Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 2 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 3 | Is it possible to assign one function to each , or are some of mixed function ? |
| 4 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 5 | ‘ Look , is n't it possible to tease each other about our politics — ’ |
| 6 | in the day of high technology , is n't it possible to devise some scheme where they can go round and spray camp which leaves an invisible but detective in a way of magnetic or something er marking on the pavements , in New Master this week we 've seen a eruption of white , yellow , green and blue erm spray paint on the pavements , all by different contractors or |
| 7 | It is possible to use in a diesel engine , but the main purpose is to make it possible to use unleaded petrol in a vehicle which can not normally use it . |
| 8 | Brown ( 1973 ) provided the first set of guidelines to be widely adopted for the calculation of MLU , thus making it possible to use this measure as a basis for comparing language performance across children . |
| 9 | Is it possible to see private affluence co-existing with corporate poverty ? |
| 10 | The warm spring climate makes it possible to produce early market garden crops before those in other parts of Britain . |
| 11 | At this point the cycloaracylation process was discovered by Bayer , which made it possible to produce this type of substance . |
| 12 | Another appears to protect normal tissue against the effects of radiotherapy , making it possible to apply higher cancer-killing doses to tumours . |
| 13 | It was feared that an emphasis on individual tribal culture might increase or encourage separatism : was it possible to find common ground out of which would emerge a truly indigenous Tanzanian culture ? |
| 14 | Alternatively , is it possible to find another way altogether , a way which does not simply resolve the dilemma , but one which transforms the problem into a solution ? |
| 15 | I would like to change the distributor for the electronic type is it possible to fit new type instrument binnacle from 84/85 vehicle and also new type Vogue seats ? |
| 16 | Is it possible to fit heavy duty HCPU 110 rims to this vehicle ? |
| 17 | Is it possible to follow this symbolism in our poem ? |
| 18 | Is it possible to stick these back ? |
| 19 | There are many aspects of the local authority 's role as enabler — through the provision of land , planning permission and so on — which should make it possible to exert such influence on the private sector . |
| 20 | This makes it possible to keep audio output going even when the read head is on the move and the CD-ROM is not being accessed . |
| 21 | Is it possible to summarize this account of the family in industrial society ? |
| 22 | How is it possible to imagine that socialism ( control by the workers ) is compatible with the monolithic rule of the Soviet Communist Party ? |
| 23 | Mrs Bottomley said Prof Day was ‘ quite right ’ that AIDS remained a very serious threat but added that new statistics made it possible to frame future policy ‘ according to facts , not fantasy ’ . |
| 24 | The IRFEL in particular will make it possible to study molecular excitation and dissociation by using infrared multiphoton excitation under collision free conditions . |
| 25 | The naming is crucial , for not only does this make it possible to contrast one kind of relationship with another , it also allows the group as a collectivity to determine what the " proper " behavioural concomitants of the relationship should be . |
| 26 | Smaller wage rises would make it possible to have lower inflation at a higher level of output — a combination that clever manipulations of macroeconomic policy ( interest rates , exchange rates and budget deficits ) have always failed to achieve . |
| 27 | Sophisticated dyes and colourings make it possible to hide this sign of age for as long as we wish and those in public life may , unfortunately , believe that only by covering the tell-tale grey will they maintain their credibility as energetic and creative top people . |
| 28 | Was it possible to feel that way without love ? |
| 29 | In the 1970s , genetic engineering made it possible to clone human insulin genes in micro-organisms which secreted insulin with the same structure as natural human material . |
| 30 | It had been the intention to incorporate part of the old casual ward , to the east of the infirmary but in the course of the preparatory work it was found that the old buildings were bug-infested to an extent which made it undesirable to use any part of them . |