Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T n tracts of T 9 GCA 9 persist for a relatively long time adds further weight to the suggestion that these are caused by ligand-induced alterations in local DNA structure , rendering it more susceptible to attack by this nuclease . |
| 2 | He seemed to be saying it as much to convince himself as to convince all the rest . |
| 3 | Satisfied , she walked to the back door of the kiosk , flinging it wide open to let the sunshine in. for a moment , she leaned against the doorpost , taking in deep breaths of that heady seaside mixture of salt , ozone and rotting seaweed . |
| 4 | But these rooms were much altered between 1865 and 1868 in a neo-Rococo style that was intended to blend with the 18C Rococo designs of Pacassi for the proposed coronation of Emperor Franz Josef I. In the end the emperor refused the crown of Bohemia deeming it too dangerous to accept it and upset the Hungarians . |
| 5 | It is , in my judgment , putting it too high to say that the interim relief claimed covering only five weeks before the main hearing , must be treated as pre-empting the court 's powers of decision at the eventual hearing . |
| 6 | These pressures are making it increasingly difficult to reconcile enjoyment of the parks ' natural beauty with conservation , according to the commission . |
| 7 | It does n't squeeze very hard , Laba explained , but tightens its grip each time you exhale , making it increasingly harder to draw the next breath . |
| 8 | Pam 's voice still urged him onward , encouraging him , but as he struggled upwards towards it , the darkness was closing in thickly around him , making it progressively harder to see or breathe . |
| 9 | As the mouse pointer hovers above each button , or indeed any of the drop-down menu options , a short description of the function appears in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen making it really easy to produce your first spreadsheet with minimum reference to the manual . |
| 10 | The great advantage to them of this approach is that it has a strong one-firm concept , where most of the values arid styles of the consultants are compatible , thus making it potentially easier to integrate as a consultancy team . |
| 11 | She drifted helplessly along in calm water at just over three knots , making it virtually impossible to assess her sailing characteristics . |
| 12 | The problem is that voice transmission will soon be replaced by an endless , inseparable stream of electronic emissions , making it virtually impossible to capture criminal coversations ... |
| 13 | The Xerox team is not entirely sure why , but Dr Ziolo reckons that sodium ions from the resin are creeping into the crystal lattice and making it more permeable to light . |
| 14 | It tried to decrease independent expenditures of PACs by repealing existing tax credit , thus making it more efficient to look for small individual contributions and thereby reduce the power of the PACs . |
| 15 | Behaving in a manner that avoids an unpleasant outcome leads to the reinforcement of behaviour you wish to encourage , thus making it more likely to recur in similar circumstances . |
| 16 | More influential , and more in conformity with Keynesian orthodoxy , were those economists who argued that income restraint was necessary to bring unemployment and inflation into balance , and to prevent Britain 's balance of payments getting out of hand as rising wages led us to import goods we could ill afford while making it more difficult to sell things . |
| 17 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 18 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 19 | Other factors encouraging the development of candidal infection , or making it more difficult to cope with , are treatment with drugs containing corticosteroids or those which depress the body 's natural immunity . |
| 20 | The gradual consolidation of wealth in the party was making it more difficult to preserve the classless , " one nation " appeal to working-class supporters . |
| 21 | In addition to making it more difficult to organize a legal protest , the regulations gave the authorities the right to use " all police measures " to suppress illegal demonstrations . |
| 22 | As he candidly admitted in his memoirs the issue of capital punishment , which re-surfaced in that year at the Conservative Party Conference , and his own handling of the debate , damaged his standing as Home Secretary , making it more difficult to introduce some planned reforms in sentencing policy : |
| 23 | What possible advantages could they derive from limiting their future freedom of action and by making it more difficult to separate should they form the wish to do so ? |
| 24 | The establishment of the idea that the telling of the truth is thus subject to standards set by the use of a volume which is part history and part fiction , is almost tantamount to condoning the telling of untruths when the ritual is omitted , or at least making it much easier to justify such behaviour . |
| 25 | This is the result of released muscle tension ; gravity affects the body in a different way making it much easier to use . |
| 26 | There are about 200 at risk rhesus babies each year and when it comes to treating them , ultra sound scanners have made the difference , making it much easier to carry out accurate safe transfusions . |
| 27 | Where possible , cut out the ends of the rotted area so that the new piece will fit at an open angle , making it much easier to fit than right-angled joints . |
| 28 | Though the 6-foot 2-inch ( 1.88-m ) figure weighed 100 lb ( 45 kg ) , making it quite difficult to manipulate as a puppet , its solidity and heaviness were convincing on-screen as another incarnation ( or decarnation ) of the Schwarzenegger character . |
| 29 | We must support both types by giving those happy with DOS more performance , and by making it as easy to use as possible . |
| 30 | A has used his back foot to pull the board closer to him , thereby making it far easier to pull himself up . |