Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This will eventually make it possible to manipulate ecology so as to test the dependence of social structure upon it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ They will merely make it easy for the Government to mobilize the military and send the settlers deeper into the area ’ . |
| 5 | However , I should perhaps make it clear that the position I have outlined is a very extreme form of inductivism . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Then Carrie jumped aside as a passing bus threw up some slush from the gutter , and as she brushed her hands down over the bottom of her coat , she said , ‘ You 'd think they did it on purpose , ’ and as he went to assist her she stayed his hands , saying , ‘ It 'll only make it worse . |
| 8 | Do n't scratch — you know it will only make it worse ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you know you 'll only make it worse ? ’ |
| 10 | but , but I mean you can only make it worse by like you say , you 're wasting your own time and money |
| 11 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
| 12 | The project team can not guarantee that the product will be so exploited , it can only make it possible . |
| 13 | I li , I li , you can only make it this time of year . |
| 14 | Oh , and you better make it five cos |
| 15 | And — er — better make it good . ’ |
| 16 | Better make it fifty , he thought , seeing himself distributing them like Christmas cards . |
| 17 | All the same , he thought , better make it fifty . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips . |
| 20 | We both had a sandwich , the man in the blue raincoat saying ‘ We 'd better make it snappy ’ between every bite . |
| 21 | Our clerical structures do not necessarily make it easy for pastors to be pastored . |
| 22 | He added that the movie quality pictures offered by HDTV would not necessarily make it better or more satisfying to the viewer — instead they could well expose the cheap and cheerful sets used for soap operas for instance . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him . |
| 25 | ‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers . |
| 26 | He did n't have to scream at people to get his way ; he just told them and he knew that they knew they had better do it that way or there was gon na be trouble ! ’ |
| 27 | As soon as you are safely back in your car , write everything down , but do n't necessarily believe it all . |
| 28 | Santiaguito , which was a complex of four distinct domes joined on to one another in a single elongate ridge , is rarely quiet for long , and one can literally hear it growing , because there is an almost continual rattle of small stones and rocks falling from the higher parts down on to the scree slopes below it . |
| 29 | There was no point in calling Mrs Browning 's attention to the deeper implications of her statement — she would only take it ill . |
| 30 | In the US it is flown in the Experimental Amateur-Built category , but some countries will apparently take it ready to fly without further certification . |