Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had made no reference to Joan 's first visit to the Hall , considering it unsuitable to combine such a letter with practicalities . |
| 2 | Is it strange going thousands of miles away to Australia and finding out that you 're as known there as you are on this island ? |
| 3 | These have concentrated on individuals adopted shortly after birth , making it possible to disentangle genetic from environmental effects . |
| 4 | The absence of vowels made it possible to confuse two words which are crucial to this problem : " eleph and " alluph . |
| 5 | Yeah , but would n't that make it possible to take that out , and then it would n't make sense , 'cos it would say , as I missed the train which went in an hour 's time if you put another comma , 'cos if you , if you put two commas you could n't take it out . |
| 6 | The earliest clocks of this type were correct only at the equinoxes , and not until much later was it possible to take due account of the seasonal changes in the position of the sun . |
| 7 | Is it possible to disconnect each thing from itself and still arrive at a recognisable record ? |
| 8 | Since the 1970s , developments in the understanding of genetic processes and the manipulation and culture of cells have made it possible to create living organisms that are tailored to meet specific human needs . |
| 9 | I hope that he will find it possible to allow extra ranks to be recruited all the way along the line — not only at the most junior level — to ensure that we do not lose those very able people . |
| 10 | Is not it possible to put many of those documents in the public domain and publish them as Public Accounts Committee documents ? |
| 11 | Is it possible to assign one function to each , or are some of mixed function ? |
| 12 | The importance of the law in such matters is in creating a centre of power which makes it possible to enforce moral duties . |
| 13 | In association with Museums and galleries , it will make it possible to mount new kinds of displays and to make the usually unseen collections accessible . |
| 14 | ‘ Because of the influx of television , video , radio , newspapers , and other means of mass communication , ’ they argued , ‘ the world has become a global village , making it possible to carry unhealthy materials from one side to another . ’ |
| 15 | This makes it possible to access any individual frame by calling up that address and displaying its contents . |
| 16 | Using a recognition test to measure memory for the stimuli makes it possible to assess any general biases in responding separately from subjects ’ actual ability to correctly recognize individual stimuli . |
| 17 | Half television , half microscope , Roberts 's invention made it possible to magnify living tissues up to 25,000 times , against an ordinary miscroscope 's 5,000 times . |
| 18 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , is n't it possible to tease each other about our politics — ’ |
| 20 | Many young women find it possible to love two men simultaneously . |
| 21 | Is it possible to love two men at once ? |
| 22 | This , it is hoped , will make it possible to devise new ways of understanding ‘ artisanal production , ’ 'pre-industrial society' and the place of ‘ popular culture ’ in the process of industrialisation . |
| 23 | in the day of high technology , is n't it possible to devise some scheme where they can go round and spray camp which leaves an invisible but detective in a way of magnetic or something er marking on the pavements , in New Master this week we 've seen a eruption of white , yellow , green and blue erm spray paint on the pavements , all by different contractors or |
| 24 | ‘ You always did believe it possible to cure other people 's unhappiness , ’ he said . |
| 25 | As there are two types of crank rod assemblies it possible to swap complete assemblies between blocks containing different types ( ie are the blocks different ) ? |
| 26 | Novel methods of analysis made it possible to do chemical separations in minutes instead of days or weeks . |
| 27 | Is , is it possible to do that Mike ? |
| 28 | The use of complex lexical structures makes it possible to use simpler grammars . |
| 29 | The reason why communication is achieved here by lexical means only is of course because the context of shared knowledge makes it possible to use minimal cues . |
| 30 | It is possible to use in a diesel engine , but the main purpose is to make it possible to use unleaded petrol in a vehicle which can not normally use it . |