Example sentences of "it [is] sometimes [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In cases like this it 's sometimes best to leave people alone to grieve . ’ |
| 2 | To further complicate matters , it 's sometimes necessary to move blocks to a safe place first , but again taking care to get them in the correct sequence for later use . |
| 3 | In very severely affected cases of cystic fibrosis it 's sometimes necessary to perform a heart-lung transplant . |
| 4 | erm so er it 's sometimes possible to borrow from the university but they usually , they usually make it very difficult for one so er oh thanks , erm so erm anyway because with a thing like people 's accounts of dreams you may want to sort of go back and look at them , you know , sort of how people have expressed them in their own words , they may have er you know produced some nice interesting quotes or something like that |
| 5 | It 's sometimes possible to approach them closely enough to stick a device like an anemometer , or wind speed gauge , into the gas jet , and by doing this , supersonic speeds have been recorded . |
| 6 | So many things happened over the last two rounds , it 's sometimes hard to remember the first two ; I just know it was Trevino versus Jacklin again in the third round and , of course , they were playing together once more . |
| 7 | So we 're more than looking forward to reviewing this one , although before we examine it in detail perhaps we should take a quick look at Lowden 's model-numbering system , since with so many different options available , like cutaways , special inlays , different bindings and decoration , it 's sometimes hard to spot which model is which . |
| 8 | They are so like the television it 's sometimes hard to see why they are being done on a stage . |
| 9 | With so many fantastic walking areas in Britain it 's sometimes hard to decide which one to explore on that well-earned summer break . |
| 10 | It 's sometimes hard to explain to a person who does n't share your enthusiasm for the plant and animal kingdom why watching three ptarmigan walking about on a clump of moss is exciting , but take my word for it that it is . |
| 11 | It 's sometimes easier to go through an agency . |
| 12 | In all cases a helper is needed , someone strong and active to pull up quite heavy anchors , while the rest of the crew should realise that living in a yacht is like living in a caravan with incredibly soft suspension — and it 's sometimes difficult to hop out for a walk ! |
| 13 | With Old English Sheepdogs it 's sometimes difficult to tell — but who wants a dog that walks backwards ? |
| 14 | In the case of a small pay cut , for example , we have seen that it is sometimes safer to sue for the amount that you have lost , rather than give up your job . |
| 15 | I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact . |
| 16 | Unless the horse is very sick or the swelling is severely affecting eating or breathing , it is sometimes better to delay antibiotics until the abscesses come up to a head and burst . |
| 17 | But encouraging and rewarding reliance are not always of decisive importance ; it is sometimes better to leave some matter unregulated by convention in order to allow the play of independent judgment both by judges and by the public in anticipation of what judges might do . |
| 18 | Of course you can only take this covering-up operation so far and it is sometimes prudent to remake a part . |
| 19 | It is sometimes salutary to imagine yourself selling your clients product from door to door when clarity and persuasion would help you far more than oratory . |
| 20 | It is sometimes possible to arrange for both ministers to be at the ceremony , sharing the responsibility between them . |
| 21 | No conscious effort is required , and it is sometimes possible to carry on a non-relevant activity , e.g. holding a conversation , whilst performing the activity . |
| 22 | In such a situation it is sometimes possible using very simple stimuli to dissociate the effects of stimulus-response compatibility from those due to eye-hand connections ( Berlucchi , Crea , Di Stefano and Tassinari , 1977 ) but the relevance of the different anatomical pathways in situations employing more complex stimuli is doubtful . |
| 23 | It is sometimes possible to answer a question literally in a couple of sentences , but this will not always impress the examiner . |
| 24 | By studying a range of compounds of known structure , it is sometimes possible to define characteristic M-X stretching frequencies for terminal and bridging ligands , and to use the observed spectrum of a new compound to establish the presence or absence of bridging ligands . |
| 25 | We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes . |
| 26 | But they are nevertheless able to agree that it is sometimes possible to elaborate functional relations of the sort we have considered . |
| 27 | It is sometimes possible to obtain a coercive order if a defendant deliberately refuses to comply with a declaration , but this is exceptional and does not invalidate the general argument . |
| 28 | b ) It is sometimes possible to make a conditional choice before it is strictly required , and always possible to introduce a meaningless choice ( between two identical processes ) . |
| 29 | Where this is not a permanent possibility , then it is sometimes possible to introduce a temporary partition . |
| 30 | It is sometimes possible to determine when this procedure has been used , by examining the wear patterns of the gears . |