Example sentences of "is it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Not only is it impossible to demonstrate whether the writers of classical Greece really attained ‘ objectivity ’ ; but our regard for them and our ability to learn from them do not require it . |
2 | Neither is it impossible to change . |
3 | Only if the language is finite is it possible to state with certainty that any given sentence belongs to the language . |
4 | Is it possible to acquire a rider 's insurance only and if so , could you suggest which insurance would be best ? |
5 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
6 | Is it possible to arrange the search space such that these conditions do not arise ? |
7 | Is it possible to arrange that they be given blanks and do n't know which are the blanks and which are the real , because otherwise there 's a risk after you 've done this the schools will suspect that they 're low , and therefore they will add a little on to their blank or something like that . |
8 | Is it possible to define a totality , or must one be content with reconstituting connections ? ) are now being replaced by questions of another type : which strata should be isolated from others ? |
9 | Is it possible to define what it is that they have in common ? |
10 | Is it possible to define what makes a good parent ? |
11 | Is , is it possible to do that Mike ? |
12 | How is it possible to exploit coral reefs for tourism , for example , but also use them as a food source ? |
13 | Is it possible to carry evil within us , like a disease we transmit but like to think we do not suffer from ourselves ? ’ |
14 | Is it possible to give an answer without having numerical values for anything except the properties of aluminium and copper ? |
15 | We can challenge the monist by simply asking " How is it possible to translate a novel ? " |
16 | Is it possible to wear it with a belt ? |
17 | Is it possible to lay the table do you think , for me ? |
18 | Is it possible to move out of grief or bereavement ? |
19 | Is it possible to cook a three-course family meal in under 30 minutes ? |
20 | If there can be no way of guaranteeing the full representation of all views , is it possible to create structures which lessen or remove restrictions on press ‘ freedom ’ ? |
21 | No more is it possible to claim that the strict code of social morality and convention which helped to sustain the political system was held in place from outside against the will of most Japanese people . |
22 | Erm if you 're buying an endowment policy is it possible to put er put it in as it were paid up , or do you have to find the premiums out of your income ? |
23 | Is it possible to put life into dead things ? |
24 | Is it possible to put life into dead things ? |
25 | I mean is it possible to draw a comparison between the way it erm you know the women were regarded before they became so effective ? |
26 | ‘ Is it possible to spend a night on Skomer Island ? ’ |
27 | But , in those terms , taking the very wide range of social systems which were studied by the first generation of British social anthropologists as a model ( the list includes the Trobrianders , the Tikopia , the Bemba , the Tswana , the Azande , the Nuer , the Nupe , and the Tallensi among others ) , is it possible to formulate a useful stereotype of what this notional entity " a primitive society " or " a savage ( wild ) society " is like ? |
28 | Only by including this process is it possible to access every word in the lexicon . |
29 | Is it possible to predetermine the types of conduct regarded as indecent ? |
30 | Is it possible to unscrew the retaining nuts to remove two 20-year-old basin taps , set in hard putty , without cracking the basin ? |