Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [be] [adj] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also throughout the branches of physical geography it was necessary to convince members of other disciplines that physical geographers had a contribution to make and this had to be done by showing what could be done rather than by simply stating in advance that a physical geographer had much to contribute . |
| 2 | The feeling at directorial level is that while the board accepts responsibility for the running of the club it is entitled to quiz Brady if a problem has been identified with regard to team matters . |
| 3 | With this in mind it is hard to overlook Margery 's first , charitable gift to the needy old lady that she sees : ( " Take , here , flesh [ meat ] and bread as well … " ) |
| 4 | However , in practice it is rare to find circumstances in which the court would be prepared to find that an obligation of confidence arises by virtue of an implied term of a contract but not by virtue of an equitable obligation ( see for example Marshall ( Thomas ) ( Exporters ) Ltd v Guinle [ 1979 ] Ch 227 ) . |
| 5 | Once a field reaches STOP all further proposed offers must be referred to the Co-ordinator but in practice it is difficult to avoid overshoots in the more popular fields in the spring . |
| 6 | Krashen maintains that in practice it is difficult to encourage monitor use , but that it has the advantage of being able to draw consciously on language competence to produce utterances at levels which have not yet been acquired . |
| 7 | As a rule it 's difficult to suffocate people , even if they 're sleeping . ’ |
| 8 | ( b ) Identity of estate agent It is essential to ask buyers whether they have negotiated transactions through an estate agent and if so , whom . |
| 9 | A more exciting spin-off still is that by feeding the digitised information into a computer-guided lathe it is possible to carve reproductions of sculptures in a variety of materials , such as wood , plaster , glass or stone . |
| 10 | Even in marriage it was sinful to seek pleasure in sex . |
| 11 | Where there is no capital punishment , however , the question of how many degrees of homicide it is desirable to have calls for careful weighing of the principle of fair labelling ( see Chapter 3.3 ( l ) ) against the cost and time arguments mobilised by the policy of efficient administration ( see Chapter 3.3 ( m ) ) . |
| 12 | Hydrogen sulphate sodium hydroxide swap them round sodium sulphate hydrogen hydroxide hy we never say hydrogen hydroxide it 's simpler to say water but if you write it as H O H then you think , Ah we 've got the two Hs and the O there . |
| 13 | Television sets were rare and people watched in groups ; in the oases of the south it was customary to watch television out of doors in the cool of the summer evening , where any person who happened to pass by could sprawl on the sand . |
| 14 | 5.9.5 On a permitted assignment to a private limited company and if the Landlord shall reasonably so require to procure that a guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord enter into direct covenants with the Landlord in the form of the Guarantor 's covenant contained in this Lease with " the Assignee " substituted for " the Tenant " There are various matters to be considered in connection with a permitted underlease ( not the least of which being as to whether the tenant should be allowed to underlet part or parts of the premises as well as to whole ) , eg : ( 1 ) In respect of any permitted underlease it is better to remove reference to the landlord 's approval of the rent reserved by it , and if possible ( particularly in a falling market ) to remove reference to the rent being no less than the passing rent under the lease , although the landlord will normally object to this on the basis that a low underlease rent could be used as a comparable on any subsequent rent review under the lease . |
| 15 | Service : being such an indeterminate quantity it is difficult to set parameters . |
| 16 | In certain aspects of M&A advisory work it is appropriate to involve specialists from the management consultancy firm who may have a useful role to play on larger and/or more complex assignments . |
| 17 | At that range it was impossible to distinguish details — but the royal standard should have been visible and was not . |
| 18 | For those of us who live with a friendly cat it is hard to understand people who suffer from a terror of encountering felines at close quarters . |
| 19 | The annual report noted that ‘ owing to the war it was impossible to obtain funds to pay Mr Crawford and it was also difficult to get colts to coach , and the contract was terminated with deep regret on June 1 , 1916 . |
| 20 | But for the moment it is right to take stock of how much has already been achieved — to the benefit of us all . |
| 21 | Once stereotyping takes place it is difficult to change peoples ' perceptions of a particular role . |
| 22 | And when you have that level of confidence it 's easy to do things because , you know , you just do it ; it never occurs to you that you might not be capable of pulling something off . |
| 23 | As a consequence it is possible to extradite Mr Ward on only one of the offences allegedly committed by him — the alleged theft of the £5.2m . |
| 24 | At the end of any article it is normal to give conclusions , explaining what the article means in a short , pithy summary , but I want to create debate , not stifle discussion , so after each article I will simply pose some questions and let readers create their own ideas . |
| 25 | " In any art festival it is difficult to have fee expression by the artists and expect it to appeal to all the different social groups . " |
| 26 | In the moral aspect of Religious Education it is essential to integrate knowledge of basic moral principles with the idea of learning how to make moral decisions . |
| 27 | In understanding assignment it is important to distinguish assignment from novation . |
| 28 | But on the whole it is easy to value paintings by Japanese artists as they paint similar subjects , and new prices are set by the dealers ' auction which takes place once a month at the Tokyo Bijutsu Club , of which most big dealers are members . |
| 29 | The figures suggest two obvious conclusions , that the authority of the central government , as measured by its ability to secure payment , was weakest in the remote areas of the North and West , and that on the whole it was easier to enforce payments in the boroughs than in the countryside . |
| 30 | In this example it is impossible to punish Joanne by removing a rewarding event or object — she has already ‘ removed ’ her food and plate ! |