Example sentences of "it is often [adj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Example unc As you will find in algebra work , it is often useful to use a letter in place of a number that we are trying to find . |
| 2 | There should be a decent gap between the columns and it is often useful to place a vertical line in the middle of this gap , so physically preventing the eye straying from one to the other . |
| 3 | It is often useful to have a Trashcan or Dustbin where you can dump unwanted files . |
| 4 | In discussions with the child it is often possible to plan a course of work to meet the individual 's needs so that the learning process is negotiated rather than dictated . |
| 5 | If record keys are numeric and there are not many gaps in the sequence , it is often possible to allocate a storage position based directly on the key . |
| 6 | It is often possible to tile a large proportion of the wall for guaranteed case of maintenance . |
| 7 | Indeed these two characteristics are all that is needed in the case of the adjective ; the relative clause is in a sense a stalking horse , convenient in that it is more tangible than the relation around which it is built , but unnecessary , and awkward in that it brings with it , in English , the requirement that it must express a tense ; for while it is often possible to read a tense into an adjective there is no reason whatever to suppose that there is always some particular tense present to the mind of the speaker but suppressed , as can be seen from instances like ( 35 ) , where more than one tense could plausibly be grafted onto the sense expressed by the phrase underlined , or , just as well , some adverbial notion like " because " or " if " without any specific tense being implied : ( 35 ) motorists guilty will have to pay heavy fines Likewise , the buildings adjacent of example ( 17 ) simply take their tense from that of the clause as a whole ; if , for instance , we were to switch the tense of the verb in that example in order to shift the whole situation to past time : ( 36 ) the buildings adjacent were closed for three days it would be quite unnecessary to presume that an independent mental re-assignment of tense , from present to past , internal to the phrase buildings adjacent , has to take place as well . |
| 8 | 12 When you are in the country look for a rotting log or branch-even in the town , it is often possible to find a piece of rotting timber . |
| 9 | Even if the exact number of rounds in the game is not known for certain , in real life it is often possible to make a statistical guess as to how much longer the game is likely to last . |
| 10 | If it becomes obvious during the base leg or final turn that you are far too high to be able to get down in the chosen field , it is often possible to make an S-turn to use up some of the height . |
| 11 | It is often helpful to approach a potential source of finance at this stage for informal discussions on the terms and conditions of finance likely to be available for the project . |
| 12 | They seem built into human nature and it is often impossible to imagine a society without them . |
| 13 | If no faster device is available it is often beneficial to use a separate device of the same sort . |
| 14 | Within any machine code program it is often necessary to repeat a section of code a number of times and this can become quite tedious . |
| 15 | In order to produce a realistic model of a mechanism , it is often necessary to produce an association which further constrains the output motion . |
| 16 | After some three months have passed it is often wise to conduct a full review of the new systems and to discover how far they have progressed . |
| 17 | Even with a classification as complex as this it is often difficult to place a coast , because the division between A and B is not easy and is very subjective . |
| 18 | Chief vet at the Fromus surgery Michael Hill said : ‘ It is not a common operation because it is often difficult to find a suitable donor dog . |
| 19 | Practise on your own child since it is often difficult to find a pulse in an emergency . |
| 20 | It is often difficult to match a covered lampshade to your own furnishing fabrics , in which case it would pay to buy a frame , then cover it yourself . |