Example sentences of "make it [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is an important test , for impotence will not only be a poor recommendation of Community cohesion ; it could make it all the more difficult to stem the tide of bloody anarchy that could so easily engulf large tracts of Europe which we recently rejoiced to see set free .
2 This does not make it any the less disturbing and below we will discuss contemporary styles of delinquency in greater detail .
3 Making no attempt to disguise his anger at the Ulster decision John Hunter added : ‘ The fact that it was a blanket no , and that it was n't even person to person , made it all the more galling . ’
4 So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage .
5 That I could put no name to it made it all the more tantalizing , like a song when only the tune remains and the words are lost by time .
6 He said it very simply , which made it all the more believable .
7 That his distress was so foolish , made it all the more poignant .
8 It was , as the Duchess said in her speech , an exciting event because Derbyshire had so few smaller manor houses of this type open to the public — and what made it all the more special was the fact that Eyam Hall is still the family home of the Wrights , who built ( or rather rebuilt ) it , a few years after the plague , in 1671 .
9 And the minority who chose to behave in this way were mostly aware that they had no one to blame but themselves — which made it all the more painful .
10 She knew that the Princesse suspected her of having taken Andrzej as a lover , but that only made it all the more plausible .
11 This discovery made it all the more important to me to maintain my behaviour and to maintain it in secret .
12 But the prospect of even more income from the delivery , made it all the more imperative that I got on and off Fraxilly safely .
13 And that made it all the more thrilling , especially when she recalled some of the women he 'd been photographed with .
14 We rarely saw its summit , lost as it would be in thick mist , but its mystery made it all the more attractive and seductive .
15 The fact that a sociologist was witnessing the interviews make it all the more certain they would be conducted with scrupulous care , but there was no way he would be given access to the extra-legal deals which may well have gone on outside the interview room or later during a prison visit for ‘ write-offs ’ .
16 These imperfections make it all the more important for regulators to enforce the BIS minimums and set higher standards for riskier banks .
17 While some norms designed to secure proper management of police investigations are clearly desirable , the inevitable tensions that some of them produce make it all the more important to have some systematic verification of the truth value of the police case .
18 Sam Chisholm , chief executive of Sky , which is partly owned by TODAY publishers News International , said : ‘ The new deal will bring all the biggest stars of world golf to Sky Sports , making it arguably the very best sports channel in the world . ’
19 But on none of those occasions did I put the case in the way that the Leader of the House put his case tonight , making it all the more necessary for us to oppose him now .
20 Four out of every five currently leave school with no qualifications , making it all the more difficult for them to adapt to adult life .
21 Many of the general considerations which arise in connection with computerising recruitment administration are the same as those which arise whenever computerisation within the personnel department is discussed , and this makes it all the more surprising that it is so rarely considered .
22 Many of the most famous hams are British , which makes it all the more shameful that many shops are selling the wet and tasteless ersatz ham that we are all familiar with .
23 The layout of the Alpha 2.0 is n't the simplest to get to grips with without some help — especially if you 're used to such simple machines as the Alesis Quadraverb — and the fact that the manual seems to require a PhD in logistics to understand just makes it all the more frustrating .
24 It makes it all the more opportune .
25 It does n't happen very often , of course , which makes it all the more satisfying when it does .
26 Which makes it all the more appropriate that Mabel , now approaching 80 , has produced the classic , much-needed book on Whitby Jet .
27 But this makes it all the more unreasonable to suppose that any a priori argument could show that one strategy will always be the right one .
28 Our everyday awareness of these value-laden distinctions makes it all the more necessary to stress that in social anthropology ( and sociology ) ‘ culture ’ is a neutral term .
29 The fact that Treasury rules restricted past investment makes it all the more necessary now for the privatised companies to get on with it .
30 It makes it all the more important that , as a country , we hold fast to the alliance and to the policies which have stood us — and the cause of peace in Europe — in such good stead for so long .
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