Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Through the fifteenth-century wooden door there is little to detain the visitor , just a few tantalizing traces of eleventh-century frescoes . |
| 3 | If there is little to distinguish the Christian from his non-Christian neighbour , then discipleship can have little significance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | And now it 's possible to put the equivalent of a million components on one single chip . |
| 8 | ‘ If it 's possible to put the fear of God into a nation of atheistic bastards , then the Chinks appear to have done it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ It 's possible to overstate the extent to which Wales has solved its problems . |
| 12 | Communication between firms is unnecessary to achieve the market equilibrium , since this is done by the firms independently thinking through the logic of the situation . |
| 13 | Events have also shown that in this day and age the exercise of a right to silence affords protection for the guilty and is unnecessary to safeguard the innocent . |
| 14 | It is undesirable to finish the approach with very little airbrake , although even this situation , from the point of view of an accurate touch down , is better than full airbrake and too much speed causing the glider to overshoot the point . |
| 15 | There 's little to disturb the fun for these young people , the middle class children whose parents are enjoying the country 's new found wealth . |
| 16 | But after her refit it seems there 's little to concern the crew . |
| 17 | Paulie always slept on his front and he 's alive to tell the tale unfortunately . |
| 18 | It dominates the " Grimes is at his exercise " ensemble and chorus , and , in inversion , the ensemble which follows ( " whoever 's guilty gets the rap " ) . |
| 19 | This is understandable given the multitude of pressures and changes that characterise the teachers ’ working environment . |
| 20 | But National , which is due to join the stockmarket next month , never suffers from leaves on the line , says McEnhill , and BR 's privatisation should force rail fares higher and speed the closure of routes . |
| 21 | Tomorrow Gooch is due to bequeath the bat with which he made 333 against India in the Test here two years ago to the Lord 's museum . |
| 22 | The news comes just days before Stratus is due to take the lid off a nest of new symmetric multi-processing systems built around the Intel 80860XP RISC ( UX No 389 ) . |
| 23 | Leicestershire County Council is due to give the go-ahead to mine 1.5 million tonnes of coal a year from the north-east Leicestershire coal field on 14 April . |
| 24 | The Home Office is due to close the prison in 2 years time , with the building being passed on to Oxfordshire County Council for a nominal £9,000 . |
| 25 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 26 | The High Court is due to consider the case tomorrow of Hillsborough disaster victim Tony Bland , 21 . |
| 27 | I understand that Birmingham university council is due to consider the matter tomorrow . |
| 28 | This autumn the United Nations is due to pass the Convention on the Rights of the Child . |
| 29 | Back from holiday yesterday , he is due to meet the board . |
| 30 | Binder is due to present the report , together with the results , at the end of the month . |