Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Despite press speculation that GM might be offered a modified deal on Land Rover ( 49 per cent of the shares ) , the government eventually made it clear to GM that Land Rover was not part of the Leyland Vehicles deal , and as a result GM withdrew its offer . |
2 | It seems to imply , for one thing , that if someone has very strong preferences about what happens beyond his own person he thereby renders it important that certain things be done or left undone which have little or nothing to do with his personal life . |
3 | As well as setting up a register the Act will eventually make it illegal for people to handle food until they have taken a basic food hygiene certificate . |
4 | This will eventually make it possible to manipulate ecology so as to test the dependence of social structure upon it . |
5 | If you wished to borrow such things you instinctively made it clear that you intended no blasphemy . |
6 | Many writers are unnecessarily pessimistic about the value of archaeology in the understanding of exchange systems in the absence of literary evidence ; Wood points out that ‘ distribution maps rarely make it possible to distinguish between trade , exchange and plunder ’ ( 1983 , p. 3 ) . |
7 | In fact , computing people add yet another layer to this stack of definitions , though they very rarely make it explicit . |
8 | LORD Ted Willis has introduced an extraordinary bill into the House of Lords which would effectively make it illegal for British shops to sell any audio or video tape recorder . |
9 | I do n't think I 'd live long enough to see it mature . |
10 | The fact that a water is potable does not , however , necessarily make it suitable for textile purposes . |
11 | ‘ They will merely make it easy for the Government to mobilize the military and send the settlers deeper into the area ’ . |
12 | However , I should perhaps make it clear that the position I have outlined is a very extreme form of inductivism . |
13 | And here I ought to perhaps make it clear that the circles I provided on the sheet which was distributed , allow for a density of twenty houses per hectare . |
14 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
15 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
16 | And — er — better make it good . ’ |
17 | But , just to make sure you do n't jump to any more ludicrous conclusions , I 'd better make it clear that I do n't ever intend you to get away from me . |
18 | We both had a sandwich , the man in the blue raincoat saying ‘ We 'd better make it snappy ’ between every bite . |
19 | Such packages , when opened , are found to contain many different ingredients of different size and weight which together make it possible for life to be lived at home with a tolerable degree of safety and comfort . |
20 | Many Japanese families today are sitting down to enjoy a meal of dolphin , perhaps eating it raw , or salted and pickled in miso , or dried with seasonings and made into sausage . |
21 | Subject report instead of annual got enough space in there only make it small . |
22 | This will reduce the variability of timings due to chance variations in overlap , and so make it possible to calculate run timings more accurately . |
23 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |
24 | A baculovirus spray ( containing viruses specific to insects ) might , for instance , reduce a population sufficiently for predators to cope with the remainder , and so make it unnecessary to apply chemicals . |
25 | The central vent is important , so make it neat by trimming to a circle and reinforce with stitching which will help the overall strength . |
26 | Our clerical structures do not necessarily make it easy for pastors to be pastored . |
27 | The Court assumes that failure to explain why it was not practicable to obtain a report from such a doctor will make the admission unlawful , and the same point is made by Professor Hoggett ( Mental Health Law ( 3rd ed. ) at pp.102–103 ) , who also stresses that the administrative arrangements for medical cover does not necessarily make it impracticable to obtain a recommendation from a doctor who knows the prospective patient . |
28 | She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him . |
29 | I merely made it possible for you to come back to me the sooner . ’ |
30 | But , I , I misunderstood , I obviously got it wrong then . |