Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] [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 | His paper , born during the German occupation of the Balkans , is due to celebrate 50 years of publication later this year . |
| 6 | Britain is due to have four submarines armed with the new Tridents but has been worried that recent votes in the Senate to cut funding for production of the missile could delay delivery of the weapons , scheduled to start next year , to the Royal Navy . |
| 7 | AirUK 's Newcastle services has started , Finnair is due to start twice-weekly flights to Helsinki and commuter airline Westair is flying to Blackpool . |
| 8 | The Bank of Italy , which is due to unveil detailed guidelines on links between banks and industry shortly , is alert to the danger . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Rather it is usual to claim objective virtues for the existing system which would be lost by a change from it . |
| 13 | These are available on prescription when the patient is at home but it is usual to give several days ' supplies to patients in case they are unable to obtain a prescription immediately . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It is usual to add blue cheeses , sheep 's and goats ' milk cheeses as three extra types , in addition to the four main categories . |
| 16 | It is usual to distinguish three reasons why people want to hold their assets in the form of money . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Symptoms of rust disease are shown as small , reddish-brown , raised spots on the leaf under-surface , and as control is difficult , it is preferable to destroy such plants including the roots , and to plant new specimens in a different place . |
| 19 | It is preferable to treat different samples with different frequencies and amplitudes of vibration . |
| 20 | It is preferable to encourage those strategies which indicate a groping after meaning ( contextual hypotheses ) rather than those which show a grasp of surface features only . |
| 21 | The Riverside Theatre , which is the University 's professional venue , is used to stage major productions . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | With a little practice it is possible to generate complete sentences instantly by simply calling up a string of stored phonemes . |
| 24 | Using randomization , it is possible to generate many examples of a similar nature that , if required , can also be self-grading against pupil performance . |
| 25 | From these it is possible to glean strong indications of the kinds of educational records that will predispose candidates to perform well . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | From these summarized findings it is possible to derive tentative profiles of the activities of the first three teams . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In this way it is possible to derive expected profits from the projects . |