Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the index is computerised it will be practicable to increase greatly the number of names on the index . |
| 2 | It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations as written in the accident report , but that is not an acceptable reason for merely discarding them . |
| 3 | I therefore worked on the premise that if , if a fifth of our work comes from then it must be right to have approximately a fifth of our staff based in |
| 4 | Very often it will be possible to put forward an alternative or modified route , and sometimes , for an inquiry , the Department may undertake to draw this up in detail . |
| 5 | With the availability of effective pharmacological antagonist of the endothelin system in the very near future , it may soon be possible to test directly the contribution of ET-1 to the progression of disease in patients with CFA . |
| 6 | Yet it would be possible to argue exactly the opposite case . |
| 7 | These properties make possible studies of the pulsar at radio wavelengths with unprecedented detail , and indicate that it should be possible to detect both the pulsar and its companion at optical and perhaps shorter wavelengths . |
| 8 | Without this redshift/distance relation , it would be possible to estimate reliably the distance to most of the galaxies we observe . |
| 9 | It is tragic that any Government should , with such equanimity , be prepared to take away the rights of working people and the right to peace of mind for which they have paid over the years . |
| 10 | By the time the Winterthur show came around in 1990 I thought it would be interesting to exhibit just the paintings and when Nick Serota , the Director of the Tate , proposed that we might put on another retrospective at his gallery I felt more sure of myself . |
| 11 | It would be interesting to note also the stresses that occur from time to time , be they physical , mental or emotional and to observe their effect on health . |
| 12 | The Legendre functions of integer order are well known , but it may still be appropriate to note just the first few . |
| 13 | Whether Nadirpur liked it or not , it would be impossible to keep either the British or the French police out of the affair . |
| 14 | It may be impossible to quantify precisely the social costs to individuals of thwarted employment aspirations and extra-long journeys to shop , but a social cost accounting method would at least increase an awareness of these social consequences . |
| 15 | Second , since any forger who makes additions to a genuine document will destroy the original to avoid detection , it must generally be impossible to know precisely the extent of forged elements in otherwise genuine documents . |
| 16 | It can not be easy to explain away the disappearance of 105,070 books from the stock of Brent Central Library at Willesden Green as part of the £8 million scheme of development . |
| 17 | ANNABEL CROFT , the former British No 1 who reckoned she would be lucky to win just a few games on her return to competitive tennis , today clinched a place in the second round of the Volkswagen National championships in Telford . |
| 18 | Any expenditure by the Regional Council would be from an identified Industrial Development Budget heading , and would be likely to form only a small proportion of the total project cost . |
| 19 | Before illustrating the practical consequences of these principles , it will be useful to clarify further the American Critics ' relationship with Richards on the one hand , and with the Russian Formalists and their successors on the other . |
| 20 | Before commenting on these moves , it might be useful to consider briefly an extension of the reductivist argument . |
| 21 | Prevalence figures can give a rough guide but it would be useful to know also the numbers of those living within the community and their situation ie living alone or with family . |
| 22 | Very few men do have any moments whatever , and for the benefit of such readers as have not sufficiently respected Mr Binyon for his , it would be well to set forth a few of them . |
| 23 | While this is not the place to explore that research in any detail , it will be helpful to describe briefly the kinds of understanding which are believed to be present in young children by the time they begin to use language . |
| 24 | Before embarking on the exposition of the theoretical model itself , it may be helpful to consider briefly the nature of the theory of economic growth , how it should be interpreted , and some of the sources of controversy . |
| 25 | Dubček therefore calculated that it would be safe to whittle away the censorship of the media , break out of the nomenklatura network and transform the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from a ‘ democratic centralist ’ into a democratic organisation . |
| 26 | Given their manpower resources , it is not reasonable to expect the police to be able to enforce rigorously a large-scale , blanket speed limit in residential areas and it is apparent that they do not try to do so . |
| 27 | You should be able to do quite a bit of useful contemplation about whether you actually love this boyfriend of yours . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Serrano was told by the electoral authorities that he would not be able to hold either a plebiscite or elections for a new Congress , which he had hoped to do . |
| 29 | Women might be able to scratch together the fees but they ca n't pay for the child cover . ’ |
| 30 | We might never be able to take apart the atomic clock to see its wheels and springs , but there would still be the metaphysically soothing thought of its steady ticking . |