Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Susan could n't think of a film where he had made it alive to the end credits . |
| 2 | There is some evidence , though not very much , of occasions when the plaintiff or husband acted or refrained from acting in a way in which they might not have done but for their expectation of inheriting the deceased 's property : I refer to the occasions when the husband refrained from selling his building land , and refrained from taking a job in Lincolnshire which would have made it impossible for the plaintiff to continue caring for her mother and the deceased , and the occasions when the plaintiff instructed solicitors at her own expense in connection with the boundary dispute … and the expenditure of time and money on the house and garden and on carpeting the house , when the deceased had ample means to pay for such matters . |
| 3 | The ferocity of the piranha fish has made it famous throughout the world . |
| 4 | The same storm which had swept Hawke 's blockading cruisers away from Ushant and enabled Conflans to get out of Brest had made it possible for the privateer captain , François Thurot [ or Thourot ] to take his little five-ship fleet , carrying some 1270 soldiers and 700 seamen , out of Dunkirk . |
| 5 | The contracting system to which my hon. Friend referred has made it possible for the health authority to provide extra capacity for the specialty at Exeter hospital which will ensure that the waiting list can be worked off much more quickly than would otherwise be possible . |
| 6 | My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the fact that the further substantial increase in the NHS 's capital budget in the next financial year has made it possible for the health authority and the Ministry of Defence to come to an agreement on that issue . |
| 7 | The Scots and the Welsh and the Irish have clearly retained very strong national cultural characteristics , which have made it necessary for the student who wants to make accurate distinctions to say ‘ British does mean something , and it 's something to do with the Briton overseas ’ . |
| 8 | Whose age had made it sacred to the view , |
| 9 | The company 's current order book demonstrates why its diverse skills and expertise have made it one of the country 's most sought after building , civil engineering and mechanical and electrical engineering contractors in recent years . |
| 10 | In Alexandria armies of monks sacked the Serapeum , the great temple to Osiris , and destroyed the library which had made it one of the world 's chief centres of learning . |
| 11 | Assuming Dr Powell 's right , the people of Venice will be able to continue living their lives in the manner and surroundings which have made it one of the world 's greatest cities . |
| 12 | This imbalance , in the number of sessions held by the Council compared to the Assembly , must have made it easier for the Council to usurp executive powers . |
| 13 | The closeness of consumer and producer has made it easier for the Registry to expect and to receive from the Computer Centre a computing service of commercial standards , especially in terms of quality and meeting deadlines . |
| 14 | I have made it clear to the Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , the hon. Member for Wiltshire , North ( Mr. Needham ) , that in general terms I have every sympathy with the people in the Housing Executive and the Department of Health 's occupational therapy department whom , in effect , I shall be criticising . |
| 15 | ‘ As for the County Council 's wish for the WHR freehold , we believe the course suggested by the High Court for the Ffestiniog Trust to seek the Amending Order is the best safeguard for the future of the WHR , and we have made it clear to the Council that we would respect their wishes concerning footpaths , cycle tracks and so on . ’ |
| 16 | The accountants had made it clear to the Committee that they did not accept the findings of the DTI reports ( which formed the basis for the inquiry ) , and that documents they would need to deal further with the matter were no longer available . |
| 17 | He said he had already made it clear to the convention that he wanted to establish a good relationship with COSLA and local government , and to make a new start after a period of expenditure difficulties . |
| 18 | Follow up calls are not permitted if the investor has recently made it clear to the firm that he does not wish to discuss the matter . |
| 19 | He added that he had made it clear to the IoT that the Faculty would be willing to explore co-operation over exams , but the IoT was not interested . |
| 20 | She had made it clear to the woman that she had strong Nazi sympathies , and often attempted to talk about the war in the desert , but to no avail . |
| 21 | The Lord Chancellor has made it clear on the front of that document that they have been issued before being finalised so as to facilitate discussion . |
| 22 | The prime minister , Clement Attlee , and his colleagues were not anti-European , but they were opposed to any kind of integration , though the Foreign Minister , Ernest Bevin , had made it clear from the outset that he was in favour of more cooperation , especially around an Anglo-French core , and by 1947 was even indicating an interest in some kind of customs union . |
| 23 | But because Hinkley C was seen as a virtual ‘ replica ’ of the Sizewell design , the NII had made it clear from the start that it had no major reservations . |
| 24 | Whereby he , had obviously made it clear from the start |
| 25 | I have repeatedly made it clear in the House and beyond that I am working to seek an agreement at Maastricht that will be acceptable to the House and this country . |
| 26 | This should have made it irrelevant to the case before him . |
| 27 | Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim . |
| 28 | Reid , preparing for today 's confrontation at Ewood Park , declared : ‘ Blackburn have made it harder for the rest of us but there is no point in bleating about it . |
| 29 | Rat , Badger and Mole would not have been seen dead with The Economist : Mr Toad might have flaunted it unread on the hall table . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's only recently that I 've felt able to write about him , but the controversy about Down 's Syndrome babies has brought it all to the surface . |