Example sentences of "[vb base] it [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 well no it does n't , get it right see that 's the station
2 Besides , once they 've gone into mourning , they find it cheaper to stay that way .
3 With industries and jobs disappearing around them as they still try to find their way in the new Germany , many east Germans find it comforting to enjoy some harmless fun where , for once , they get the upper hand .
4 it is possible to write large and use the camera to reduce the size , but I find it better to do all artwork at the finished size because thin lines tend to disappear on reduction .
5 Most people who have sex outside marriage still find it necessary to invoke some powerful excuse for it — even to themselves …
6 Find it necessary to check these Inroads " .
7 Those who embark on this deeper , marketing-centred analysis find it necessary to separate this process from the regular tactical use of the database for sales mailings .
8 Perhaps the other men you know find it stimulating to hear such words come from the face of a woman who has the beauty of a madonna , but I do not . ’
9 Secondly , I find it impossible to accept that general practice is a specialty .
10 The specialization of farms and the mechanization of production have , however , vastly reduced the perquisites which farm workers receive — milk and potatoes are the only significant produce and by no means all farms find it convenient to make these and other small quantities of food available .
11 Nonetheless , even today , many frogs and toads find it advantageous to follow this strategy .
12 Finally , there are political reasons : people do not , on the whole , enjoy moving away from their communities and politicians find it hard to ignore these feelings .
13 Those who have campaigned on behalf of Wallenberg find it hard to believe that , in a bureaucratic system like the Soviet Union 's , a file on the missing Swede is not somewhere .
14 ‘ I find it hard to believe that . ’
15 Still I find it hard to believe most men would want to cede their privilege and power on the evidence you present .
16 I find it hard to raise more than a flicker of interest about who killed whom and why .
17 Although there is a risk that life can become too self-contained and claustrophobic , farmers nevertheless find it easier to inspire some degree of personal loyalty among their workers and allow the class animosities of the occupational community to be vastly reduced .
18 I 've never had somebody from my class should be able to beat passive assertive that way find it difficult to do that one .
19 Abrams ( Bulmer , 1986 ) drew attention to the complexity of the concept ; many who are perceived as altruistic will themselves acknowledge the profound satisfaction which they derive from their supposedly selfless activities but find it difficult to put this into words .
20 I know immediately that I would n't like to go ; I would hate to be a servant in a posh house , but I find it difficult to say this .
21 I find it difficult to understand those who say they are planning for next year 's championships — what is the point , they could be run over by a bus before next year ?
22 If you find it difficult to understand some of the feelings she expresses , you have to realise that she has reached a stage in life 's journey of which , as yet , you know nothing at all , and until you stand where she is standing now you are in no position to pass any judgement on her attitudes .
23 I find it difficult to identify any overall feeling about my work .
24 The problem with using small group work with young children is that it 's inevitably rather disparate : they will happily play for long periods , but find it difficult to share each other 's work unless there is a powerful dramatic context , as is provided by whole group work , which gives us the chance to really focus the drama .
25 Our experience of MCI Communications Corp 's MCI Mail service makes us feel that it has a quite impressively user friendly interface , whereas we find it difficult to believe that British Telecommunications Plc 's Dialcom — or good ol' Telecom Gold — is really quite as user-hostile as it appears , so having hit a snag in MCI and keyed ‘ help ’ at the prompt , and got a couple of screens of useful information ending with two phone numbers and a further option to key at the prompt , we wondered what Gold came up with if you keyed ‘ help ’ — here is the answer — Top-level directory not found or inaccessible .
26 However , I and others find it difficult to accept that , but I repeat that I have no hard evidence to substantiate my claim .
27 you just find it difficult to admit that one 's rather you know But certainly that epistle of James , to me , was just marvellous !
28 In particular , traditional descriptive and analytic methods find it difficult to contemplate such phenomena as : ( 1 ) close approximation of phones without merger ; ( 2 ) overlapping allophones ; ( 3 ) flip-flops , and ( 4 ) reversal of merger .
29 As room status information must be up-to-the-minute , notification slips are circulated immediately to all departments should a ‘ chance ’ arrival or sudden change of room , or any other eventuality make it necessary to inform all departments , so that any action required can be taken .
30 Both Rhodes and Duncan and Goodwin , in their different ways , make it possible to identify some dynamic for change .
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