Example sentences of "is [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The range of academic perspectives covered is broad enough to satisfy the literary specialist 's desire that literature should relate to the world , yet the comparatively rigorous analytical approach to literary studies is very appealing to those who , like myself , have interests which are primarily linguistic and communicative rather than literary . |
| 2 | This sense is strong enough to motivate a succession of attempts to find what is interesting . |
| 3 | ‘ There must be serious doubts as to whether he is strong enough to shift the party behind him . ’ |
| 4 | It also decides whether the gravity is strong enough to halt the expansion and bring everything back together again . |
| 5 | Although such experiences are relatively rare , ( providing the tank glass is of the correct thickness and the stand is strong enough to take the weight ) , it 's important that you can rest assured in the knowledge that you are insured if such a disaster should occur . |
| 6 | This pull has little effect on the land but is strong enough to move the waters . |
| 7 | I know now what her power is strong enough to shatter a man 's mind and cast him from this world . |
| 8 | It may be some time before the movement is strong enough to help the environmentalists in any significant way , both to save the Adriatic and to reinstitute sustainable and more human agriculture in the Po Valley . |
| 9 | ‘ Nowadays ’ , said Bismarck in 1884 , ‘ no Government is strong enough to stand the reproach of having sacrificed its own national interests as a favour to a friendly Power . ’ |
| 10 | It is true that this formulation of treating a person as an equal is consistent with the traditional liberal conception of equality , amounting to the familiar idea of equality of opportunity , and even this restricted concept of equality appears capable of generating a competing individual right which is strong enough to defeat the welfare-tax protester 's claim to be allowed to divert some of his tax into non-welfare spending schemes . |
| 11 | An individual may be under stress from a variety of factors , possibly both internal and external , but is able to cope and is strong enough to keep the system in balance , but only just . |
| 12 | The Hunt-class ship , which also acts as a mine sweeper , is characterised by a superstructure made of glass reinforced plastic and is strong enough to withstand the explosive shock of mines . |
| 13 | It is usual nowadays to have the plug-in ‘ jack ’ system installed in a number of locations to provide flexibility and greater choice of instruments . |
| 14 | It is usual today to illustrate the concentration of marine erosion on certain parts of the coast by drawing a series of lines orthogonal to the refracted waves ( Fig. 8.9 ) . |
| 15 | The normal bass roll-off of -6dB by 38Hz is low enough to lend a convincing weight to the majority of signals and if the bass seems initially a little ‘ polite ’ to some ears it is only because it is tight , with little or no hangover — the dual coupled-cavity technique really does give a positive ‘ start and stop ’ throughout its range . |
| 16 | For those who have had social opportunities early in life — enjoyed what sociologists would call ‘ life chances ’ — coupled with the ability to recognise and use them when presented , it is possible ultimately to choose a profession such as ‘ management ’ . |
| 17 | With free counterpoint it is possible also to vary the number of ‘ parts ’ to form chords of different densities at any point , so that each horizontal line can be made up of vertical combinations of various numbers of notes . |
| 18 | It is possible also to study the effects of drastic changes in existing fertility and mortality rates . |
| 19 | Quite the reverse , it is possible expressly to link the concept of " relational properties " with a ( suitably modified ) pluralist thesis by arguing , for example , that the possession of a relational property of a certain kind necessarily entails the existence of more than one thing in the world . |
| 20 | This is home video , and if the person is not familiar with the text , then it is possible perhaps to have a libretto and translation to one side . |
| 21 | It is possible so to violate the state of marriage , specifically by adultery , that in those circumstances divorce is conceivable and permissible . |
| 22 | The only contribution to the present is the fact that it is possible only to reach the railway using modern transport in the form of a motor car or bus . |
| 23 | A further consequence , which has certainly met with some interesting results , is that for certain types of advertising campaign it is possible actively to involve the public . |
| 24 | Carrier testing is also practicable in close relatives but — except in communities with a high frequency of particular mutations — carrier testing will not be practicable in the general population , including the unrelated spouses of known carriers , until it is possible cheaply to scan the hydroxylase gene for the many known mutations . |
| 25 | JIM KERR 's heartbeat is loud enough to wake a whole sleeping city . |
| 26 | My own view is that the project will be truly enlightening about the molecular structure of the human body and brain , and that this knowledge alone is exciting enough to justify the programme . |
| 27 | If one is brave enough to try the draft out on critical , expert colleagues , one can be reasonably sure that what emerges at the end will be free of double questions , ambiguities , leading questions , and so on , and the helpful colleagues , in pretending to be informants , will also probably have thought up some difficult-to-classify answers too . |
| 28 | When the temperature is high enough to melt the metal , it dissolves carbon atoms from the graphite . |
| 29 | And Freud is careful here to use the word illusion . |
| 30 | He is careful not to promote the theme of reunification , but talks of discovering ‘ a new way ’ , setting up structures of co-operation in the North between the two Northern Communities , with the support of the Southern government . |