Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scientific , technical and clerical workers have signed a petition calling for the university to make it impossible for ‘ nuclear weapons-motivated research ’ involving SLAC to be carried out . |
| 2 | There was nothing unusual about MPs getting carried away during debates on crime and violence , however , or for the Speaker to find it necessary to call for ‘ Order ! ’ against ‘ shouts of sadistic enthusiasm ’ when whipping was on the agenda . |
| 3 | When the service faltered , therefore , everyone along the corridor was afflicted ; and Owen , as the person responsible in custom for Yussuf , was seen as the man to put it right . |
| 4 | The abstract quality of symbols such as the Swastika renders it difficult for cerebral intelligence to grasp the full concept and implications of their purpose , which is to awaken the more subliminal centres relating to feelings and intuitive responses . |
| 5 | Amaranth had repeated enough of what Harvey had told her about the motorway to make it worthwhile telephoning his partner in Arden to make local inquiries . |
| 6 | Because you were the one who kept going on about the need to keep it secret . |
| 7 | He ought to have done it through the college got it cheaper . |
| 8 | They 're done because the old-fashioned way of doing a , putting something together is a paste-up job , you 've got all these stories filed about all sorts of things , and then some editorial chap or chapess sits down with sort of paste and scissors and cuts the things off , and they tend to cut things off the bottom to make it all fit until it feels about right . |
| 9 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 10 | Tsunami 's low 3.5-volt power dissipation , TAB packaging and eighth of an inch height off the PCB make it ideal for portables and notebook . |
| 11 | The fact is , Karajan was able to accommodate and support voices , even in the most taxing roles , in a way that other conductors with a less complete control of the orchestra find it hard to emulate . |
| 12 | Indeed the strength of the bond makes it difficult to remove the so called cementless hips if a second operation is needed . |
| 13 | It is only if the interests of the child render it appropriate that the courts of [ England ] rather than [ Australia ] shall determine its future that there can be any exception to an order for its return . |
| 14 | It is only if the interests of the child render it appropriate that the courts of country B rather than country A shall determine its future that there can be any exception to an order for its return . |
| 15 | It may be that the draconian and secret nature of the procedure makes it unattractive for smaller firms : perhaps where there are as few as three partners , some check on its exercise should be incorporated in the partnership agreement . |
| 16 | Since then we 've heard of the BKKS Northern Section 's organisation of the UK 's ‘ first ever ’ winter show on November 14 , when the Section claims ‘ Cooler temperatures at this time of the year make it easier to maintain water quality . |
| 17 | The ends of the rivets were bent over at right angles on the back of the shield making it possible to calculate that the wooden boards of the complete circular shields were 0.5 to 1.5 cm thick . |
| 18 | In fact the wording of the Act makes it clear that it is only as mothers that women are given priority in the public sector . |
| 19 | In Fowler v Cammell Laird Ltd , 1973 IRLR 72 — although the circumstances of the case make it clear that no injustice was done in holding the dismissal fair — the tribunal was obviously impressed by the fact that the company rules provided for instant dismissal of those convicted of theft on the company 's premises . |
| 20 | On this plate was depicted a map of the heavens , and holes along the line of the ecliptic made it possible for a representation of the sun to be moved at intervals of a day or two in imitation of its annual motion . |
| 21 | The length of the bill makes it easier for the birds to reach fruit and the bill colour may help them to recognise their own species , of which there are about forty . |
| 22 | Once they began , they acquired momentum of their own , and the size of the purge made it credible . |
| 23 | Now today because it 's a little windy we 've rolled up some of the sail out of the way to make it easier for you |
| 24 | But it would take about ten times the age of the Universe to write it all . ’ |
| 25 | This myth is believed all over the world despite the fact that the weight of the armour makes it impossible for the clam to close rapidly . |
| 26 | At the end of 1067 there had been a great fire which had made nearly all the buildings unusable except the dormitory , the refectory , and enough of the cloister to make it possible for the monks to walk from one building to another without getting wet . |
| 27 | HCIMA welcomes such initiative and is pleased that the modular structure of the course makes it appropriate to these various study routes . |
| 28 | However , their multiple condensation at the level of the state makes it possible to speak , not just of a set of regional problems but of a general crisis of hegemony . |
| 29 | I realised that the detail and the logic of the story made it impossible not to believe Fearnley . |
| 30 | Typically there is a long latent period between radiation exposure and detection of a tumour , which is because of the time required for sufficient increase in the size of the tumour to make it detectable , and may also be due in part to a form of induction period before the initially affected cell or cells start to divide and form a tumour , or before the tumour assumes ‘ malignant ’ characteristics of growth and spreading . |