Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people find it easy to drink large quantities of calorific drinks , sweet or alcoholic , without in any way lessening or delaying their appetite for the next meal — and these drinks , and sugar itself , are perhaps the ultimate example of fibre-free calories . |
| 2 | I find it easy to do electrical repairs , e.g. mending fuses/fitting plugs |
| 3 | are friendly and find it easy to establish good rapport with others |
| 4 | Military commanders find it essential to have alternative objectives . |
| 5 | Some find it useful to have extra pockets on a rucksack as useful organisers , others regard them as a hindrance . |
| 6 | ‘ I find it useful to recite calming verse in moments of great stress . ’ |
| 7 | I personally find it repulsive to handle dead creatures or to ‘ gut ’ them for cooking , but it is not an attitude to commend in professionals like surgeons , veterinarians , nurses , forensic and medical scientists , service and police personnel , even mortuary attendants , undertakers , and butchers , who will regularly need to perform far more unsavoury tasks with equanimity . |
| 8 | More often than not no-one bothers about the height factor , with the result that the speaker may have to peer at his notes or stand awkwardly or otherwise find it impossible to combine proper use of the mike with proper use of the lectern . |
| 9 | Even hopeless cooks find it hard to spoil new potatoes . |
| 10 | It shows almost half the people are spending less on clothes for themselves , three out of 10 spend less on food , about a quarter find it hard to pay regular bills on time , and 43 per cent plan to spend less this Christmas . |
| 11 | Some people find it hard to accept modern works of art in ancient settings , but in fact much of the special attraction of many historic gardens comes from the several chronological layers of their architecture , planting and ornaments . |
| 12 | In the same way , we resist the idea that we are always dependent on others to a greater or lesser degree ; we find it hard to accept total dependence , and we do not ( often ) choose it for ourselves or for others . |
| 13 | It must be remembered that it is often difficult to get people to express themselves freely , that there is a tendency in any survey for interviewees to say what they think they are expected to say , and that individuals frequently find it hard to express subjective views on an aspect of their life which they might never have consciously considered before . |
| 14 | They say mixed colleges attract more applicants and find it easier to retain academic staff . |
| 15 | It is , too , generally clear that younger audiences find it easier to follow quickly-moving commercials . |
| 16 | They sometimes find it difficult to see other people 's point of view and to interpret other people 's behaviour . |
| 17 | Different sections or departments may seek authority over the same territory of operations , and superiors find it difficult to delegate sufficient authority to satisfy subordinates ; |
| 18 | If you find it difficult to strip outer insulation and cut flex when changing a plug , try Strip & Fit — an all-in-one screwdriver and cutter . |
| 19 | This means in turn that lawyers trained in the civil law tradition find it difficult to characterise certain features of common law pre-trial procedures . |
| 20 | I shall ever esteem the man and revere his memory : and although I feel myself incapable to do full justice to his merits , yet posterity will ’ . |
| 21 | You 're telling me you 're playing la , he told me he plays in ladies teams , I bet you all had great fun , watching them women bending over table . |
| 22 | Push buttons on deck make it easy to clamp abrasive sheet in place |
| 23 | The field of housing provision is another area where the special needs of disabled people make it necessary to develop specialised knowledge and policies , to recognise that disabled people are done no service by being regarded as normal . |
| 24 | And he argues that changing social relations imply the need for more specialist and responsive service delivery , while changing managerial technologies ( particularly information technology ) make it possible to flatten managerial hierarchies by removing many of the middle layers and encouraging the growth of decentralized offices with less professional specialization and a greater ability to deal with individual issues across professional lines . |
| 25 | More and more doctors are facing the same sort of dilemma , as the proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who would previously have died . |
| 26 | At Ruskington the inadequacies of the data make it difficult to draw firm conclusions , although there appears to be a smaller proportion of graves with amber than at Sleaford . |
| 27 | Such practical failures make it difficult to sustain economic solidarity , political unity or cultural-ideological sympathy . |
| 28 | There is no shortage of theorizing , of course , but the complexity of human society , the intangibility of cause and effect , make it difficult to test major theories in rigorous conditions or to overturn a consensus view once one has become established . |
| 29 | The technique has enabled spectra to be obtained from the metallic cores of some important biological molecules such as hemoglobin and some enzymes , where the low concentration of the metal and the low solubility of the substance itself make it difficult to study vibrational spectra in any other way . |
| 30 | In some areas , ignorance and taboos make it difficult to introduce new customs . |