Example sentences of "it [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Make it possible for the other person to change what they do . |
2 | This alternative process made it possible for the first time to obtain 1- tert -alkyl , 1-cycloalkyl , 1-aryl , 1-heteroaryl and 1-aminoquinolone and azaquinolonecarboxylic acid derivatives by combined acylation and arylation ( aracylation ) of enamines and enhydrazines with o -halo-(het)aroyl halides . |
3 | The course of events after 1931 clearly revealed the inadequacy of pure aspiration as the basis for a science of international politics , and made it possible for the first time to embark on serious critical and analytical thought about international problems . |
4 | Sufficient data stretching back to the mid-sixteenth century have now been assembled to make it possible for the first time to study short-term as well as long-term characteristics of demographic behaviour at the micro level . |
5 | The key point was that the bases paired , making it possible for the first time to seem how a chemical entity might be able to store and copy information . |
6 | Is it possible for the ordinary man in the street to become confident and competent in handling a computer system , whether it be in his office or in his home ? |
7 | Is it possible for the net return to capital to rise ? |
8 | Derek Malcolm might have a point when he says that our idea of ‘ glamour ’ has also changed — making it possible for the 90s woman in the street to look glamorous , too . |
9 | Nathan waited patiently for the remissions which made it possible for the ruined mind to function for a time ; he sat by the sick man , who by now was almost blind ; the paralysis was , after all , general . |
10 | Nor is it usual for the foreign press to first travel and then write the story . |
11 | We 'll continue to improve our strategy until we eliminate these potentially unsafe conditions — we 're already working on getting it right for the next overhaul in 1993 . |
12 | I thought it plucky of the Labour party to sing Jerusalem at one of Mr Kinnock 's beanos last week . |
13 | There we would see about 30 pissed-up shaggers giving it some behind the piled-high sun loungers ( no standards ) . |
14 | It was a style which many of the country 's administrators were familiar with , from their visits to France , and its classical origins made it acceptable to the cultured amateur . |
15 | ( e ) for any other reason the Council thinks it proper in the public interest not to recognise the body . |
16 | We allow ourselves a little bit more time to get the design right cos the reason we got it wrong in the first place was because it was a quick spend project and nobody er had time to do it properly . |
17 | Maggie asked breathlessly , sitting wide-eyed and making no move to stop him when his hands went to her hair and pulled it free of the restraining band . |
18 | She eased it free from the restraining material , and as she did so she felt his body tense and a shot rang out . |
19 | A formal party vote might not be necessary to remove him : senior members of his party might make it clear to the Prime Minister that he no longer had the confidence of the parliamentary party ( as , in a sense , happened with Churchill in 1955 ) , or the lack of support might become clear as the result of a Commons vote ( as in 1940 , when Chamberlain obtained a drastically-reduced majority in a vote of confidence ) . |
20 | Will he now seek the urgent help of the President of the United States in making it clear to the new Government in Turkey that the west expects a positive and constructive contribution to the United Nations peace process from now on ? |
21 | When it opened in 1931 , erected on 22,000 concrete piles to lift it clear of the water-sodden ground , it already sported its own blast furnace , foundry , jetty and power station . |
22 | Mr Hyslop said he had made it clear during the 1987 campaign that any political party was free to advertise . |
23 | However , Ada had made it clear at the first round of talks that the commission had no power to negotiate changes , which had to be approved by referendum . |
24 | The therapist should prepare the patient for termination by making it clear from the first interview that a relatively short period of treatment is planned . |
25 | ‘ He 's angry and irritable and he 's made it clear from the very beginning that he does n't expect me to come up to scratch . ’ |
26 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
27 | While this makes it easier for the acoustic-phonetic component to guarantee the inclusion of the target phoneme , the task of the syntax/semantic component is made considerably more difficult since it has to choose from many more word candidates . |
28 | What can we do to make it easier for the potential visitor ? |
29 | Fortunately for the defenders of the American alliance the Chinese rejected proposals for a cease-fire , thus making it easier for the British government to support the UN 's condemnation of Chinese aggression on 1 February 1951 . |
30 | Gilt ceilings and old silver certainly make it different from the usual run of East European cafés and on a warm early evening it is pleasant to sit outside and watch and chatter . |