Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( e ) for any other reason the Council thinks it proper in the public interest not to recognise the body . |
| 2 | Then on the second day , Nicklaus puts it stone-dead at the 5th and so he 's taken just three shots for the 5th ! |
| 3 | How to Make Money With Computers contains a wealth of essential business advice , which even makes it suitable for the budding entrepreneur who does n't intend to start a computer related business . |
| 4 | It is the life force within us that is the cause of that denial , which makes it impossible for the healthy to imagine a time when it will have faded , which makes them tremble at the thought that , were voluntary euthanasia ever legalized , abuse would inevitably follow , and when they became old and ill , they would be at risk of being put away . |
| 5 | This makes it impossible for the poor to move to that neighbourhood . |
| 6 | You may remember , Mr. Speaker , that last year I raised with you the problem of coaches parked in and around Parliament square , which makes it impossible for the Sessional Order to be complied with . |
| 7 | But curiously enough this dish , although made with fresh meat rather than with left-over boiled beef , has much in its flavour and composition which makes it akin to the celebrated miroton , always reputed to be characteristic of the cooking of the Paris concierge . |
| 8 | Statistical representativeness is not , of course , assured simply by means of large numbers ; a large sample , running into several hundreds or thousands may be selected in a way which makes it unrepresentative of the general population , while a small sample may , conversely , meet more precisely the criterion of representativeness . |
| 9 | The public sector has a political environment , theoretical foundations , an ethos , a culture and a sheer diversity which makes it distinctive from the private sector . |
| 10 | This limits the activities of the educational institutions in the region and makes it difficult for the administrative centres to do their job , which includes developing technical training projects and teacher training . |
| 11 | The close relationship between police chiefs and elected mayors in American cities makes it difficult for the former not to curry favour with what is perceived as the ‘ majority view ’ within his ( sic ) jurisdiction … . |