Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it is unnecessary to examine them in detail since in our view the questions posed in the certificate must be answered in the negative and on that ground alone this appeal must be allowed . |
| 2 | In Ex. 17 ( a ) and ( b ) the layout is so obvious that it is unnecessary to print them in score . |
| 3 | the word ‘ accent ’ is used elsewhere to refer to different varieties of pronunciation ( e.g. ‘ a foreign accent ’ ) ; it is confusing to use it for a quite different purpose — to a lesser extent we also have this problem with ‘ stress ’ , which can be used to refer to psychological tension . |
| 4 | At Aintree he beat The Thinker just over seven lengths and is due to meet him on the same terms , although Jimmy Frost , his rider , may put up a pound or two more than the minimum 10st . |
| 5 | In drawing such sections it is normal to have them at equal distances at right angles to the guide line which ensures that they are correctly related . |
| 6 | It is grotesque to portray me as some sort of blue-eyed optimist . |
| 7 | With students and inexperienced pilots , it is usual to discourage them from making adjustments on the airbrakes during the hold off , apart from reducing the amount of airbrake if it is necessary to float to land further up the field . |
| 8 | Because the reliability of a test is so important , it is usual to quantify it in some way . |
| 9 | For ease of reading , it is preferable to add it at the beginning of the file , but anywhere else is acceptable , provided that it is contiguous . |
| 10 | It 's a sort of That 's right push it through the hole and catch it at the other side . |
| 11 | And one of you I 'm particularly disappointed in at the moment , I do n't want to name any names because I do n't think it 's right to embarrass her in front of the others , |
| 12 | During the period 1560 to 1640 , virtually all these conformist English Protestants shared a set of common doctrinal beliefs , but in terms both of liturgical preference and intensity of commitment it is possible to divide them into two broad and fluid categories : a mainstream Protestant majority which was relatively content with the hybrid character of the Elizabethan church ; and a minority , labelled ‘ Puritan ’ by their contemporaries , which aspired to bring about further reform of that church in the direction of continental Protestantism . |
| 13 | While each college is to a large extent sui generis it is possible to divide them into three main groups . |
| 14 | Photographic shops can supply them , and , unlike telescopes , it is possible to test them at once . |
| 15 | The assembler does not directly offer these facilities , but it is possible to implement them by using other features of BBCBASIC(Z80) . |
| 16 | While the test is designed for textiles , it is possible to adapt it to cosmetic products . |
| 17 | With these processes , our edge processes and the technique of conjugation , one can actually solve all four of our basic subproblems independently of the others and it is possible to do them in any order , although it is difficult to orient pieces that are not yet in their correct position . |
| 18 | If a particular human is capable of handling the proper aspects of a gadget , which must include mental knowledge of its place in the Machine of Evolution , then it is possible to use it as an aid , but as there are increasing numbers of gadgets being invented and marketed , so the human brain has no time and space to see these in relation to its own life/thought scale because , upon being born , the human is thrown immediately into a multi-armed and legged wrestling match with levers , wires , buttons and switches and fails to grasp the meaning of it all , being occupied totally in rushing to partially master the use of one before the marketeers rush in faster with 10 new gleaming diversions . |
| 19 | Associative and cognitive theories present two major examples of different approaches to the study of learning , and although they differ in very many respects it is possible to synthesise them in a way that offers guidance for teachers . |
| 20 | It is possible to transfer it from one person to another so that the recipient can exercise such rights against third parties as may arise ( see for example Keene , Re [ 1922 ] 2 Ch 475 ) . |
| 21 | Probably only a minority of these carried the commitment through into adulthood , though as Gilroy writes ( 1987 : 187 ) , " by looking at the broad and diverse use to which the language and symbols of Rastafari have been put , it is possible to conceive it as a movement in which the lines dividing different levels of commitment are necessarily flexible " . |
| 22 | Towns vary widely , although it is possible to group them in various types . |
| 23 | Where written pupil work is produced , it obviously contains a great deal of information ; something can be learnt about the general stage of understanding of the class by looking through such work after the lesson , while more is revealed if it is possible to discuss it with the pupil concerned . |
| 24 | Its mystery does not affect the understanding of the Created God , for , to accord with the aims and claims of this book that mystery still rests in the pre-life period ; furthermore , it is possible to associate it with the concept of ‘ desire ’ put forward in the hypothesis associated with the Second Period . |
| 25 | Because these instructions are stored , and not the pattern of dots , it is possible to reproduce them on any system at whatever size is required . |
| 26 | Parents need time to understand how their problems affect their children and that it is possible to help them with management issues if they work together and support each other . |
| 27 | Special cages have been developed for wild mice to reduce the need for handling during cleaning but it is possible to keep them in standard mouse cages . |
| 28 | It is possible to scan them with the existing equipment and incorporate their digitised image directly into the page design but the quality is still rather poor . |
| 29 | Since numbers of kin are a function of demography , it is possible to calculate them by simulation from a knowledge of birth rates , marriage rates and death rates . |
| 30 | Where guidance is required , it is possible to obtain it on points 1 and 2 from the relevant ( many excellent ) texts on contract and commercial law and on point 4 from some of the texts on general drafting . |