Example sentences of "is [adj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company says that as well as launching an Am486 using Intel microcode , it still plans to go ahead with its clean version , which is due to be available in June , and production will be increased during the second half . |
| 2 | From the tracks alone it is possible to be certain of the bipedal stance of certain dinosaurs , and to measure their stride . |
| 3 | Whereas it is impossible to identify the author of this Gospel , it is possible to be sure of one thing about him . |
| 4 | As we have already discussed , the ancestry of the rose is extremely wide and complicated , and although extraordinary genealogical detective work has been carried out into many family trees , one wonders how it is possible to be sure of the right direction when travelling through the mists and fogs of time , especially during the period before copyright was extended to plants , when secrecy was a safeguard against competition . |
| 5 | Then it is possible to be selective by shooting the adults only . |
| 6 | Discussing the patient 's ‘ auditory environment ’ Gough ( 1986 ) provides vignettes showing how noise means different things to different people and reminds nurses that it is possible to be upset by silence , for example a child in an isolation unit — a salutary reminder of the importance of individualising nursing according to the circumstances . |
| 7 | A dull , cold , rainy day does not literally mean ‘ sadness ’ — it is possible to be happy on such a day — but it is so obviously a metaphor for sadness that when it appears in writing it has become a cliché , intended to trigger a predictable response . |
| 8 | Tony Benn is right to be dismayed at the talk of ‘ firework displays bigger than the Fourth of July ’ , but he 's wrong to deny that on some level this is what war has become . |
| 9 | It is easier to be objective about , and therefore to recognise , the social bias of mathematics questions from abroad . |
| 10 | After all , most women do not look like cover girls , and the Jewish woman is free to be beautiful in an inner way , not as a clone of an advertisement . |
| 11 | So what is now the status of his later insistence that , ‘ Certainly it is wrong to be cruel to animals and the destruction of a whole species can be a great evil ’ ( 512 ) ? |
| 12 | Yet it is dangerous to be doctrinaire about precise significance . |
| 13 | In the context there is much to be optimistic about . |
| 14 | For organisations like the Runnymede Trust , it is crucial to be alert to the various fronts upon which racism appears , and offer whatever support we can to those who want to challenge it . |
| 15 | That is , the common ancestor of these phyla was much simpler in its anatomy than any of them , and the anatomical complexities ( e.g. segmented body plan , skeletal structures , image-forming eyes ) evolved independently in the different phyla , although it is impossible to be sure of this in the absence of an adequate fossil record before about 600 million years ago . |
| 16 | The end result is a novel in which it is impossible to be sure of anything . |
| 17 | In the absence of any research findings , it is impossible to be sure about this , let alone quantify it . |
| 18 | It is impossible to be indifferent towards her , and she prefers it that way in her criticism , as she preferred it in life . |
| 19 | But it is impossible to be competitive in world cup without taking risks , and that tricky gate eluded at least ten other racers . |
| 20 | YOU : It is impossible to be precise under the conditions that we encountered . |
| 21 | It is impossible to be precise over how much influence Parliament exercises over government policy . |
| 22 | It is easy to be tolerant of members of other races if one is confident of one 's own standing in society ; much harder if one is competing against immigrants for a council house and a low-paid job . |
| 23 | It is easy to be critical of prejudice in the lives of others , particularly when it is as small minded as that of Phyllis . |
| 24 | It is easy to be complacent about the problems faced by older workers when looking for employment . |
| 25 | It is easy to be alarmed by something which one imagines does not happen to other people and which one 's family and friends may suggest is pure imagination or , worse still , the first sign of madness ! |
| 26 | It is easy to be unaware of the pressures we are under until they have built up to a head . |
| 27 | All too often it is easy to be casual about every-day chores on the farm . |
| 28 | It is easy to be romantic about a way of life at one remove . |
| 29 | It is easy to be paranoic about IT and the future , and that is hardly justified ; but constant vigilance is required . |
| 30 | In a post-Stalinist epoch it is easy to be dismissive of the moral imperative of Marxism as embodied in the Soviet experiment and the French communist party . |