Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adj] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also find it useful for patterns which have a lot of single stitches in them . |
| 2 | The best thing you can do for your skin , throughout the year , is keep it moist with creams . |
| 3 | It has , however , gone on to achieve wide publicity on the high rating US TV programme , 50 Minutes , where it was claimed to " take conventional wisdom about air pollution and shoot it full of holes " . |
| 4 | You can create classic pilaus ; authentic curries ; use it as a base for salads using leftover turkey and ham ; or try it Waldorf-style with satsumas and nuts ; in a gammon stir fry or nasi goreng . |
| 5 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 6 | I want to encourage complaints , welcome complaints and make it easy for customers to complain . |
| 7 | None the less , its heavy dependence on exports of minerals , especially gold and diamonds ( which make up about 80 per cent of export earnings ) , make it vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market , and to sanctions imposed by some members of the international community . |
| 8 | When selecting work from queues , priority should be given to processes which modify text , and therefore make it unavailable to users ; otherwise , priority should be given to tasks which make the least use of system resources . |
| 9 | Its durability makes it suitable for ships ' fittings , and its casting qualities make it suitable for sculptures . |
| 10 | Their concern is to understand the mechanisms that keep capitalism going and make it resistant to challenges — so that they might strengthen those challenges . |
| 11 | Many-celled bodies make it possible for genes to manipulate the world , using tools built on a scale that is orders of magnitude larger than the scale of single cells . |
| 12 | Open questions make it possible for respondents to say what they really feel , but it is difficult for the researcher to organize the answers into categories in order to count them . |
| 13 | to save time : organisations make it possible for objectives to be reached in a shorter time . |
| 14 | However , increasingly sophisticated and powerful software tools are emerging which make it possible for non-programmers to program . |
| 15 | As for the argument that money would follow patients and so make it possible for hospitals to treat more of them , that was always a non-starter given that the total amount of cash available to purchasers was not going to be increased . |
| 16 | But in the hotel and restaurant industry , the GRiDPad 's 12-hour rechargeable power pack and its genuine portability make it viable for operations like stocktaking . |
| 17 | It may also be that such employers were , at least in the early 1970s , less prepared to make the organizational adjustments which make it feasible for mothers to combine paid work with responsibility for young children . |
| 18 | This will capture information from around the world , store it in meaningful applications , and make it available to users who need it . |
| 19 | In essence , anyone linked to the system could store information and make it available to others with suitable terminals . |
| 20 | They also remove the carbon and make it available to plants as carbon dioxide . |
| 21 | ‘ The Founders ’ rights make it difficult for NoS to be taken over , ’ they warned . |
| 22 | Not only does sectoralisation make it difficult for planners and administrators to gain an overall view , it also means that local institutions have to adopt a similar structure in order to deal adequately with the central bureaucracy . |
| 23 | As importantly , a fully enclosed heating element and rubber nozzle guard make it difficult for users to accidentally burn themselves . |
| 24 | Because it is hard to expel asylum-seekers once they have arrived , potential host countries make it difficult for refugees to leave home in the first place . |
| 25 | It will ask why women put up with their subordinate position in society , or rather , examine the strength of the pressures which make it difficult for women to produce social change despite their continuing attempts to do so . |
| 26 | But if you make it difficult for cars people would consider park and ride . |
| 27 | By contrast , the provisions of the Bills of Sale Acts 1878 and 1882 make it impracticable for partners to create an effective floating charge . |
| 28 | The surface of an ordinary playground can contain particles of strengthening materials that may , in strong sunlight , make it dazzling for children with photophobia . |
| 29 | Easy access to neighbouring tennis courts , the lake and open air swimming-pool make it ideal for families , and guest have free use of the sauna and whirlpool . |
| 30 | Tsunami 's low 3.5-volt power dissipation , TAB packaging and eighth of an inch height off the PCB make it ideal for portables and notebook . |