Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It concentrated instead on living examples of people who were judged highly creative , thereby making it possible to evaluate them at first-hand on objective personality tests or similar assessment procedures . |
| 2 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ My stand was that even if Kimberly was their biological daughter , was it right to put her through this ? ’ |
| 4 | Similarly , we could follow up people 20 years on to assess the results of our child care work , but even if we could successfully trace them , is it right to contact them after all that time when their spouses and children may not know of their earlier histories ? |
| 5 | If it is wrong to advertise cigarettes in some media ( e.g. , TV ) or in some places ( e.g. , in sight of schools ) , why is it acceptable to advertise them in other media ( e.g. , in the TV Times ) and other places ( e.g. , on the fronts of shops close to but not visible from schools ) ? |
| 6 | The strong simplicity of his ideas about life and the universe made it easy to link him with other men of understanding , so that for me the book seemed to be ringing with echoes of Hamlet and Richard Jefferies and the New Testament . |
| 7 | There is usually a square grid of lines on the backing , which makes it easy to cut it in straight lines , and a small roll can cover quite a few items . |
| 8 | The South African government has declared the great white shark ( carcharodon carcharias ) a protected species , making it illegal to hunt it within 200 miles of the South African coast . |
| 9 | However , it may also be that if the clause is drawn so widely as to be capable of applying in unreasonable circumstances , or if it purports to exclude a liability which can not be excluded under the Act , the court may find it unreasonable to apply it to other circumstances ( see Walker v Boyle [ 1982 ] 1 All ER 634 ) . |
| 10 | Particularly with insects , whose chitinous exoskeletons make it difficult to consider them in anthropomorphic terms , how are we to discover the extent to which they might be acting intelligently ? |
| 11 | And was it necessary to repeat it like that ? |
| 12 | Commenting on Melby 's ‘ pessimistic but valuable appraisal ’ the US Minister at Saigon ( Heath ) felt it necessary to balance it with local French military opinion that , barring Chinese intervention or a massive increase in their aid to the Vietminh , guerrilla and terrorist activities could be reduced to a policing problem within two years . |