Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisers said the display was amusing but warned that some people might consider it unsuitable for young children . |
| 2 | ‘ The course is drying up quickly and you could almost call it good to soft . |
| 3 | The reeve , attendant at Hugh 's elbow , eyed him sidelong , and said insinuatingly : ‘ You 'll not think it ill of good husbandmen to take what God sends and be grateful for it ? ’ |
| 4 | LORD Ted Willis has introduced an extraordinary bill into the House of Lords which would effectively make it illegal for British shops to sell any audio or video tape recorder . |
| 5 | He has written on the issue to the new Fisheries Minister , Gillian Shephard , claiming that certain technical requirements in the Act could make it impossible for local fishermen to secure an adequate allocation of fishing days Royal crystal challenge STAFF at Welsh Royal Crystal , Rhayader , were commissioned to manufacture and supply the specially designed bowls which will be presented to each concert winner in the preliminary rounds , as well as goblets for each competitor , in this year 's Cardiff Singer of the World Competition at St David 's Hall . |
| 6 | Without a conceptual model of the market place and the organization 's possible place within it , general checklists of factors lack rigour and may simply make it easy for interested parties to emphasize different factors at different times , depending on their interests . |
| 7 | That will make it complete with ordinary Flora — which suggests that makes Van den Berghs recognise that even Flora is going to lose sales to low-fat spreads . |
| 8 | It is expected that the process will make it possible for rare and fragile mummies and other bodies such as the European bog bodies and the recently discovered Ice Man to be accessible to the public without putting the originals at risk . |
| 9 | By reducing the scope of the enquiry we make more certain the worth of what we are doing ( always assuming , of course , that the study itself is well conducted ) , and by describing carefully what we do we make it possible for other researchers to duplicate our own study or conduct a similar one with slightly different variables . |
| 10 | That could cause difficulties and if such an inhibition operated which did not apply to other bus companies it could make it difficult for management-employee buy-out teams to raise funds . |
| 11 | Neither names are registered as a trade mark ; in fact the names would be refused registration because they are too descriptive of computer retailing generally and would make it difficult for other traders to describe their business activities . |
| 12 | As an important by-product it will also make it difficult for prospective bidders to build up stakes in secret . |
| 13 | It was an order — a rare thing from Therese — and Flavia could not refuse it short of gross discourtesy in public to an older woman and a friend . |
| 14 | Their Lordships do not find it necessary for present purposes to examine the question what element of mens rea is required as an ingredient of the offences … |
| 15 | You 'll find it full of useful descriptions , information and guidance on a whole range of books … |