Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1987 the SLG had been redefined as the Curriculum Review Group ( CRG ) and during 1984–5 had reviewed the 14–16 Curriculum to make it more accessible to all , and in particular to reduce gender and class disadvantages and increase its coherence . |
| 2 | Yet that weakness makes it extremely difficult for Patten to make any concessions on his plan . |
| 3 | If there was any post-coital tristesse about Mighty Mo Magill his lifetime in covert operations hit it well . |
| 4 | But those eight survivors saw it differently — and lived to show that it can be conquered — with the right blend of indestructibility between man and machine . |
| 5 | Some eastern European cars do it better . |
| 6 | In some ways people in London ( flower of cities all , as a Scots poet put it long ago ) , both men and women , have more freedom to live as they want than they have in most other cities . |
| 7 | Lord Mackay of Clashfern LC held , on a construction of section 63 without the aid of reference to the parliamentary material , that the tax-payers were only assessable on the extra cost of providing the in-house benefit , and in reaching this finding regarded it as crucial that , on the facts , as found , the teachers ' sons occupied only surplus places and their right to do so was entirely discretionary . |
| 8 | Security was to be bought — at least sometimes — but not for free men and women but , as the English terminology put it clearly , for ‘ servants ’ — whose liberty was strictly constrained : domestic servants , ‘ railway servants ’ , even ‘ civil servants ’ ( or public officials ) . |
| 9 | British rail tested it exhaustively but could find no way of making it fail . |
| 10 | Given that these viewpoints and value bases are so antagonistic , and yet rarely made explicit , it is not surprising that different groups find it so hard to trust and respect each other . |
| 11 | Sir , So , the swords are drawn with the Government at long last , now that you have a UK Chairman whose speech at this inauguration laid it firmly on the line , that what this country needs is a transport policy to serve commerce and social preference . |
| 12 | Same old story getting it underneath cos they 're going higher up and underneath |
| 13 | It was a painful decision to leave it behind but they thought it would be safest in one of the tin trunks in the box-room at The Tamarisks . |
| 14 | The terms of this description make it absolutely clear that Polygnotos did not adhere to the single ground-line but placed his figures up and down the field with some rudimentary indication of setting ; and a few Athenian vases which must have been painted around the sixties show the same thing . |
| 15 | A FRENCH driver took it literally when he asked for directions and was told to ‘ go straight over the roundabout ’ . |
| 16 | Everyone who subsequently learned of this action condemned it as utterly stupid and irresponsible , but perhaps such criticism may be tempered by the fact that the man was in a deep state of shock . |
| 17 | They have had some crap win it though . |
| 18 | I never could decide who was right , socialists — even revolutionaries — or the arch-capitalists , and it seemed we 'd never find out in Britain because whatever way the popular vote went it never really brought any real change of direction . |
| 19 | Okay the engine is pushing as hard it can to try and , like a lot of people running behind leaning on this car pushing it forward , and why , why is n't it going f usually if you keep pushing something it goes faster and faster . |
| 20 | ‘ Different styles made it thoroughly entertaining and nobody was complaining apart from me ! |
| 21 | The chest may be painful and they hold it when coughing and lie on the painful side to keep it still and put pressure on it . |
| 22 | Every so often the light wind teased it away from her ears , revealing her favourite earrings as they swung against its soft darkness . |
| 23 | This uncertainty makes it particularly interesting to know whether intentionally childless women are different in personality or attitudes from those who wish to have children , and whether these attitudes could readily become more widespread . |
| 24 | This plan makes it as likely as possible that I shall employ behaviours that are appropriate in two vital ways : |
| 25 | There is ambiguity in the question asked but a high proportion interpreted it literally . |
| 26 | This CCOAC makes it more likely that Person Y was involved in the things we think he was involved in but … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Also , the high winds make it more dangerous when passing high-sided vehicles . |
| 28 | The point is that some parents do it habitually . |
| 29 | This discovery made it all the more important to me to maintain my behaviour and to maintain it in secret . |
| 30 | Note that I added a minor 3rd ( C ) in this run to give it more of a country flavour ! |