Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wrote to me saying that in this place she found it possible to forgive for the first time and then return home to seek reconciliation . |
| 2 | These machines are rather expensive , but they make it possible to lift off the original sync sound from the video tape , combine it with additional sound ( held either on separate tracks or pre-mixed on the recorder via ‘ sound on sound ’ mixing ) , and then to lay it back onto the video tape still in perfect synchronisation . |
| 3 | I am sorry that the Minister has not found it possible to agree with the reasonable amendment . |
| 4 | The F-Plan calorie and fibre charts are the first charts to make it possible to keep to the correct number of calories and , at the same time , to choose the foods which will be of most help in making slimming both easier and speedier . |
| 5 | They needed a device able to scan lumps of rocks and pick out those worth processing at a rate that would make it possible to work on the huge scale required to make extraction from low-grade ores economical . |
| 6 | If science is based on experience , then by what means is it possible to get from the singular statements that result from observation to the universal statements that make up scientific knowledge ? |
| 7 | Is it right to see in the big reduction in disconnections signs of a different attitude on the part of the electricity companies to their customers and signs of better management since the companies were privatised , and is there scope for further improvement in this respect ? |
| 8 | Willis presents evidence to show that his competence is cumulative and so ‘ makes it sensible to speak of the working class not as an abstract group of those who share similar interests but as an organic whole with real and used inner connections ’ ( Willis , 1976 ) . |
| 9 | This can make it easier to arrive at the correct spot by varying the radius and steepness of the turn . |
| 10 | However , the audience this year was below its normal pitch of receptiveness and Nobby and company might have found it easier to perform at the old Glasgow Empire … ‘ . |
| 11 | Even the most conscientious writers did not find it easy to part with the picturesque view . |
| 12 | Then , too , the forger will not find it easy to come across the right paper . |
| 13 | unity of objective : the formal organisation should ensure that individuals in the organisation find it easy to work towards the common organisation goal . |
| 14 | Afraid to be alone , Leonora nevertheless found it impossible to sleep with the large figure of Penry Vaughan beside her bed . |
| 15 | Over the same period , Isabella Kacprzak , at Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 , will be presenting three artists each showing a work from an earlier period and filling one room : ‘ Trittbrett ’ ( Running-board ) by Jurgen Drescher , an 8-metre long sculpture which , in the truest sense of the word , makes it impossible to jump aboard the moving train ; the abstract stereometric forms of rusted metal by Miroslaw Balka , and finally a folding screen with glass artefacts by Asta Groting . |
| 16 | Ken found it hard to adapt to the new age . |
| 17 | They could perhaps find a replacement make-up artist , though that would prove difficult at such short notice , but someone coming in at the last moment would find it hard to cope with the unusual styles , and the actors would be having problems enough dealing with first-night nerves without having to face any added strain . |
| 18 | Training centres are hard-pressed and insufficient in numbers and , with job prospects gloomy for all young people , the now older parents may find it hard to cope with the constant supervision of a young mentally handicapped person who may still exhibit child-like exuberance . |
| 19 | I also found it hard to deal with the petty bourgeois outlook of all but a few of the girls at that private school . |
| 20 | You may find it useful to refer to the latest issues of the following manuals if you want more detailed information about using LIFESPAN . |
| 21 | You may find it useful to refer to the latest issues of the following manuals if you want more detailed information about using LIFESPAN . |
| 22 | Those thinking about asking for funding might find it useful to look at the SOED booklet referred to above . |
| 23 | Frankie peered around the angle of the wall , trying to measure the length of her chain before judging it safe to enter by the back door . |
| 24 | Miss Fergusson did not think it fanciful to perceive in the comparative design and height of the two Ararats a bodying-forth of that primal divide in the human race between the two sexes . |
| 25 | This seems a fair point to make against some of Stevenson 's and Ayer 's contentions , but the attitudinist , as I have characterised him , in this chapter , would acknowledge Bambrough 's points , yet still think it important to insist on the fundamental difference between trying to decide what is the case and trying to decide what one would wish to be ( and will try to make ) the case and on associating ethical claims with the latter . |
| 26 | The reason why I think it important to distinguish between the two is that the principle of embellishment entails deviation in a single direction — that of elevation and elaboration — and for the purpose of achieving an emotive effect — that of dignity , sublimity and so forth . |
| 27 | I realise that , if someone is driving a car , and sitting behind him is a lady with a handbag and a man with fangs , he may feel it wiser to drive in the slow lane . |
| 28 | For the non-colinear case , Hauser and Ernst have found it convenient to work with the complex function Z defined by ( 11.5 ) and to use the transformation ( 12.20 ) which consists of a rotation and rescaling to put at the point of collision when and . |
| 29 | The van was crowded with men in damp overcoats , and their weight made it difficult to control over the hard bumpy ice . |
| 30 | Home helps said they were finding it difficult to cope with the extra responsibility . |