Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denice is never late , so we 've been told , and she 's due to arrive at any moment . |
| 2 | Armour-plated like giant turtles , humped and unruly and gashed with ferocious battle scars , yet in other places so biscuit-thin that it is possible to look at distant landscapes or clouds through the pierced form of a perforation in the ridge ( rather like one of Henry Moore 's outdoor sculptures ) . |
| 3 | These two groups of animals are quite unrelated , but both still have living representatives in the oceans , and so it is possible to look at living animals to help with the interpretation of fossil examples . |
| 4 | As far as politics is concerned , it is possible to look at those who are deliberately attempting to construct their own ideological cameras . |
| 5 | The court will also consider whether the information is of a type which it is willing to protect at all . |
| 6 | So , although we may wish that the monster would stop sprouting new heads , it is entertaining to look at some of the blind alleys of the past , most of which were investigated quite seriously at the time . |
| 7 | It is clear to see at most training clubs that praise is in very short supply with novice and even more experienced handlers . |
| 8 | Semantic categories are not listed separately , since , as suggested in 2.9 , it is easier to arrive at these through other categories ; we shall , for example , use our lexical categories to find out how choice of words involves various types of meaning . |
| 9 | Children have to learn that it is easier to start at one end of a line of objects and finish at the other . |
| 10 | ‘ As far as I can see there is only one house that is easier to get at that way than by going through the town , and that is the house on stilts . ’ |
| 11 | Feminists studying language have in general been more interested in furthering the study of sex difference than in criticising it , and though it is acceptable to sneer at long-dead commentators like Jespersen , whose work we will shortly come to , a thorough critique of modem sociolinguistics has been very slow to emerge . |
| 12 | In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time . |
| 13 | Or the London Gazette Supplement which is free to read at main Post Offices lists all winning numbers . |
| 14 | It is interesting to remember at this point that the EC excludes the Canary Islands , the Channel Islands and the French Overseas Departments , but includes Monaco and the Isle of Man . |
| 15 | There is much to discover at each of our stations . |
| 16 | It 's easy to look at these young hooligans on the street , as they are perceived by so many , without understanding why they are like it , and I think it would help everyone to understand , and maybe we could have some action to work towards supplying the need for these youngsters , because I belief if something could be done for them when they 're sixteen and just starting out on this erm sort of sub-culture life that they get into so quickly , if people could give them maximum help at this stage then they could grow into being responsible erm satisfied adults . |
| 17 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 18 | It is impossible to look at any of their actions during the past three years without seeing that they are carrying Home Rule at the dictation of the Nationalist party , but that in order that Home Rule may be carried they are turning up everything in the country . |
| 19 | At first sight , nine tricks are comparatively easy , but on closer inspection it becomes clear that it is impossible to get at all of them . |
| 20 | It is instructive to look at some particular examples , because they show that the simple economic case for pricing turns out to be only part of the story . |
| 21 | I hope that my hon. Friend understands that , although it is unusual to contribute at this point in the debate , there are reasons for it . |
| 22 | It is fine to stay at this kind of level for a while . |
| 23 | No government is likely to say at this juncture that it regards cars as an environmental menace and intends to reduce their numbers by so many per cent a year . |
| 24 | Upstream , production in 1993 is likely to remain at current levels , as a series of new fields come into production and offset the older declining fields . |
| 25 | The Government is likely to snatch at this vagueness in an attempt to discredit the new image of moderation Labour is keen to promote . |
| 26 | The impact of recession is likely to feature at this month 's annual meeting of Business in the Community , a charitable body that promotes links between the private sector , government and the community . |
| 27 | So you may want to modify such formulations along the lines , " a reader is likely to feel at this point " or " many readers may respond by … " , or — possibly better — by tackling the issue of heterogeneous reader-responses more directly . |
| 28 | And a spokeswoman for trainer Toby Balding confirmed : ‘ Morley Street is likely to run at this stage . ’ |
| 29 | In planning ward staffing , the ward manager should start with a clear view of the number of staff she is likely to require at various times of the day . |
| 30 | Given the time it takes to write and then publish a book , our apparently insatiable appetite for the stuff causes real problems : the satirical observation conceived now is likely to look at best , a little tired , and , at worst , incomprehensible , in twelve to eighteen months ' time . |