Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to live with wild animals , if we give them a little space . |
| 2 | It is possible to cope with one of these legs being shaky and under pressure but not two at the same time . |
| 3 | And it is possible to predict with fair accuracy the behaviour of the site ( volcanoes and earthquakes permitting ) over billions of years . |
| 4 | With the benefit of fifteen years ’ experience and from the security of a university in Britain , it is possible to pronounce with considerable confidence upon what should have happened ; to comment owlishly on how untidy and illogical were the processes employed , how more information should have been spelt out with more precision , how more evaluation should have been undertaken sooner , how unreal were our expectations in terms of how quickly and how evenly changes can effectively take place . |
| 5 | It is possible to sympathize with these arguments , but there are more fundamental criticisms of key settlement policies . |
| 6 | Over a two-day residential course , it is possible to start with recent trends in the workplace , go on to analyse a variety of management styles and approaches , consider strategies , and then develop what the course manual describes as ‘ a sense of solidarity and optimism in ‘ Hard Times ’ ' . |
| 7 | From the significant number of representations of bull-leaping on frescoes and sealstones , it is possible to reconstruct with some confidence the events that took place in the Bull Courts . |
| 8 | He is willing to co-operate with other international institutions , such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund , but insists the EBRD retains its exclusive brief for eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union . |
| 9 | But it is easier to cope with these pressures if we go back to first principles . |
| 10 | It is easier to cope with any difficulty when feeling well and alert , less easy when worried , tired , ‘ out of sorts ’ . |
| 11 | Obviously it is sad to part with such a fine piece of craftsmanship , but it will be appreciated and well-looked after in the National Museums of Scotland , as one of the major items in the important spinning-wheel collections . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's tremendous to work with such a talented team of photographers on the SMH . |
| 13 | In particular , human performance within systems is impossible to predict with any precision and details of this performance as it occurs in practice or on simulators is the only basis for prediction on matters such as safety and system reliability either for the current system or for future systems . |
| 14 | This is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty . |
| 15 | The problem is that this line is impossible to draw with any certainty or accuracy , because the definition of kind or type is inevitably comprised of descriptions within the statute of the situation which the tribunal has to determine . |
| 16 | Unfortunately this is a calculation which can be made only very crudely since it is impossible to say with total accuracy ( even though we can make control sample comparisons ) ( a ) which clients would have been institutionalised in the absence of the project , and ( b ) whether they would have been admitted to a long-stay hospital or to residential accommodation . |
| 17 | At present , therefore , it is impossible to say with any confidence whether the influence of Milan was much more than a matter of banal repetition of a few characteristic physiognomic types . |
| 18 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made . |
| 19 | It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly where , when and how the majority of rug designs were first evolved . |
| 20 | Reference to the both Taskopruzade 's original and Mecdi 's translation , makes it difficult to understand how such confusion has arisen ; for although relatively few facts are given there about Abdulkerim , and although it is impossible to specify with any assurance the precise dates of his Muftilik , one thing at least is clearly stated : that Abdulkerim was Mufti not in the time of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) but in the time of Mehmed II ( 855–86/1451–81 ) . |
| 21 | Given the relative invisibility of these crimes , even to those victimized , the fact that they are infrequently reported to or detected by relevant authorities , the absence of any centralized data-collecting agency , and the inconsistent publication of those that are collected , it is impossible to quantify with any accuracy just how serious corporate crime is in economic terms . |
| 22 | A meat burger in a bun is easy to manage with one hand . |
| 23 | It is easy to cope with this in the TRP framework by setting to some large number K ( larger than the sum of the given s will do ) . |
| 24 | The linker is easy to use with smooth yarns , but textured yarns can be difficult to cast off . |
| 25 | It is easy to empathize with foster parents duped into incubating the cuckoo 's eggs . |
| 26 | Autumn colour is easy to achieve with such shrubs as Rhus hirta ( often listed as R. typhina ) . |
| 27 | Dogs and bitches both make excellent pets , and the breed is easy to socialise with other dogs and can live happily with cats . |
| 28 | Before discussing this , however , it is appropriate to deal with other powers related to enforcement . |
| 29 | ( a ) Public law proceedings Article 3 of the APO ensures that public law proceedings are commenced in the magistrates ' court unless it is appropriate to consolidate with existing proceedings elsewhere . |
| 30 | In practice , the kind of uniform state that historical scholars have had in mind has frequently been the uniform standard language ; for this reason it is appropriate to start with some comments on the tendency to envisage the history of English as a unilinear history of the standard language . |