Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With rabbit numbers low , this was seen as the opportunity for a further reduction but in response to public outcry legislation was also introduced making it illegal to spread myxomatosis by artificial means — by taking infected rabbits and releasing them near disease-free colonies . |
| 2 | The Video Recordings Act 1984 was intended to outlaw the ‘ video nasties ’ which were causing such a panic at the time , by making it illegal to distribute films on video which have not received a certificate from the British Board of Film Classification . |
| 3 | When the fabric is up , these battens can be felt through the fabric , making it easy to fix nails and picture hooks to them . |
| 4 | Each Red Panda has a different pattern , making it easy to identify individuals . |
| 5 | In Champagne , the Chardonnay is a strong growing variety which buds early , making it susceptible to spring frosts , but which also ripens in good time for so northerly a wine . |
| 6 | Explain how an economist might defend laws making it compulsory to wear seat belts in cars . |
| 7 | The archer fish 's large eyes can be aligned so that , like our own , they produce a three-dimensional image , making it possible to judge distances . |
| 8 | If the calls of the CBI and others for such a cut had not been so loud , the pound would probably have been stronger still , making it possible to cut rates even sooner , and by more . |
| 9 | Anxiety to hear and record last words was still strong at a time when anaesthetics were beginning to come into use , making it possible to reduce suffering , though often at the cost of rendering the dying person comatose and inarticulate . |
| 10 | That just as you are making it possible to select conceptions that will result in the right sort of people , as you define them , and reject the potentially bad ones , so it would be possible to reject the good and retain the bad . |
| 11 | Furthermore the structures of the lexical entries have tended to be proprietary to the system making it impossible to exchange lexicons between systems . |
| 12 | " The cabinet diplomacy at which ( Bismarck ) excelled in the 1860s was no longer possible in the 1880s ; public opinion was beginning to influence policy making it impossible to turn friendships on and off at will . " |
| 13 | Pressure on land may be very strong , making it impossible to raise funds to even acquire the garden , let alone restore it . |
| 14 | Psion 's approach is to turn out software as cheaply as possible , making it uneconomical to bootleg copies . |
| 15 | Problems identified by the librarian and other members of the library committee included : ( 1 ) inappropriate and inflexible shelving , making it difficult to shelve books in Dewey order ; |
| 16 | Well , we had neither : the sun was already moving down into the west , making it difficult to judge depths by water colour , and the seas were definitely not moderate . |
| 17 | It 's making it difficult to save money |
| 18 | A force eight wind was blowing straight into our faces , making it difficult to hold binoculars steady . |
| 19 | This contact was increasingly in danger of disappearing due to the economic pressures on the company , and , by the same token , budget pressures on the school which were making it difficult to commit teacher time to a non-class contact time activity . |
| 20 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work , making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 21 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work , making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 22 | At present , crews typically rotate between 999 and routine work making it difficult to designate crews for higher pay . |
| 23 | The small space markers between words are a pain , making it difficult to read text under about 10 point , and the short paragraph start markers make the letters they 're over blurred . |
| 24 | Randy Sandone , formerly executive vice-president of Addamax and now president of the new 16-man firm , Argus Systems Group Inc , said that Addamax was finding it impossible to do business because of the lawsuit . |
| 25 | Randy Sandone , formerly executive vice president of Addamax and now president of the new 16-man firm , Argus Systems Group Inc , said that Addamax was finding it impossible to do business because of the lawsuit . |
| 26 | Evidence of two-tier trading already exists in Scotland , where companies with supermarket contracts are finding it impossible to cover overheads because the multiples themselves are locked in price competition . |
| 27 | The commission , ‘ while finding it necessary to admonish Mr Chapman and two of the players … also recognized the straightforwardness of Mr Chapman in reporting the matter . |
| 28 | MORE men could be finding it difficult to father children because the average sperm count has halved in the last 50 years , an expert revealed yesterday . |
| 29 | I understand that there is a bomb scare , and that hon. Members are finding it difficult to get access to the Lobbies . |
| 30 | SO Tory MPs thrown out by the electors in April are finding it difficult to get jobs . |