Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could reduce its probability , and hence there could be no reasons for supposing it false . |
| 2 | Indeed , all parties except ours seemed reconciled to this collapse of the public finances , though some had proposals for making it worse . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , thanks for explaining it all to me , but I 'll have to be going too , I 'm afraid . ’ |
| 4 | Sonia Heywood , assistant director ( child care ) for Wiltshire SSD , expressed some of her staff 's worries about getting it wrong and mishandling the whole issue . |
| 5 | The usual way of coping with their father had been to make no reference to anything untoward that might have happened , for fear of bringing it all upon them again . |
| 6 | In an effort to sharpen the ‘ business nose ’ , Heath has been shunted sideways , to become deputy chairman , while Don Seymour , a businessman , has been installed at the head of the company with the intention of making it profitable by 1984 . |
| 7 | I had every intention of doing it this morning . |
| 8 | The hypothesis is that , when there is no formal communication structure to ensure that the symbols used trigger the same reaction everywhere , differentiations such as those above have the effect of making it probable that they will trigger quite different responses in different people . |
| 9 | The fences hold no fears for this big fellow and he has a marvellous chance according to his trainer of making it two in a row and thereby join a small but privileged group . |
| 10 | The report blamed police incompetence for the tragedy , and said that the official obsession with keeping it secret had even extended to withholding news from relatives of the dead . |
| 11 | Will he now seek the urgent help of the President of the United States in making it clear to the new Government in Turkey that the west expects a positive and constructive contribution to the United Nations peace process from now on ? |
| 12 | When he had finished eating , Seb hopped to the back door and opened it slightly , having great difficulty preventing the wind from blowing it open further . |
| 13 | No harm in making it clear what her feelings were about the architect . |
| 14 | She focused all her concentration on getting it right , not daring to look at Nathan , or even to think about what would happen next . |
| 15 | the key to learning it all key . |
| 16 | Moisture matters Now that your skin is toned and refreshed the key to keeping it soft is regular moisturising . |
| 17 | Common threads in the commentaries were the losses at Do It All , which threaten to cost WHS £14m for the full year ; doubt over whether the group could fulfil its promise not to inject more cash into Do It All ; the downturn in the recorded music market ; the group 's comment that trading in June and November had been poor ; and chairman Sir Simon Hornby 's sombre prognostications over the end of the recession , not yet in sight . |
| 18 | Thereafter , the authorities had the evidence from the JCP 's own objectives to justify the suppression and extinction of opposition by labelling it Marxist . |
| 19 | The dilemma for the author writing for readers rather than for listeners is to avoid delaying the source marker for too long , and yet to avoid destroying the dramatic effect by placing it first . |
| 20 | As he admits , the divisions are arbitrary , but they have the advantage of making it possible to refer easily to the level of grammatical complexity in a speech sample , and to group children on the basis of language complexity . |
| 21 | I imagine they 'll be keen to start work as soon as possible in the hope of having it ready for next season , and with their resources you can be sure — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sure Meg and all the ladies are very anxious to take possession of their fine new footwear , but I shall have the privilege of seeing it first . ’ |
| 23 | Gould was charmed by these little parrots whose ‘ extreme cheerfulness of disposition and sprightliness of manner ’ he said ‘ render it an especial favourite with all who have had an opportunity of seeing it alive ’ . |
| 24 | Scientific awards are n't handed out like Oscars — that is , they do n't have the same orchestrated ceremonial glitter , with tears choked hack and ‘ thanks to everyone back at the lab for making it possible ’ . |
| 25 | Their political passivity about these communal services ca n't be understood without taking into account the benefit of keeping it all in the family — for men it secured their surveillance over the time and labour of women . |
| 26 | Erecting the fence in this way does have the practical benefit of making it difficult to climb into the property — the rails which give useful footholds , being on the inside . |
| 27 | I therefore inherited the dubious honour of making it available on loan to youth workers . |
| 28 | ‘ It was on the cards for ages , so it was really only a question of making it official , ’ he explained . |
| 29 | Thirdly , by its very nature , abuse is likely to be ‘ hidden ’ and difficult to discover ( except in its grossest forms ) , with the abused person , as well as the abuser , having a stake in keeping it secret . |
| 30 | Lower a too-high ceiling by painting it darker . |