Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he could say anything Mrs Woodward exclaimed ‘ Is n't it strange to see a train at this time of night ? ’ |
| 2 | After his death his empire could barely be sustained by the new rulers ( including Charles the Bald and Charles the Fat — is it possible to hold an empire together when the populace is taking the mickey out of you to that extent ? ) and crumbled away over a period of two centuries . |
| 3 | Is it possible to acquire a rider 's insurance only and if so , could you suggest which insurance would be best ? |
| 4 | Were it possible to take a pill after which the most perfect essays flowed from your pen , A level History courses would be completed more rapidly . |
| 5 | A " yes " vote , he said , would " make it possible to put an end to the devastating processes taking place in our society [ i.e. the continuing rivalry and conflict between the republics and centre ] and make a resolute turn towards the restoration of normal conditions of life and work " . |
| 6 | We can challenge the monist by simply asking " How is it possible to translate a novel ? " |
| 7 | ‘ Is it possible to spend a night on Skomer Island ? ’ |
| 8 | Is it possible to define a totality , or must one be content with reconstituting connections ? ) are now being replaced by questions of another type : which strata should be isolated from others ? |
| 9 | The growing corpus of US case law which these prohibitions have spawned , make it possible to devise a framework outlining the country 's current proscription of the abuse . |
| 10 | I mean is it possible to draw a comparison between the way it erm you know the women were regarded before they became so effective ? |
| 11 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
| 12 | One was Mergenthaler 's Linotype , which made it possible to produce a newspaper quickly and in large volume ; the other was a social innovation , modern advertising , invented by the first true newspaper publishers , Adolph Ochs of the New York Times , Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World , and William Randolph Hearst . |
| 13 | Why is n't it possible to make a set of electric guitar strings that feel ‘ even ’ to bend all the way across ? |
| 14 | Although CDTV , like CD-I , attempts to disguise its computer origins , it comes with appropriate ports and connection interfaces to make it possible to add a keyboard or mouse , external floppy disc drives and other standard computer peripherals . |
| 15 | This being so , is it possible to challenge an Act on the ground that it is unconstitutional ? |
| 16 | Is it possible to fit a diesel engine and an auto gearbox without being too expensive ? |
| 17 | Do you want to make it possible to rear a race of supermen ? |
| 18 | Apart from the recognition and prevention of non-A-non-B post transfusion hepatitis , the availability of reliable tests for the demonstration of circulating antibodies to hepatitis C virus peptides has made it possible to address a number of yet unresolved problems as the aetiology of cryptogenic chronic liver disease and the role of hepatitis C virus in cases with other known risk factors ( hepatitis B virus , alcohol ) . |
| 19 | Three is it possible to imagine a world in which humanity does not kill and to kill and to kill . |
| 20 | A new GetBulk PDU facilitates the retrieval of large amounts of data , such as tables , by making it possible to bundle a series of GetNext requests into a single request-response operation , improving performance . |
| 21 | Is it possible to list a program after resetting the game with a reset switch ? |
| 22 | Is it possible to have a wedding ceremony that er , that dodges those rather difficult bits ? |
| 23 | With ED KUEPPER due to make a UK visit , is it possible to have a discography of the man 's vinyl CD encounters since quitting The Saints ? |
| 24 | Just to get you into the mood perhaps , is it possible to have a report back on the visit to ? |
| 25 | Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones . |
| 26 | There are , of course , many other important points that I have not touched on , such as the administrative procedures that make it possible to build a power station , the organisation of nuclear safety , and the protection of the environment . |
| 27 | This potential for power makes it possible to consider a situation in which decision-making with reference to local development can be backed by cash , and ultimately can become a closed and self-supporting system . |
| 28 | ‘ Is it possible to get a cab ? |
| 29 | Is it possible to get a copy of that ? |
| 30 | Most surprising of all , at a quarterly delegate meeting at the end of 1873 , " it was generally held that there could be no reasonable objection to their [ women 's ] employment to a certain extent ; the main point in dispute being , was it right to put a limit on their number and … to what extent and how to apply the rule " . |