Example sentences of "it [be] [adj] [verb] other [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's nice to let other people have their shot too — I 'm quite happy to be a member of the audience for a while . ’ |
| 2 | it 's nice to have other people . |
| 3 | In some cases it is appropriate to choose other rewards that are more motivating to children , like a surprise bag with little gifts in it into which children can place their hands and find a surprise . |
| 4 | In other words , chords on the third to sixth degrees of the scale are only inversions of chords on the first and second degrees : Clearly this makes for rather meagre harmonic material if we limit ourselves only to triadic usage , so it is better to exploit other kinds of chord shapes which will serve to produce impressions of greater harmonic variety . |
| 5 | Would-be buyers who have been returning home empty-handed ( because they have not been offering sufficiently high prices ) have not learned that it is necessary to outbid other buyers ; would-be sellers who return home with unsold goods or resources ( because they have been asking prices that are too high ) have not learned that they must , if they wish to sell , be satisfied with lower prices . |
| 6 | In the case of more general or abstract essays ( on whole works , on authors or on critical issues ) , it is necessary to find other means of organising an argument — though some of the means also turn out to be applicable when looking at individual passages . |
| 7 | With the invitations , it is helpful to give other parents a few ideas as to how they may make their children 's costumes . |
| 8 | It is inefficient to treat other markets as if that distortion did not exist . |
| 9 | To get the most out of TV and radio appearances it is sensible to inform other departments in your organisation who can capitalise on it that the piece will be appearing . |
| 10 | It is easier to involve other family members and useful information may be gained by seeing a patient in his home . |
| 11 | It was good to discuss other people 's problems . |
| 12 | He felt now that it was impossible to know other people until one saw how they reacted in extremity or under pressure . |
| 13 | This is because it was important to prevent other people on either side from using the quarrel as a pretext to pursue their own ends , to justify their own thieving and homicide . |