Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 2 | " Mr Rayne , d' you consider it honourable to profit from the distress of your comrades … of the men , women and children with whom you are fighting for your life ? " |
| 3 | But I do not consider it reasonable to expect the theist to prove the existence of God , something that would effectively remove the element of trust which I have also highlighted . |
| 4 | If you are writing about Eliot 's poem The Waste Land ( published in 1922 ) for example , you might consider it relevant to know about other events of that year ( or the years when it was being written ) , and so you could look up 1922 in the index to the London newspaper The Times ( the poem is set partly in London and was published there ) . |
| 5 | It may be that David 's teacher would consider it appropriate to wonder why he thought mummies and daddies could n't go on the slide . |
| 6 | As argued earlier , I do not consider it useful to debate the significance of these phenomena in terms of an essential theoretical designation of the new strata as either ‘ new working class ’ or ‘ new petty bourgeoisie ’ ( although I have argued that in terms of property relations alone they are working class ) . |
| 7 | If the death is then considered to be from natural causes , the coroner will issue a notification that he does not consider it necessary to hold an inquest , and this may be given to the relative to take to the registrar or sent to the registrar direct . |
| 8 | He does not consider it necessary to examine the patients who consult him , and he seemed unaware that he might be failing to detect serious conditions , symptoms of which a patient might erroneously have associated with diet . |
| 9 | The referendum took place on 17 March 1991 , when voters all over the Soviet Union were asked to express a view on the following question : ‘ Do you consider it necessary to preserve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal sovereign republics in which the human rights and freedoms of any nationality will be fully guaranteed ? ’ |
| 10 | Voters were asked : " Do you consider it necessary to preserve the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as a renewed federation of equal , sovereign republics , in which human rights and the freedoms of all nationalities will be fully guaranteed ? " |
| 11 | Population : 16,463,000 ( 5.8% of USSR total ) ; Registered electorate : 9,999,433 ; Turnout : 88.2% ; Question altered to : " Do you consider it necessary to preserve the USSR as a union of equal sovereign states ? " |
| 12 | As such , I do not consider it necessary to report this application to the Regional Council 's Planning and Development Committee . |
| 13 | Notice of this summons was given by Crossman Block to More Fisher Brown who , seeing that they were content that directions should be given and , perhaps surprisingly , did not wish to oppose the joinder of the additional parties , did not consider it necessary to attend the hearing which took place before Saville J. on Friday 7 February 1992 . |
| 14 | He did not consider it necessary to establish Japanese defence forces to reinforce the American presence . |
| 15 | What is new and important is that he should consider it necessary to convey the contrasting opinions of the contemporary Greeks to their Roman masters . |
| 16 | ‘ My mother is a keen gardener , but she would consider it cruel to lift these ferns from their sheltered positions and subject them to Wellington winds . ’ |
| 17 | Some social geographers might consider it sufficient to emphasize the national issue of distribution , leaving the spatial outcome as a secondary by-product . |
| 18 | In cases where the rent paid is low , do you consider it advisable to continue or dissolve the tenancy ? |
| 19 | The words in square brackets should most definitely be included and in addition to avoid a continual stream of persons demanding access to the premises , the tenant may consider it advisable to add the following proviso at the end of this clause : |
| 20 | " After which it was moved by Mr. James Bogle Smith seconded and unanimously resolved that the Court are of opinion that the School at Stockport should be discontinued and that the Court approves generally of the suggestions submitted to their consideration for discontinuing the School and refers the matter to the Standing Committee to open such communication with the Corporation of Stockport and the Master of the School as they may consider it desirable to make , with a view to carry the suggested plan into effect . " |
| 21 | Painful though it was , she declared that the time would soon come when she would feel it necessary to inspect America for herself . |
| 22 | That self-confidence had been acquired from the success of The Cocktail Party : it had opened in London in May 1950 , just a few months after the New York opening , and , although the audiences began to fall off in November , Sherek did not feel it necessary to close the play until February 1951 . |
| 23 | But , if there is a further " selecting " qualifier , such as only , and if the speaker sees the latter as focusing on the property of the adjective , then it is quite reasonable that he or she may also feel it necessary to mark this focal adjectival property as one to be explicitly assigned , rather than being an ordinary part of the identificatory bundle . |
| 24 | Not surprisingly , the court does not feel it necessary to disturb the decision with regard to either appellant . |
| 25 | The Football Association did not feel it necessary to charge Southampton and Coventry with bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 26 | Sir , — My first reaction on reading the reader 's question , ‘ No tea with the taxman ’ ( ACCOUNTANCY , October , p 80 ) , was one of hilarity that a member should feel it necessary to complain that for a meeting lasting as long as ‘ about two hours ’ the member and client were not offered refreshments . |
| 27 | Pack the paste into a little terrine , chill it — and you will never again feel it necessary to go to the delicatessen for bought liver pâté or any such sub-standard hors d'oeuvre . |
| 28 | The doctor will often feel it necessary to examine the pelvic organs manually to assess whether there is evidence of pelvic inflammatory disease , fibroids in the uterus , or to see whether the uterus is enlarged when pregnancy is suspected . |
| 29 | Ministers would have to be prepared for legislation to be defeated , time and again , without feeling the need for the issue to be made one of confidence — on which the government would feel it necessary to force an election . |
| 30 | Why does one feel it necessary to make it public ? |