bog it is difficult to visualise him doing it at Kempton . |
| 14 | ‘ My dear Rose , ’ Theda said with a smile , ‘ you have so espoused Benedict 's cause that you imagine it is enough to tell me all his unfortunate history to make me realise what I already know . |
| 15 | I hope it is fair to say that the main thrust of the defence to this claim was based on law . |
| 16 | First of all , in order to cover the whole of a curved surface or space it is necessary to use generalized or Gaussian coordinates ; rectangular Cartesian coordinates are inadequate . |
| 17 | With shorter battens that only go partly across the width of the sail it is best to insert them before the outhaul is tensioned . |
| 18 | In connection with wave attack it is useful to distinguish between prevalent and dominant winds . |
| 19 | At the time of the first attack it is possible to measure an increase in antibody levels in the blood , but these seem to remain fairly steady in any further attacks . |
| 20 | What the Russians thought of their rough but kindly guide it is impossible to say ; but he grinned , and exclaimed in amazement as he tried in vain , with a stumpy pencil to get a list of their names , and then sympathetically remarked , as he looked at their wan faces , ‘ There is no wonder at the chaps being ill ; even their names is all coughs and sneezes ’ . |
| 21 | The separation may be more mental than physical , as in the much-loved pair 29 and 30 , where the Poet 's despair and sadness are dispelled merely by recalling the Friend : ‘ For thy sweet love rememb'red ’ and ‘ But if the while I think on thee , dear friend ’ , couplets which once read it is impossible to forget . |
| 22 | This will include not only the subject matter it is essential to master , but the skills it is essential to practise , as well as social and motivational aims , and subsidiary objectives . |
| 23 | Using the LIFESPAN utility Validate it is possible to delete unused module names . |
| 24 | In Section 6.4.1 , for example , with microprocessor.based open.loop control it is possible to specify the duration of each step and the optimum velocity profile can be followed very closely . |
| 25 | At the first visit it is usual to take a sample of blood after the examination proper is over . |
| 26 | Historians have correctly pointed out that to understand the kind of exchange that took place between Huxley and Wilberforce it is important to recognize that a major social transformation was taking place in which the clergy were losing their domination of the intellectual life of the nation . |
| 27 | From experience , I know it is better to walk the hundred yards or so to the rank outside Westminster Abbey . ’ |
| 28 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 29 | Although we know it is important to teach children that the roots of their culture are in the village , and in the preservation of values and the importance of agriculture , if you look at the primary and secondary level , we find that these aspects are not much stressed . |
| 30 | Really the only reason I could think of when it 's you know it is important to put things on paper are really like the last three bits that we talked the last three things we talked about which detailed information would need to be there so people can read it when you know it 's got to get to a lot people not all in the same place at the same time or when it 's you need a copy . |