Example sentences of "[adj] to be precise " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOU : It is impossible to be precise under the conditions that we encountered . |
| 2 | It is impossible to be precise over how much influence Parliament exercises over government policy . |
| 3 | The influence of an international market is not easy to be precise about , though the appearance of work in a Biennale or an art fair can be impressive in itself . |
| 4 | One obvious problem in establishing and using age norms is that , for any given child , it is not easy to be precise about when any specific skill has been mastered . |
| 5 | It is not easy to be precise here as a gentle curtain is drawn . |
| 6 | Clearly it is not easy to be precise about the numbers of mentally disordered persons who need help , but some figures of those actually receiving care or treatment are a rough guide to the size of the problem . |
| 7 | The number of Greek-speakers on the Slav side , equally hard to be precise about , is perhaps half that . |
| 8 | In the conceptual case , each example 's properties are supposed to be precise and discrete . |
| 9 | It 's very important to be precise and know exactly what you 're talking about on these , cos you 'll get |
| 10 | He had to translate early botanical , English , Scots and Gaelic names into their modern botanical equivalents , although it was not always possible to be precise . |
| 11 | The Economist that bastion of left wing thinking commissioned an actuary to estimate the likely number of vacancies during a parliament ten point seven three sorry to be precise about this colleagues Tory MPs can be expected to die over a full five year term , I 'm sorry for being morbid . |
| 12 | ‘ I was very surprised to win this player of the year award , speechless to be precise . |
| 13 | ‘ It is more difficult to be precise about this than about the earlier phases , partly because the pictures are rarer and less accessible , and have not been adequately photographed , partly because it includes considerable variations . ’ |
| 14 | Parents ' groups come and go whether or not there are CMHTs and it is difficult to be precise about the CMHT contribution in this field . |
| 15 | He followed his robots ( two children as robot nurses ) around , whispering instructions to them and occasionally taking over and doing the tasks for them as he found it difficult to be precise in his instructions . |
| 16 | It is difficult to be precise about the outcome , but again the general impression seems to be that there has been no significant and continuing deterioration , and some well-placed observers thought that behaviour had , on the whole , improved . |
| 17 | It is difficult to be precise until the system has been implemented , but some results seem likely . |
| 18 | For radiologists , it is difficult to be precise because when contrast medium is passing through the distal oesophagus , the lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed and it is impossible to define . |
| 19 | There were five of them , I think ; it was difficult to be precise in the gloom . |