Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] it [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The note to the accounts on assets held for sale explains that the marked and continuing downturn in the property market since 1990 , as reflected in the latest valuation reports , has made it increasingly difficult to forecast the dates on which Burton will have completed the letting and sale of its development properties . |
| 2 | who are closing their Newark operation you see , which has made it rather tricky to approach them . |
| 3 | The fact that alcohol can be bought in every supermarket has made it far easier to come by , especially for housewives and young people . |
| 4 | The fragmentation of politics has made it extraordinarily difficult to bring a coordinated attack on overall questions about the system . |
| 5 | The gyro has made it much easier to learn to fly but , once you overcome the basic hurdle , it merely serves to smooth things out and make your flying tidier . |
| 6 | As we have seen , in recent years Persil has found it increasingly difficult to sustain its traditional whiteness claim — which it was allowed to make 30 years ago whether it was true or not . |
| 7 | One detective said : ‘ The girl is absolutely distraught and has found it very difficult to remember much about her attacker . |
| 8 | He has been ill recently and has found it very hard to cope with his children . |
| 9 | It must now face the imperial impotence that Britain has found it so difficult to adapt to . |
| 10 | The United Nations has found it much easier to undertake a peacekeeping role since the end of the cold war because its efforts are no longer frustrated by the clash between the super-powers . |
| 11 | It also claims Mrs Martin has left it too late to bring an action . |
| 12 | Oz Hotz de Baar stopped burning his straw 5 years ago , even though he 's found it more expensive to plough it in . |