Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 I have made it clear to the Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland , the hon. Member for Wiltshire , North ( Mr. Needham ) , that in general terms I have every sympathy with the people in the Housing Executive and the Department of Health 's occupational therapy department whom , in effect , I shall be criticising .
32 Follow up calls are not permitted if the investor has recently made it clear to the firm that he does not wish to discuss the matter .
33 He said he had already made it clear to the convention that he wanted to establish a good relationship with COSLA and local government , and to make a new start after a period of expenditure difficulties .
34 However , Ada had made it clear at the first round of talks that the commission had no power to negotiate changes , which had to be approved by referendum .
35 The Lord Chancellor has made it clear on the front of that document that they have been issued before being finalised so as to facilitate discussion .
36 Mr Hyslop said he had made it clear during the 1987 campaign that any political party was free to advertise .
37 But because Hinkley C was seen as a virtual ‘ replica ’ of the Sizewell design , the NII had made it clear from the start that it had no major reservations .
38 The prime minister , Clement Attlee , and his colleagues were not anti-European , but they were opposed to any kind of integration , though the Foreign Minister , Ernest Bevin , had made it clear from the outset that he was in favour of more cooperation , especially around an Anglo-French core , and by 1947 was even indicating an interest in some kind of customs union .
39 ‘ He 's angry and irritable and he 's made it clear from the very beginning that he does n't expect me to come up to scratch . ’
40 Whereby he , had obviously made it clear from the start
41 I have repeatedly made it clear in the House and beyond that I am working to seek an agreement at Maastricht that will be acceptable to the House and this country .
42 This should have made it irrelevant to the case before him .
43 Once I know how fast my ‘ feeder is emptying , or have made it empty at the pace I require , I cast very frequently for the first twenty minutes or so — as fast as the emptying of the ‘ feeder will allow — and then slow down only just enough to keep a steady trickle of feed through the swim .
44 Reid , preparing for today 's confrontation at Ewood Park , declared : ‘ Blackburn have made it harder for the rest of us but there is no point in bleating about it .
45 No , no , no , it has n't cos I 've just used it all for the erm
46 Got it all on the which is fine .
47 Defoe in his time called it one of the finest cities in Europe .
48 While in times of war its uneasy location between the Frankish and German kingdoms rendered it prone to the ravages of invading armies , in times of peace , it was ideally situated at the crossroads to the great trade centres of Europe .
49 The slab side of the executive transporter loomed like a cliff out of the white fog , getting larger by the second as the shock wave from the explosions which had set it adrift in the first place propelled it nearer and nearer the executive transporter bay wall .
50 Rat , Badger and Mole would not have been seen dead with The Economist : Mr Toad might have flaunted it unread on the hall table .
51 ‘ It 's only recently that I 've felt able to write about him , but the controversy about Down 's Syndrome babies has brought it all to the surface .
52 We have found it amazing over the years how our spiritual relationship affects our physical relationship .
53 ‘ I would like to encourage girls to go into science because I have found it one of the most rewarding careers , ’ said Dr Henderson .
54 We 'll have eaten it all by the time you get in here .
55 Yeah , I 've I sprayed it pink for the Rocky Horror and I ca n't get it out !
56 And they couldn't 've well for example with taxation , they could 've erm not taxed the rich peasants at all and then just put all their erm their sort of focus upon the poor peasants and got their income through them and also with land , they could 've just not given any land to poor peasants who were inefficient and given it all to the rich peasants and really gone for a capitalist state .
57 Afterwards he brought the hat to his father , who counted the contents then placed it empty among the shrimp and peanut shells on the floor .
58 However , the judges awarded it one of the fifth prizes for a War Department design .
59 Kevin and Tony have taken it all beyond the slopes and use similar methods , often combined with the skiing experience and teaching languages .
60 And I was not in the position to show the sternness which would have nipped it all in the bud .
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