Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 2 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 3 | All encrustment and blisters must be scraped off and then the metal is wire-brushed to remove loose fragments . |
| 4 | Because this is so it is unnecessary to make extravagant claims ; the provision of a multimedia library , with the fullest integration of catalogues and shelves , and the finest collection of viewing and listening equipment , still meets only questions 1,2,3,6,7 and 8 . |
| 5 | AirUK 's Newcastle services has started , Finnair is due to start twice-weekly flights to Helsinki and commuter airline Westair is flying to Blackpool . |
| 6 | The Bank of Italy , which is due to unveil detailed guidelines on links between banks and industry shortly , is alert to the danger . |
| 7 | The choice will depend on the sale strategy ; however , if it is decided to set out the detailed procedures in the covering letter it is normal to include brief details in the information memorandum such as dates , KPMG contact staff , and a statement that direct contact should not be made with the management or staff of the business . |
| 8 | Example 139 shows three-part counterpoint at the octave using the same ‘ O ’ series in each part : However , as repetitions of the same series can produce a lack of note-variety , it is usual to employ varied forms of a series ( derived forms or transpositions ) . |
| 9 | It is usual to install wooden boards , supported by pegs , to mark the shape of the path , and to hold the hardcore and , perhaps , concrete in place . |
| 10 | Rather it is usual to claim objective virtues for the existing system which would be lost by a change from it . |
| 11 | Breach of the partnership agreement It is usual to specify certain provisions of particular importance ( eg failing to maintain proper accounts or actions which might cause the firm to lose its investment business certificate ) the breach of which would enable the power of expulsion to be exercised and , in a further ground , to refer in more general terms to persistent and general failure to observe the spirit of the agreement . |
| 12 | It is usual to add blue cheeses , sheep 's and goats ' milk cheeses as three extra types , in addition to the four main categories . |
| 13 | It is usual to buy electronic organs ‘ off the shelf ’ , but larger instruments are designed to a customer 's specification and to suit particular buildings . |
| 14 | It is preferable to treat different samples with different frequencies and amplitudes of vibration . |
| 15 | The Riverside Theatre , which is the University 's professional venue , is used to stage major productions . |
| 16 | It is possible to patent new microorganisms per se ; the processes of producing them ; the processes for using them , and the products obtained from them , and the products obtained from them . |
| 17 | With a little practice it is possible to generate complete sentences instantly by simply calling up a string of stored phonemes . |
| 18 | From these it is possible to glean strong indications of the kinds of educational records that will predispose candidates to perform well . |
| 19 | It is possible to programme additional consequences into your weight control regime to strengthen your motivation and to increase the probability that what you want to happen actually does take place . |
| 20 | It is possible to blow small amounts of air into the urethra by means of a balloon-valve , and in this way see if there are any strictures in the anterior urethra . |
| 21 | From these summarized findings it is possible to derive tentative profiles of the activities of the first three teams . |
| 22 | The virtue of the step function perceptrons we discussed first is that they are very simple , so it is possible to derive theoretical results for them , such as the training theorem . |
| 23 | In this way it is possible to derive expected profits from the projects . |
| 24 | It is possible to see faint remnants of the city/ savage confrontation in the later plays , and Carol Smith continues to track the ritual elements in these , but the feeling in them seems to me increasingly one of whimsy and , eventually , gentle pastoral . |
| 25 | If urban values lend support to the industrial economy upon which we all depend today and this is further characterised by competition , unemployment , social welfare , and a sharp distinction between work and leisure then it is possible to see rural values supporting an almost diametrically-opposed set of conditions : co-operation , multiple occupations , kin and neighbourhood help and no separation of work and leisure . |
| 26 | By displaying numbers in a simple and visually revealing way such as , for example , the graph/table hybrid known as ‘ stem and leaf ’ , it is possible to see obvious patterns quickly and focus harder on more puzzling aspects of the data ( Erickson and Nosanchuk 1977 : 20 ) . |
| 27 | Even with this particular aspect ( interlaced square designs ) of a widespread tradition ( diagonal and rotated linear designs ) therefore , it is possible to see different degrees of contrivance and appreciation : from the distinctiveness of the arrangements with four configurations of squares , through the apparent acceptance of single rotated and type C arrangements , to the stylisation of the star-like designs enclosed by circles . |
| 28 | So it is possible to kill large numbers of rabbits that are doing a massive amount of crop damage by this method and by no other . |
| 29 | Using this facility , it is possible to retain translated files . |
| 30 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |