Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , where such measures are adopted by a qualified majority , Article 100A(4) provides that ‘ a Member State which deems it necessary to apply national provisions on grounds of major needs referred to in art . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The reason the sensation of seeing is so different from the sensation of hearing and the sensation of smelling is that the brain finds it convenient to use different kinds of internal model of the visual world , the world of sound and the world of smell . |
| 4 | It is difficult for them to be drawn accurately and the human eye finds it difficult to detect small differences — in our example the slices representing 12% and 13% of the total . |
| 5 | She says he has no concentration now , he finds it difficult to remember simple things . |
| 6 | These differences are probably adaptive and familiarity with the literature on allometry makes it easy to test specific hypotheses . |
| 7 | If all the data are initially entered into a computer database , the power of a database management system makes it easy to present different views of the data to the researcher , allowing more subtle and complex associations to emerge . |
| 8 | This property of amplification makes it impossible to make long-term predictions about evolution , as one can in astronomy . |
| 9 | The importance of the law in such matters is in creating a centre of power which makes it possible to enforce moral duties . |
| 10 | The reason why communication is achieved here by lexical means only is of course because the context of shared knowledge makes it possible to use minimal cues . |
| 11 | The use of complex lexical structures makes it possible to use simpler grammars . |
| 12 | Retroactive notation makes it possible to indicate distinct facets without recourse to mixed notation . |
| 13 | A sharp distinction between soma and germ line makes it possible to prevent acquired characters from being transmitted . |
| 14 | This makes it possible to study subtle processes of coordination : for example , when words are repeated they are generally pronounced less clearly after the first time , but only if they are being used to refer to the same thing . |
| 15 | Contracting out makes it possible to transfer those problems to others , who can in principle be fairly tightly controlled through contracts . |
| 16 | For underdeveloped countries the computer makes it possible to leapfrog certain stages of development by slashing paper bureaucracy , streamlining production and improving health care . |
| 17 | These have been recreated using an amazing new British technique which makes it possible to produce accurate facsimiles of ancient bodies . |
| 18 | Many tests develop a system of numerical scoring which makes it possible to make precise comparisons between the scores obtained by different individuals . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | That conception makes it difficult to address sharp upheavals in the international system that occur in many periods of structural change , the rivalry between different countries that occurs in international trade and finance , or the impact that a country 's internal conditions ( such as the structure of its unions and management ) have on its international position . |
| 21 | The particular avant-garde perspective of their critique ( as of Greenberg 's ) makes it difficult to avoid first impressions of a conflation in their work of ‘ genuine art ’ with ‘ elite art ’ . |