Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequently , they expressed a sympathy for guerrilla activities and direct action , without recognizing that successful guerrilla movements were either controlled by an organized and disciplined party ( as in China ) or turned themselves into a traditional type of party ( as in Cuba ) when it became necessary to consolidate their rule and implement their policies . |
| 2 | Tiller 's theatrical enterprises were expanding so fast it became inconvenient to use his warehouse during the evenings and at weekends , so he took over part of St James 's Hall in Oxford Street , Manchester , adjoining the St James 's Theatre . |
| 3 | What does it feel like to see your image about , on hoardings , in magazines , to hear your voice on the radio ? |
| 4 | It seemed certain to boost his reputation as a survivor and to stifle growing discontent with his autocratic leadership . |
| 5 | It seemed unworthy to snatch her face away and glare when he had treated her so well . |
| 6 | He seems to be genuinely fond of our family — my younger brother and sister and myself — for he is forever giving us presents , very expensive presents , too , and it seemed churlish to refuse his invitation . |
| 7 | In view of the contradictions which beset historical societies , it appears difficult to explain their survival . |
| 8 | Our prospective visitor bowed to the inevitable and wrote to us : ‘ Owing to procedure for obtaining a visa usually taking a long time it seems impossible to start our work at the date you suggested . |
| 9 | In broad terms , because soft systems thinking represents a unique way of encouraging an observer to learn about a situation , it should appeal to virtually anyone who has an enquiring mind , a notion reflected in the closing paragraphs of Systems Thinking , Systems practice ; as I have made frequent reference to this work throughout , it seems appropriate to finish my book with the following quote from Professor Peter Checkland , who says about soft systems thinking : |
| 10 | But if you could help us out we would be very grateful , and as the District Council is organising the events at the City Chambers , it seems appropriate to have our District Councillor to set things rolling . |
| 11 | It seems dangerous to centre your life on any one of the nine archetypes ; they are aspects of the feminine , not its totality . |
| 12 | I expect the young novelist ( it seems unfair to give his name ) was thinking of the ‘ first , suppressed edition ’ of Les Fleurs du mal . |
| 13 | I am always told they you should have a trim every 4–6 weeks to get rid of all the split ends but it seems difficult to grow my hair when it 's constantly being cut . |
| 14 | It was too heavy to turn in the wind , but it mattered little to know which way the wind was blowing : wherever it blew it blew word of the miraculous pageant and the Angel Gabriel . |
| 15 | I would like to tell you about two special friends who were blood brothers ( perhaps you also remember what it felt like to cut your finger and touch another who had done the same ? ) . |
| 16 | First and most importantly , you have to appreciate what it feels like to lose your job and , with it , the sureness that you can feed and clothe and take care of yourself and your dependants in the way you 're used to . |
| 17 | Even under Edward 's guidance it proved difficult to feel my way into the texts he gave me to read . |
| 18 | He could even appreciate how tricky a situation this must have been for the DIA , although it did little to ease his sense of injury . |
| 19 | Although South Korea did not make an official response to the preconditions — all of which it had rejected in the past — it did agreed to suspend its pursuit of membership of the UN until the two Korean states had discussed the issue further . |
| 20 | For example , in order to argue that reform was intended to remove power from working-class representatives it becomes necessary to exaggerate their power , and the differences between authorities controlled by different parties , as well as the influence of community groups of various sorts ( pp. 235–6 ) . |