Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once experimental control achieved in laboratory conditions made it possible to demonstrate that the strength of specific behaviours was indeed a function of environmental events , it seemed reasonable to describe such events as reinforcers . |
| 2 | Teeth which are permanent fixtures can evolve complex shapes , fitting precisely with their partners in the opposite jaw , making it possible to chew and slice in a way not open to most reptiles . |
| 3 | Calculations make it possible to compare and contrast molecular configuration or perturbations with experimental results and ‘ at times ’ can expose them as possibly accurate or inaccurate . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This will make it possible to assess whether there are systematic differences in their cognitive skills in comparison to reading age and chronological age controls or whether they show a similar pattern to poor readers found in the normal school population . |
| 6 | Accepting for a moment this kind of argument , the question is , is it possible to argue that there is some accepted component of grammar that is non-autonomous with respect to pragmatics ( i.e. some component requiring pragmatic input ) ? |
| 7 | Is , is it possible to argue that the south is fundamentally different in terms of its ? |
| 8 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 9 | This investigation should make it possible to judge whether or not recent changes in the household position of elderly persons has meant a break with arrangements traditional in our country for many centuries . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On the evidence of these test results was it possible to say whether or not pupils could estimate and measure length ? |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , is n't it possible to say that Chatterton definitely could n't have done it ? ’ |
| 13 | Government revenue was such that not only was it possible to sustain and indeed expand expenditure on the national health serve , it was possible to do so without substantial increases in taxation . |
| 14 | Quite apart from the availability of incidence information , a longitudinal study makes it possible to see if certain events regularly precede others , e.g. ‘ Do people with a certain laboratory report consistently develop liver disease ? ’ |
| 15 | Of course , those who , like Bishop Blougram , find it possible to share and even sympathise with the intellectual misgivings of the unbeliever , do not easily waver in their understanding . |
| 16 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 17 | Only by touch was it possible to establish that the body inside was entire , though it was not practical either to drain the liquid or to lift the remains . |
| 18 | It is essential for the efficiency of a modern financial system to analyse all the securities traded in it , since only then is it possible to determine whether securities are fairly priced or whether they are underpriced or overpriced and hence give rise to profitable trading possibilities . |
| 19 | It did not make sense to see all the lower animals as merely immature versions of humankind , nor was it possible to assume that every extinct population had been perfectly adapted to the conditions of its own time . |
| 20 | At the same time , the astonishing flowering of science and technology has made it possible to organise and exploit the world and its natural resources on a scale which no earlier civilisation could have imagined ; it has also bred a widely held belief , verging on the mythical or superstitious , that ‘ science is the solution to all our problems ’ . |
| 21 | Successive Secretaries of State have stated that only by the unvarying observance of this practice is it possible to ensure that in no circumstances is anything said or not said which , by comparison with what was said on a different occasion , might imply that a warrant had or had not been issued . |
| 22 | Genetic engineering makes it possible to cut and splice DNA . |
| 23 | This makes it possible to believe that God can relate to us , and that he can reach out to us and transform our nature . |
| 24 | The contemporary tumours that Eleanor had been an adulteress made it possible to believe that she preached what she practised . |
| 25 | Cyprian thought it absurd to suppose that where there is no true eucharist ( in schism ) , there can be valid baptism . |
| 26 | But was it right to argue that British banking suffers from overcapacity ? |
| 27 | I think that that is over optimistic , I can not be confident that there will be any local authority provision at all , it seems to me that this particular provision is really vital to Paul 's education and I think it right to ensure that it is available . |
| 28 | The implied duty to co-operate ( see 8.17.4 ) should make it unnecessary to stipulate that the parties will provide the expert with all information and documents he reasonably requires : sometimes expert clauses contain a specific provision to this effect . |
| 29 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 30 | Nor is it sensible to wish that it were otherwise , since raptures , aesthetic , erotic , intellectual , mystical , in which the spontaneous floods the whole of consciousness , can lift us to heights of awareness beyond our ordinary capacities . |