Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We now believe it would be preferable to take this project forward as a joint venture with the private sector . ’ |
| 2 | It would be preferable to perform this process once only . |
| 3 | The main study will focus on four particular courts , but the researchers will be grateful to receive any comments from readers of the Review on experiences with , or impressions of , the system of criminal legal aid . |
| 4 | ‘ I should be loth to create more difficulties , but I can not help following a line of thought to its logical end . |
| 5 | I said that I believed it would now be right to give some indication of the Government 's attitude to the building of a tunnel . |
| 6 | Now , while it would be rash to claim that cochliomyasis ( infestation with the ‘ screw worm fly ’ ) was never sexually transmitted , like most of the other arthropod-linked disorders , such an occurrence must be exceedingly uncommon . |
| 7 | Are you going to be sorry to see that boat go ? |
| 8 | Nevertheless , if pragmatics is to be considered a component within linguistic theory ( a question to which we shall return ) , it may be that to include such principles is indeed to include too much . |
| 9 | It would only be possible to describe these years in such glowing terms , however , if we were to place our curiosity under strict curfew , refusing to allow it to look beyond the frozen images of faded snap-shots or the scratchy surface realities of the official crime statistics . |
| 10 | Within the information now available on these same people in adulthood , it will be possible to shed some light on the causes of truancy . |
| 11 | Presumably you also believed that it might be possible to negotiate some form of multilateral disarmament in the region ? |
| 12 | Moreover , if the approximate position on a chromosome is also known , it may be possible to split that region if an appropriate unequal reciprocal translocation is available . |
| 13 | Some forms ( Turrilites ) adopted the helical spire , and were it not for the obligatory suture lines it might be possible to mistake these species for large gastropods . |
| 14 | It will then be possible to move any column as a block of text . |
| 15 | However , it may be possible to use this dependence to form the basis for short-term predictions of future behaviour . |
| 16 | If , at some point , a legal reform , a ‘ crackdown ’ or a relatively abrupt social change , X , takes place , we have It may be possible to use this pattern sometimes called an interrupted time series to measure the effect of X , if any . |
| 17 | The implication here is , that a man desists from killing animals out of fear that he may be killing a reincarnated soul , but while it may be possible to draw that conclusion , the principle of identity clearly goes much deeper than that , and in fact it could be said to contradict Tillich 's suggestion since that is no more than enlightened self-interest . |
| 18 | It must be possible to receive this material in the format agreed with ICC and to read it into the system without delay . |
| 19 | It must be possible to cancel any task submitted to the system . |
| 20 | But one of the problems with attacking Trust , I mean it may be possible to envisage some sort of modified Trust with some local input at some stage without the contracting apparatus . |
| 21 | It might even be possible to extend this process more broadly across higher education so that there was a national system of accreditation . |
| 22 | It may be possible to devise some kind of training programme for certain difficulties to achieve this effect . |
| 23 | An implication of the last point is that even when the initial exposure to the stimulus has been prolonged or has involved repeated presentations , it should be possible to detect some loss of the latent inhibition effect over time , provided the interval before the start of conditioning is long enough . |
| 24 | In addition , and as a direct result of the restoration programme , it will be possible to visit these churches every Saturday until the end of June . |
| 25 | Clearly , it may not be possible to ingather that information within the time after service and it , therefore , becomes of critical importance that the insurance file has properly identified the witnesses , has detailed statements from them and has all the documentary back-up relevant . |
| 26 | The reason for it is that resources are likely to be allocated to the individual R D P committees , on probably a per capita basis , and if you do that say with a small R D A like the Whitchurch one , it will just barely be possible to do any projects within that area , given the level of resource you 've got . |
| 27 | ‘ We hope it may be possible to get these objects back on loan . |
| 28 | It may also be possible to get some idea of the neighbours , and whether they keep two caravans or a motorboat in front of the lounge windows . |
| 29 | However , it may be possible to get some idea about the information that was likely to have been used in the recognition studies by simply asking people to describe the films . |
| 30 | Would it be possible to have another look at the last provision that the Minister mentioned , which imposes on local authorities a duty to provide sites for travellers ? |