Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] it [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individuals have different preferences of course , but a full-length zip makes it easier to regulate body temperature . |
| 2 | The LAW 's main function is ‘ to make development land available as quickly as possible where the private sector finds it difficult to complete transactions ’ . |
| 3 | Instead , as the Select Committee point out , the organisation of the UK retail sector makes it vulnerable to bulk import penetration . |
| 4 | The secretiveness of the Alien Office 's work makes it difficult to provide details of Brooke 's activities : ‘ My duties have ever been of the most confidential nature , ’ he wrote to R. B. Jenkinson , second Earl of Liverpool , in 1809 . |
| 5 | On the academic site , detailed tephrachronology makes it possible to study patterns in the behaviour of volcanoes — the magma erupted from one volcano may become steadily more acid , or it may show cyclical changes , or it may even vary consistently during each eruption , starting off fairly basic and ending up at the close of the eruption much more acid . |
| 6 | Their post-modern capaciousness and their pluralistic desire to see every side of an argument renders it unconstitutional to say boo to a goose . |
| 7 | But its lack of interest in theory makes it prone to overlook biases in this area . |
| 8 | These replications of conventional psychology 's misogyny come about because feminism finds it difficult to articulate links between subjectivity and political change . |
| 9 | Because the firm finds it hard to keep pace with demand , other conversion shops around the country may soon be licensed to do the job . |
| 10 | But he advised caution beyond the point of planning permission , because new environmental legislation makes it essential to seek expert advice . |
| 11 | This in turn makes it easy to move light fittings around : many low-voltage lights are mounted on spikes with this in mind . |
| 12 | People seem to prefer that which is informal , spontaneous and unrehearsed , and the lack of stimulus presented by much of the ‘ new look ’ music makes it difficult to persuade musicians to be committed on a regular basis . |
| 13 | This finality makes it proper to regard death as the most serious harm that may be inflicted on another , and to regard a person who chooses to inflict that harm as the most culpable of offenders , in the absence of some excuse or justification . |
| 14 | There may be frequency of micturition and , in a proportion of cases , these symptoms may progress to acute retention of urine , when the hapless female finds it impossible to pass urine at all . |
| 15 | The absence of any such shared background with an outside organization makes it imperative to formalize procedures to a much greater extent and to provide more information specific to the work to be carried out . |
| 16 | This innovation makes it possible to produce rugs that are almost twice as long as the distance between the horizontal beams . |
| 17 | Its physical manoeuvrability makes it easy to demonstrate syllable structure or to emphasise tricky bits . |
| 18 | As a result , the people whose financial position makes it easiest to pay bills actually get the lowest-cost credit . |
| 19 | In Britain , the tight financial regime imposed on local councils and the reluctance of central government to take on any new expenditure makes it necessary to seek funds from the private sector . |
| 20 | A choppy texturising cutting technique makes it easy to change styles from casual to dramatic |
| 21 | Roxborough believes it unrealistic to expect unions to play such a revolutionary role in Latin America today and predicts that with the growing economic crisis in Mexico , the unions will become more militant ( Roxborough 1984 ) . |
| 22 | That measure is not considered controversial on either side of the House ; my party finds it easy to support ballots . |
| 23 | In the period under discussion , the Zande number about half a million and live mainly as cultivators growing maize , sweet potatoes , ground-nuts and some fruit ; the presence of tsetse fly makes it impossible to keep cattle . |
| 24 | An understanding of the aetiology of disease makes it appropriate to target treatment on the underlying cause or causes of an illness rather than the symptoms . |
| 25 | Whatever its cause , that decline makes it harder to lay blame for any recent severe weather on El Chichón . |
| 26 | The fact that there is no sound track makes it possible to practise language at the students ' level ( Finocchiaro 1968 ) . |
| 27 | In particular non-disclosure makes it difficult to answer charges that the government 's policies are not properly coordinated . |
| 28 | Hauppauge , New York-based Standard Microsystems Corp is cutting the recommended retail price of its Token-Ring network adaptors to $400 from $600 , saying that using its own semiconductor technology makes it possible to cut prices while continuing to add features and maintain margins on the adaptors . |
| 29 | Freight , already profitable , should boom as ( a ) road congestion rises ; ( b ) the opening of the Channel tunnel cuts the cost of trans-Europe rail trips ; and ( c ) new technology makes it easier to switch piggy-back trailers between lorries and trains . |