Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] from [adj] " in BNC.

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1 These cheeses are situated together , and it 's possible to move from one cheese to another .
2 Also between Hindscarth and Ronsingon , it is possible to descend from any point along this ridge to the Buttermere valley .
3 It is possible to see from these studies that differences between deaf people and hearing people are small when the language differences are taken into account .
4 For example we can use it to show that it is possible to pivot from any primal feasible tableau ( T1 ) corresponding to a set of constraints to any other primal feasible tableau ( T2 ) for these constraints , maintaining primal feasibility .
5 In Section 6.3 , we showed that it is possible to pivot from any BFS to any other BFS through a sequence of BFSs .
6 Incredibly versatile , it is possible to switch from delicate line drawing to washes , to gouache style work , to loose free work on a large variety of surfaces , with ease .
7 The babies have been laid with their arms along their sides and , as small coffins are always better preserved than those of adults , it is possible to ascertain from these undamaged specimens how anthropoid coffins were sealed .
8 Apart from the ethical concerns some people feel on this matter there is the pressing issue of the degree to which it is possible to extrapolate from one species to another , especially from non-human species to ourselves .
9 It is possible to play from this mode through the PC speaker — a useful facility .
10 Further , Hayek argues that constructivist rationalists are guilty of ‘ the synoptic delusion ’ ; that is , the belief that all relevant social facts are capable of being known to some one mind , and that it is possible to construct from this knowledge of the particulars a desirable social order .
11 If it is possible to generalize from this at all , it is that presence of predator remains in a fossil assemblage gives no indication of method of origin of the assemblage , even if it can be shown to be accumulated by a predator .
12 It is possible to infer from these passages and others in The State of the Prisons that Howard believed in both the good man theory , and in control by the courts .
13 Eleven years of trapping has demonstrated that it is inadvisable to generalise from two or three years ' experience .
14 Therefore , it is inadvisable to extrapolate from those studies to disadvantaged populations .
15 It is easier to go from small to big , than from big to mega-big .
16 While Professor R. T. McKenzie was right to argue that the common purpose of winning elections and of maintaining a government in power imposes or produces an almost identical power structure in the parties , it is wrong to infer from this that the atmosphere within the parties is the same .
17 there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it .
18 It is impossible to analyse from this source the rate of entry in the last few years , because brand-new firms are reluctant to advertise their newness in case this dissuades clients and candidates from trusting them and taking them seriously .
19 First , it is easy to see from everyday experience that other ‘ time-bound ’ features of the story are no longer with us ( houses are no longer being bombed , we no longer have air raid shelters in our gardens ) .
20 It is easy to see from this drivechart that the number of possible modes of operation is large , but that the choice facing the teacher at any given moment is among only a few possibilities .
21 Rildia Bee is easy to spot from any distance because she always wears floor-length dresses of silk brocade and a mink stole — which , air-conditioning or otherwise , is not necessarily the obvious choice of outfit in Fort Worth .
22 But the larger part is supposed to come from direct taxes .
23 ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons .
24 The main threat to London 's share of global futures and options business is likely to come from existing exchanges on mainland Europe .
25 Answer guide : Information about the future as repayment of any monies lent is likely to come from future profitability .
26 No decision is likely to come from that avenue until New Zealand have had their regular meeting with the Australian officials in the near future .
27 Your articles on women and workers make fascinating reading but provide us with little hope that a movement for change is likely to come from these quarters .
28 Selkirk looks best in the Beefeater Gin Celebration Mile where the stiffest test is likely to come from French challenger Steinbeck , who loves the mud .
29 At the very least , conditioned inhibition training is likely to differ from latent inhibition training in that the former is likely to convey the information that a given event ( a given US ) will not occur whereas the latter could only convey that no event will occur .
30 Since the information stored is likely to differ from one employee to another , several relational database management systems for personnel records have been developed on micros exclusively for use in personnel applications .
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