Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] it [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But it , I find it useful for large arrangements .
2 The share system of land ownership did not meet the approval of the British , and legislation was passed which made it possible for any shareholder to force the division of a tract .
3 We marvelled again at the scenery of West Spitsbergen , its sharply tipped mountains of dark rock , the glacier-filled valleys between and the tiny strips of life-giving vegetation which made it possible for some birds and animals to exist .
4 for this reason , there must be query languages available which make it easy for untrained users to use the system .
5 The political leadership of the majority party and therefore the party in government and occupying ministerial office might find it politically expedient to preserve the rules and conventions which make it difficult for other politicians to call the bureaucracy to account .
6 Within the VO5 range there is now a superb moisturising styling mousse with protective properties which make it ideal for dry or damaged hair and perfect for creating soft , natural styles .
7 One of the well known and most popular Shareware programs Galaxy Lite is easy to use and full of features which make it ideal for those new to word processing and old hats like myself .
8 but the crucial factor which makes it possible for middle-class women to enter the labour force and , at the same time , maintain traditional values in the home , is the existence of the domestic servant .
9 It 's the easiest look to create and wear — high glamour , long-lasting and no fuss — which makes it perfect for those special occasions .
10 This step ladder is Kite marked , and has a Class 2 duty rating , which makes it suitable for all household needs ; it is also widely used by professional tradesmen .
11 I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose .
12 The secondary market provides investors with liquidity , the ability to turn securities into cash if required , which makes it reasonable for many savers to hold long-term assets .
13 The weight is good too at 8lb 10oz , 3.92kg , which makes it good for long trips .
14 At the meeting of the Lothian Management Group on Thursday , 4 November 1992 , a number of important matters were raised which makes it necessary for all the funding partners to meet .
15 Volumizer Shampoo from TiGi has a wonderful deep-cleansing formula and is enriched with European Collagen , Vitamin E and Panthenol which makes it ideal for lifeless hair .
16 Rue , although it is strongly flavoured , has a most bitter and acrid taste , which makes it unpopular for culinary use now , except in one or two specialized cases .
17 Over the past hundred years , various pieces of legislation , from the 1882 Married Woman 's Property Act , which gave married women the right to hold their own property , to the 1980 Housing Act , which makes it mandatory for local authorities to give married couples joint tenancies , the property rights of women both in the public and private housing sectors have been gradually extended ( Brion and Tinker , 1980 ) .
18 It turns itself off if you leave it untouched for five minutes , a feature sadly lacking on the GameBoy .
19 Here I come , the great man himself , the master of the house , the wage-earner , the one who makes it possible for all the rest of you to live so well !
20 By reducing the scope of the enquiry we make more certain the worth of what we are doing ( always assuming , of course , that the study itself is well conducted ) , and by describing carefully what we do we make it possible for other researchers to duplicate our own study or conduct a similar one with slightly different variables .
21 Admittedly there was only a single bed but that was fine by us ; we kept it warm for each other as we were doing shifts of two hours each .
22 Although possible , we think it unlikely for this to have occurred for risk factors such as smoking and parity .
23 He was well-read and clever , and he made it easy for stupid men to respect his intellect if he thought they could be of use to him .
24 It 's usually about four or five hundred , he bought it second-hand for two hundred quid .
25 It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again .
26 This , I think is what makes it possible for this story to have a positive if not a ‘ sunset ’ ending .
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