Example sentences of "is [adj] [to-vb] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is useful to distinguish two elements in his view of knowledge and its philosophical elucidation . |
| 32 | For our present purpose , it is useful to distinguish two kinds of chemical reaction , according to whether the reaction releases energy or requires it . |
| 33 | In order to develop personal selling skills it is useful to distinguish six phases of the selling process . |
| 34 | It is useful to distinguish three theories connected with the metatheory . |
| 35 | It is useful to consider two types of objectives ( Kennedy et al. , 1980 ) . |
| 36 | However , if control is very poor in spite of a satisfactory diet with a single daily dose of c.50 units of insulin , it is better to consider two injections rather than increasing the dose . |
| 37 | ‘ Doing nothing ’ is unlikely to have zero costs and zero benefits . |
| 38 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that many people inside and outside the House , while recognising that it is important to spend two days debating the future of Europe , wonder why the House is not debating , even for a short time , the fact that a war is raging in a European country — Yugoslavia ? |
| 39 | However , in the present context it is important to make two points of continuing concern . |
| 40 | It is important to distinguish three types of merger . |
| 41 | However , it is important to note two things . |
| 42 | It is important to note two points regarding this story : |
| 43 | Xenly now looks the same , everybody has no hair on top and big full beards , everybody is able to pinch two inches , no more and no less and every person is in hospital with dire cases of food poisoning . |
| 44 | The biggest anuran of all , the goliath frog from West Africa , is able to jump three metres or so . |
| 45 | By using a tool the ant is able to transport ten times as much food per trip as it could have done otherwise . |
| 46 | It is advisable to apply three coats of oil to new wood , and as oiling does not leave a thick protective film on the surface ( as does a varnish ) , exterior wood has to be re-oiled at least once a year to keep the surface in good condition . |
| 47 | In Pakistan , it is common to find three generations of a family living in the same house perhaps together with aunts , uncles and cousins . |
| 48 | It is possible to record from more than one subject at a time on a single EEG machine , so that it is common to have two bedrooms equipped with headboards ( into which the electrodes are plugged ) — for instance as in the Department of Human Sciences at Loughborough University — or to have two headboards and beds in a single bedroom , as in Hull . |
| 49 | I mean that was really my only comment that I just erm heard this lady speaking erm okay she 's got two children and it probably is difficult to keep two children occupied without any children 's programmes , but like you commented , ‘ what did people do before television ’ , and erm I mean I 'm sure erm Rainbow and such , the people who produce those sort of television programmes would understand that keeping the majority of the country erm informed of what was going on was slightly more important than erm having children 's programmes on . |
| 50 | Peter Roberts of Kuperard , who launched the charity scheme last year , says this is enough to purchase 350 mats ( against the 90 he was able to distribute last year ) , and he is planning to hand them out in the second week of January . |
| 51 | To measure internal reliability , it is necessary to compare two sets of test items . |
| 52 | In concluding this chapter it is necessary to mention two pieces of EEC law which will be of vital significance in relation to consumer contracts : the General Product Safety Directive ( 92/59/EEC ) and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive . |
| 53 | Clearly , in order to obtain this kind of information it is necessary to conduct three assessments under similar conditions so that they are directly comparable and spaced at equal time intervals . |
| 54 | If it is necessary to create two modules which are very closely related ( usually providing the same user interface ) , then the loose coupling relation VARIANT-OF should be used in both modules : |
| 55 | To convert national income into real output per capita , it is necessary to make two adjustments : ( i ) national income must be deflated by an appropriate price index to convert it to real terms ; ( ii ) the figure must then be divided by the population to convert it to per capita terms . |
| 56 | At this stage it is necessary to make three points about the scope of the Act . |
| 57 | In testing for Super Class 1 , Class 1 and Class 2 transactions it is necessary to make three comparisons between the listed company and the business it is disposing of or acquiring . |
| 58 | It is necessary to distinguish two issues here : whether a trust has been created ; whether it is actionable . |
| 59 | But even if we restrict ourselves to the ideational or cognitive function of language ( see p 31ff ) it is necessary to distinguish three levels of organization in language . |
| 60 | For manipulations on 9th day or older embryos , which have to be done in a Petri dish it is necessary to introduce two bends over a microburner , similar to those described for solid needles ( Table 13 ) , although the exact angle of the bends will depend on how the micromanipulator is set up ( Figure 8 ) . |