Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Novel methods of analysis made it possible to do chemical separations in minutes instead of days or weeks . |
| 2 | It is possible to use in a diesel engine , but the main purpose is to make it possible to use unleaded petrol in a vehicle which can not normally use it . |
| 3 | Recent advances in gene manipulation have made it possible to express foreign genes in heterologous systems . |
| 4 | Is it possible to follow this symbolism in our poem ? |
| 5 | Push buttons on deck make it easy to clamp abrasive sheet in place |
| 6 | The purpose of an index is to make it easy to locate any record in the system . |
| 7 | Moreover , both parties found it impossible to sustain widespread interest in political organization . |
| 8 | I have found it impossible to convince young people in the latter stages of their compulsory education of the need to gain skills with which to enter full-time work . |
| 9 | She vigorously criticized William Smellie [ q.v. ] , who taught midwifery to surgeons using a leather mannequin , but she also considered it unethical to oblige poor women in charitable institutions to give birth in the presence of male students . |
| 10 | It was estimated that the level of social security contribution cuts suggested by Moynihan would increase the 1991 budget deficit by $55,000 million , thereby making it imperative to impose real cuts in spending or to raise new taxes if the Gramm-Rudman target was to be achieved . |
| 11 | Whatever ye do , let not the pretence of a different religion make it lawful to oppress any man in his just rights . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I find it useful to recite calming verse in moments of great stress . ’ |
| 13 | On the other hand , she finds it difficult to take much interest in financial control , which means that there are sometimes errors in bills , and her unwillingness to ask walk-in guests for a deposit has led to the occasional bad debt . |
| 14 | The increase in mean ozone concentration with latitude and the existence of seasonal cycles in ozone levels make it difficult to detect any trends in global ozone concentration . |
| 15 | The Commission has often brought forward proposals using a dubious legal base , and the Council has found it difficult to halt that practice in the European Court . |
| 16 | There is no shortage of theorizing , of course , but the complexity of human society , the intangibility of cause and effect , make it difficult to test major theories in rigorous conditions or to overturn a consensus view once one has become established . |
| 17 | That conception makes it difficult to address sharp upheavals in the international system that occur in many periods of structural change , the rivalry between different countries that occurs in international trade and finance , or the impact that a country 's internal conditions ( such as the structure of its unions and management ) have on its international position . |
| 18 | First , those items which make it difficult to recognise specific abilities in a child will be of less value than those which provide descriptions that can easily be applied . |
| 19 | The technique has enabled spectra to be obtained from the metallic cores of some important biological molecules such as hemoglobin and some enzymes , where the low concentration of the metal and the low solubility of the substance itself make it difficult to study vibrational spectra in any other way . |
| 20 | Although ANTA 's new location can make it difficult to get raw materials in and finished product out , the Stewarts are convinced the move north was a good one geographically . |
| 21 | The philosophes found it necessary to use coded language in their assault on Christianity and the Church . |
| 22 | The differentiation went one stage further because Galileo found it necessary to distinguish two senses in which a biblical text could be construed . |
| 23 | Farmers near towns , for example , usually find it necessary to pay higher wages in order to obtain sufficient workers , yet farmers near towns do not receive higher prices for their produce . |
| 24 | And now , my dear Sir , having said this much on behalf of this deserving Youth , I must beg to assure you that however zealous my wish to be the means of serving him and his poor Mother , I do not wish , on that account , to influence you — Quite the contrary — I know that in similar cases , your benevolent views have been disappointed , and , perhaps , you have consequently made arrangements for the Future which may render it ineligible to take any youth in the same way as proposed to his Brother — even if you have at present — or are likely in course of a year or two — to have a vacancy . |