Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] [to-vb] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's possible to trace George Michael back to the colourmotion , the white funk irony that more or less began with ABC and spawned a straight , bleached-out generation of Howard Jones and ( eventually ) the Hues , Wets , Styles and Curiositys ad nauseam . |
| 2 | It 's Easy to Order MiLAN Products |
| 3 | It 's wrong to offer President Clinton this degree after just one month when Lady Thatcher still has n't been properly recognised by her own university |
| 4 | It 's hard to imagine Mr Fogg , for example , ever having been a train-spotter : if there was any train-spotting to be done , Mr Fogg would have despatched his loyal French manservant Passepartout to do it on his behalf . |
| 5 | It 's fun to explore Levkas island . |
| 6 | For the thousands of fans still listening to Stones records today , it 's enough to know Brian Jones ' music . |
| 7 | It 's enough to make Harry Ramsden choke on his chips . |
| 8 | It 's unfair to blame Ms Proops for our current one-in-three divorce rate . |
| 9 | It 's frightening to imagine John Walters on ginseng . |
| 10 | At this stage it is appropriate to introduce Nolan J. 's account of the reasons which led Woolwich to make the payments [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 137 , 142–143 : |
| 11 | and they just say it totally randomly and the last one just the first pers person who says Mornington Crescent is the winner but they 've made a great big sort of fiction as to how why , when it is suitable to say Mornington Crescent |
| 12 | The Trustees include widely experienced people and it is good to see Jim Hunter of Skye — crofting expert , historian and author of the definitive book The Making of the Crofting Community — heading the management committee for Torrin , which also includes the energetic national director , Terry Isles of Dundee . |
| 13 | Ah , it is good to see Mr. Weller ‘ wheeled out ’ once again ! |
| 14 | However anxious the Greek Government and other interests might be to proceed , we believe it is essential to ensure EC funds are only used to promote sustainable development which respects and enhances the environment of Greece and every other country of the Community . |
| 15 | It is refreshing to read Jim Crumley 's views . |
| 16 | The actual sound ambience of this recording is less dry than the sort of sound that Philips is prepared to settle for in the same hall , and it is refreshing to hear Nicholas McGegan 's fine cast of soloists use the hall 's natural resonance to give the distinct impression that they are enjoying themselves and confirming , to one listener at least , that an important part of enjoying oneself is showing off . |
| 17 | The nature of those replies , which are expected to include details of the tax matters , will determine whether the committee decides to ask the National Audit Office to re-open its investigation of the sale , and whether it is necessary to summon Lord Young . |
| 18 | It is fascinating to follow John Taylor 's poetic imagination in attributing to the Spirit of God the ‘ inner awareness of the unattained ’ , ‘ the stimulation of initiative and choice ’ , and the ‘ principle of sacrifice ’ inherent in the creative development of our world ( The Go-Between God , chapter 2 ) . |
| 19 | These might be intrinsic to the very temperamental make-up which itself predisposes to psychosis : here it is instructive to recall Manfred Bleuler 's description , cited earlier , of the schizoid personality , with its overtones of hard-edged indifference to others , a quality that many will recognise in the highly creative . |
| 20 | For a reason that will become apparent in the next section , it is usual to specify Bénard convection in terms of the Rayleigh number and Prandtl number rather than the Grashof number Gr and Prandtl number . |
| 21 | If it is relevant to indicate Queen Victoria 's underlining , then it is surely also relevant to indicate , for example , a speaker 's use of high pitch and loudness to indicate emphasis . |
| 22 | Of course , it is premature to propose Mr Lang to the Pope for canonisation . |
| 23 | It is sad to see Leeds slip to 5th in the table ( only one above Shef Wed ) despite some good performances . |
| 24 | It is easy to call Mr Honey ford , the Bradford head teacher , a racist and to organize against him on that basis but less easy to show precisely how and why this is the case . |
| 25 | However , it is possible to detect HIV infection by looking for specific antibodies . |
| 26 | As a consequence it is possible to extradite Mr Ward on only one of the offences allegedly committed by him — the alleged theft of the £5.2m . |
| 27 | In Britain , it is unusual to see H. lapillus attacking large individuals of Balanus perforatus whilst small ones are taken readily . |
| 28 | Second , it is important to thank Sir Michael Angus , Dr Derek Zutshi and many of the Patrons of the Campaign for Resource who attended so many of the events to ensure a good launch for the Campaign . |
| 29 | In face of all this , it is difficult to deny Mr Jay 's proposition : that it is the active exploitation by the unions of their monopoly of the supply of labour which is at the heart of the country 's chronic economic malaise . |
| 30 | DESPITE HIS assertion that he is not anti-Japanese ( Business column , June ) , it is difficult to see Jeffrey Ferry 's article as anything other than yet another petulant cry at the temerity of these Japanese — for being good at business when they do n't look like us , behave like us or even speak the language properly . |