Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] it [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission emphasised in its decision that the selective nature of the price cuts , and the circumstances in which they were made , amounted to ‘ loss leader ’ tactics making it impossible for the much smaller competitor in the market place to stay in business . |
| 2 | ‘ 6(1) A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights ; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if , but only if , the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal . |
| 3 | The concept is explained in s.6(1) : A person appropriating property belonging to another without meaning the other permanently to lose the thing itself is nevertheless to be regarded as having the intention of permanently depriving the other of it if his intention is to treat the thing as his own to dispose of regardless of the other 's rights ; and a borrowing or lending of it may amount to so treating it if , but only if , the borrowing or lending is for a period and in circumstances making it equivalent to an outright taking or disposal . |
| 4 | France : Since a law making it compulsory for employers to offer hepatitis B vaccination to healthcare employees was passed in January 1991 , usage of vaccine has risen nearly four-fold . |
| 5 | panicked by the snow which he had n't been expecting , he threw everything over and he had a job finding it all on the other side . |
| 6 | And to look at the colourful display of begonias , geraniums and fuchsias set against the trees and shrubs , the unusual rockery plants , the miniature acres in their raised beds , linked pools and waterfall , emptying into a small bog garden , and the greenhouse brimming with plants raised from cuttings and seed , you would think the Doughtys spend hours every day keeping it all in trim . |
| 7 | The hormone progestogen taken regularly every day at the same time causes changes making it difficult for sperm to enter the womb or for the womb to accept a fertilised egg . |
| 8 | Some prey species such as the oryx ( opposite , top ) , rely on simple , powerful galloping to escape their pursuers , but others , such as the impala ( below ) , employ a more confusing , zigzag escape route , with sudden directional changes making it difficult for the pursuing attacker to strike . |
| 9 | The German government recently drafted regulations making it compulsory for car makers to take back their old cars when they are due to be scrapped . |
| 10 | There we would see about 30 pissed-up shaggers giving it some behind the piled-high sun loungers ( no standards ) . |
| 11 | Freedom of movement and establishment of people making it easier for people to move around , live and work within Europe . |
| 12 | The opportunity was taken to provide the different subjects with their own suites of rooms making it possible for Departments to stamp their characters on their surroundings . |
| 13 | There is also no character-based interface for remote access making it clumsy as a server . |
| 14 | Maiden explains sailing terms with little diagrams making it enjoyable for anybody to pick up and read . |
| 15 | Misumenops nepenthicola , a spider , lives there and captures flies ; if these are distasteful they are ( sometimes ) thrown back into the pitcher ; if disturbed , the spider goes down into the liquid on a thread , its armour and a bubble of air making it immune to the digestive juices there . |
| 16 | Dumbly she shook her head , the threatened tears making it impossible for her to speak . |
| 17 | Lack of confidence often results in the pilot playing it safe with extra height , instead of making an effort to rely on his own judgement . |
| 18 | The second period was much the same story , Ron Barteling and Robert Nerckenrath making it 5-0 in four minutes . |
| 19 | The problems spread inland when a tidal surge up the River Bure caused the river to break its banks at Acle , flooding the main A47 Norwich to Great Yarmouth road leaving it impassable to traffic . |
| 20 | It is therefore a very powerful dating technique making it possible to date the right archaeological samples ( see p. 144 ) to the year of felling , as well as providing the accurate calendar timescale necessary for radiocarbon calibration . |
| 21 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 22 | The sides are made of contrastingly coloured elasticated nylon with no foam fitted , the lack of kidney protection making it unsuitable for use in canoe polo . |
| 23 | The second buyers compounded the goods into food for birds and the third buyers bought the compound and fed it to poultry which died because , unknown to anyone at the time of supply , the compound included minute traces of poison rendering it unfit for poultry . |
| 24 | Isabel found her eyes clinging to him , his height making it easy for her to watch his approach . |
| 25 | This had introduced them to mechanisms which suggested a terminology applicable to their own science making it possible for them at last to give the behaviourists , who had been giving those not of their ilk a hard time , some of their own medicine . |
| 26 | The Committee developed proposals for a scheme making it obligatory for members in practice to be insured , considered with insurers the implications of low fees and contributed to developments towards harmonisation in the EC . |
| 27 | From nose-tip to tail the plane is packed with scientific instruments making it one of the world 's most sophisticated flying laboratories . |
| 28 | 1 ) JOBS — The upper parts of the Himalayas are covered with snow throughout the year making it impossible for animals and people to live there . |
| 29 | No roads , just a pool , separate it from the sea making it ideal for families . |
| 30 | He could have worked things out the same way I had , and he 'd have had a hellish time believing it all of his own son . |