Example sentences of "was [adj] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One major presupposition of these early surveys was that it was preferable to study the whole population of a society in order to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the data collected . |
| 2 | It was due to leave the main door at noon and wend its way to the arena by a circuitous route through the grounds , so that as many people as possible would get a good view . |
| 3 | He was due to visit the Scottish Office next month , accompanied by a Foreign Office minder , in order to ‘ learn more about the constitutional debate and the relationship between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 4 | was due to propose the following motion : |
| 5 | Just a few days before he was due to start the second year of his course , his body was discovered by fire crews in the remains of a barn fire . |
| 6 | Sun found out immediately before it was due to announce the new boxes that it would not be able to deliver four-processor TAB-packaged 50MHz SuperSparc modules in volumes by this summer . |
| 7 | Sun found out immediately before it was due to announce the new boxes that it would not be able to deliver four-processor TAB-packaged 50MHz SuperSparc modules in volumes by this summer . |
| 8 | and I reckon he broke them but he says he 's no broken but I I I felt the tooth in two side of my mouth so I just stopped the treatment there and I 'm going to another dentist some time but my wife , I do n't want to go there now cos money 's tight , I was on the D H S S , I was due to pay the first forty nine pound . |
| 9 | I do n't know how the British press sees Austrian politics but there was a short note in the Daily Telegraph announcing that Margaret Thatcher was due to meet the Austrian President and you , with the headline ‘ Thatcher to meet von Karajan' ! |
| 10 | Dr Kumar was due to meet the Northern Regional Health Authority to discuss the matter last Thursday , but the NRHA pulled out due to an administrative blunder . |
| 11 | It was refreshing to hear the hon. and learned Member for Burton ( Mr. Lawrence ) express his misgivings about this part of the Bill . |
| 12 | She was tired , emotionally and physically tired , and the champagne made her cease to worry about whether she was right to allow the Burgermeister to cosset her with flowers and champagne . |
| 13 | Gradually her muscles filled with the aches of motionlessness but she was loth to make the slightest sound which might break his concentration . |
| 14 | From almost every hilltop it was possible to see the great column of smoke , still far , but much nearer than they had ever seen it before . |
| 15 | In the red-lit dimness it was possible to see the mutilated Tree Spirits more plainly now and Fenella thought there had never been anything quite so dreadful . |
| 16 | It was possible to see the same sort of divide as at the commercial end : every second house had been restored and repainted , with extensions sprouting in the gaps between them . |
| 17 | The sea below was so clear that it was possible to enjoy the underwater antics of swimming guillemots , even from such a height . |
| 18 | In evaluating this case the social worker thought that it was possible to negotiate the appropriate amount of respite care in good time , because social work involvement had included counselling and the situation had been thoroughly explored . |
| 19 | De Gaulle had already made up his mind , having already instructed the French representatives on the Maudling Committee to convey the view that France did not believe it was possible to create the free trade area for which Britain was pressing . |
| 20 | Once this had been done , it was possible to test the new proposal by inspecting the appropriate region of the sky through a telescope . |
| 21 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 22 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in exporting companies . |
| 23 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , and from a telephone survey on the exporting status of non-respondents , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in all exporting companies in Scotland . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , there was a simple weight-loss equation on which it was possible to estimate the maximum amount of weight likely to be lost each week on any specific calorie allowance . |
| 25 | By separating the glycerides from more readily available fats and assembling them in the required proportions it was possible to match the physical properties of cocoa butter . |
| 26 | Lastly it was possible to have the first-hand testimony of some of the compositors themselves and their relatives . |
| 27 | On such a large piece it was possible to achieve the facial features and details of the clothing by gentle removal of material by holding the grinder and cutter to the work at many different angles carefully and in a safe manner . |
| 28 | The machine itself and its style of operation was incidental , in fact it was possible to achieve the same procedure if not quite the same discipline on the student by using programmed books with directional references to other pages at the end of each page . |
| 29 | Likewise it was possible to overcome the adverse features of slums and overcrowding , lack of open space , and the smoke , dirt , fog and noise of big cities . |
| 30 | If you trod carefully last week , however , it was possible to avoid the appalling tedium of the poll of polls , or the studio debates about the Public Sector Borrowing Requirement . |