Example sentences of "[verb] it [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The study of tone languages is less important for native speakers of non-tone languages , but most students seem to find it an interesting subject . |
| 32 | I remembered Sopworth saying how the cat had no sense of territory , how he 'd only just caught it the first time it escaped , racing north along the A2 . |
| 33 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 34 | In a follow-up survey , the great majority rated it the best AIDS resource they had seen . |
| 35 | I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz . |
| 36 | Yet despite that authoritative vindication , the moment the PLO makes what might at first sight appear a slight regression to its old-style militancy , the US promptly joins the Israeli ‘ extremists ’ in pronouncing it a serious setback for the peace process . |
| 37 | Even as a wee boy I had considered it an unfair exchange . |
| 38 | To a man , of course , we 'd have considered it an enormous privilege to have met our maker while in the presence of a man who , as the greatest Olympian , is something of a sporting god . |
| 39 | If you dive after a surface interval of more than 10 minutes , the Solution will consider it a second dive , and dive time will start again from zero . |
| 40 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 41 | Andrew might also consider it a useful opportunity to further his England captaincy claims , for which he has a growing number of supporters — although he expresses no such wish , since his old school-mate , Will Carling , currently holds the job . |
| 42 | If you have trouble obtaining a reservation at a particular kennel , you can consider it a good sign . |
| 43 | But a spokesman from Berne said : ‘ We did not consider it a serious incident . |
| 44 | But I would consider it a great honour and privilege if you would allow me to help you overcome this disadvantage by making you a gift of whatever you may need . ’ |
| 45 | For one man to achieve the supreme state of Cosmic Consciousness , a state of absolute serenity , perfect peace and harmony , boundless knowledge and universal understanding , should this require the application of a thousand stout sticks , I would consider it a small price to pay . |
| 46 | As the following sections show , however , case load problems were not as great as predicted ; and although the development officers continued to feel some lack of back-up services they did not consider it a severe impediment to their implementation of the project . |
| 47 | Most people would consider it a difficult moment . |
| 48 | ‘ You could always consider it a last request . ’ |
| 49 | At 53 he edged Waqar low to Inzamam at slip , and the Pakistanis were not easily persuaded that neither umpire could consider it a clean catch . |
| 50 | ‘ If Elinor is unable to live in Saracen , the trustees might consider it an unjustifiable expense : apart from the income that might be generated by the capital that 's tied up in the place , keeping five full-time domestic staff members and three secretaries would no longer be viable . |
| 51 | We made the locks at Gairlochy on Saturday evening and found it no great hardship to lay there throughout the following Sunday . |
| 52 | Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience . |
| 53 | Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine . |
| 54 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 55 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
| 56 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 57 | Most respondents found it a useful medium for aiding some cosmetic task or other . |
| 58 | First , because of membership of the EMS , wage-bargainers and price-setters in other countries may take particular notice of the DM exchange rate and inflationary trends ( if any ) in the Federal Republic ; second , over a period of time , wage and price responses in other countries might evolve towards the German norm ; third , it may simply be that in a period when for fundamental social and political reasons the control of inflation came to assume dominance in policy-making , policy-makers found it a useful discipline to conduct their fiscal and monetary affairs in such a way as to stabilise the exchange rate against the DM . |
| 59 | The older women found it a terrible strain . |
| 60 | The Evening Standard , commenting on Oz 's inaugural issue , found it a great disappointment . |