Example sentences of "[verb] it [adj] [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My mother is a keen gardener , but she would consider it cruel to lift these ferns from their sheltered positions and subject them to Wellington winds . ’ |
| 2 | The government found it impossible to refute such charges or change the overwhelming climate of opinion which believed the NHS to be seriously underfunded . |
| 3 | From a theoretical standpoint , Minden and Casperson { 30 } have been able to model the xenon-laser data very well , but found it necessary to include such effects as velocity-changing collisions , and population transfer from upper to lower laser level by spontaneous emission , as well as standing-wave effects . |
| 4 | Owen found it hard to take such incidents seriously . |
| 5 | When King Gustav VI Adolph of Sweden turned his attention to objects made of this material in building his collection of Chinese art there were those who found it difficult to reconcile such pieces with his choice porcelains , jades and lacquer-work . |
| 6 | They often found it difficult to resist these demands . |
| 7 | On the other hand , through the development of container transport , telecommunications and the division of production into simpler , semi-skilled tasks , technology has made it possible to transfer these tasks to new factories in Third World markets . |
| 8 | Although if he had done so we doubt whether that committee would have thought it necessary to take any proceedings against the barrister . |
| 9 | Failure to talk about sexual needs may mean that the individual does not consider it to be a problem , or that he or she finds it embarrassing to discuss such matters . |
| 10 | The tragedy in this country is that the critical establishment has found it impossible to embrace those talents . |
| 11 | There has always been an international dimension to civil litigation , and States have found it desirable to devote some efforts to easing the difficulties experienced by their citizens and business enterprises in pursuing or defending claims involving persons or entities in other countries . |
| 12 | Find it necessary to check these Inroads " . |
| 13 | Perhaps the other men you know find it stimulating to hear such words come from the face of a woman who has the beauty of a madonna , but I do not . ’ |
| 14 | Finally , there are political reasons : people do not , on the whole , enjoy moving away from their communities and politicians find it hard to ignore these feelings . |
| 15 | Still I find it hard to believe most men would want to cede their privilege and power on the evidence you present . |
| 16 | In particular , traditional descriptive and analytic methods find it difficult to contemplate such phenomena as : ( 1 ) close approximation of phones without merger ; ( 2 ) overlapping allophones ; ( 3 ) flip-flops , and ( 4 ) reversal of merger . |
| 17 | Last year I thought it necessary to criticise several doctors for such behaviour . |
| 18 | Wise use of our planning system should make it possible to achieve both objectives . ’ |
| 19 | ( iv ) The canals made it easy to bring these materials together . |
| 20 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |
| 21 | As room status information must be up-to-the-minute , notification slips are circulated immediately to all departments should a ‘ chance ’ arrival or sudden change of room , or any other eventuality make it necessary to inform all departments , so that any action required can be taken . |
| 22 | The increase in mean ozone concentration with latitude and the existence of seasonal cycles in ozone levels make it difficult to detect any trends in global ozone concentration . |
| 23 | I hope that , in the end , such tests may replace all other examinations , making it unnecessary to hold any blocks of examinations at 16 + and at 18 + . |
| 24 | When petrological thin-sectioning ( see glossary ) is carried out , many separate items of data may be collected from each artefact studied , making it difficult to see those groupings of artefacts that have features in common . |
| 25 | He raised the matter with the Minister , asking her to make it illegal to publish such claims of responsibility by the IRA . |
| 26 | Contracting out makes it possible to transfer those problems to others , who can in principle be fairly tightly controlled through contracts . |
| 27 | The only thing in the way is the fact that all nuclei are electrically charged and ‘ like charges repel ’ : this repulsion makes it difficult to force those nuclei together . |
| 28 | They did , however have unrealised expectations about the number of clients for whom they would need to provide paid support workers even though they predicted that they would not find it necessary to provide such carers for ail clients . |
| 29 | If so you will find it helpful to set some goals to give short-range guidance . |
| 30 | You may find it helpful to read these items first , and then go back and look carefully at the explanations underneath . |