Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 2 | Painful though it was , she declared that the time would soon come when she would feel it necessary to inspect America for herself . |
| 3 | The Football Association did not feel it necessary to charge Southampton and Coventry with bringing the game into disrepute . |
| 4 | However , even if the USSR does feel it necessary to reduce oil exports , any foreign exchange gap created should be filled by growing gas exports . |
| 5 | If it chooses war it may deem it necessary to attack Syria before the latter becomes more powerful , but in doing so it risks incurring unacceptably high casualties . |
| 6 | The dedication contains the somewhat bitter generalization that ‘ the policie of times may hold it unfit to raise men humbled with adversities to titles of dearnesse ’ , which could apply to Cavendish 's own situation at the end of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 7 | The ordinary householder might think it normal to estimate needs , list the various ways of filling them , then adopt the cheapest options . |
| 8 | For I do not think it possible to study philosophy profitably without entering fairly deeply into the history of the subject , and for this there is not time at school , nor could it be a subject that would interest more than a very few pupils . |
| 9 | Chairman er in his remarks a bit earlier on Professor said that he did not think it was appropriate to give executive power to the director of education I wrote your words down at the time he did not think it appropriate to give executive power to the director of education and he said , despite Mr 's clarification you want to move a bit nearer if you 're going to be his minder Mr that in fact he did n't |
| 10 | Sir Leicester may think it appropriate to keep Mr Rouncewell waiting , ‘ opposing his repose and that of Chesney Wold to the restless flight of ironmasters ’ , but it is his housekeeper 's son who now wields the moral authority , for he has come to remove his future daughter-in-law , the lady 's maid Rosa , from Lady Dedlock 's charge because he thinks that position is unsuitable . |
| 11 | Nor , it seems , did he think it necessary to tell Mr. Small that Matadial had adhered to her statement in this respect when making her addendum in May . |
| 12 | A judge deciding McLoughlin might think it unjust to require compensation for any emotional injury . |
| 13 | Does the Minister not think it unfair to spend £7 million on a city technology college in Bradford , when that amount equals the sum spent on the nearly 300 publicly owned schools in Bradford ? |
| 14 | ‘ We hope you do n't mind our saying this , but do you think it wise to let Mrs Ross go out alone at her age when she is not used to living in the country ? |
| 15 | We have seen that it is sometimes possible to sort out the observed vibrational bands according to their symmetry , and that group frequency and similar empirical arguments may make it reasonable to associate bands with particular vibrational modes . |
| 16 | In short , it was thought by many that the nature of the children 's hearing system would make it unnecessary to enact rules for ‘ wiping the slate clean ’ . |
| 17 | This could make it impossible to test QCD to better than 10 per cent , bringing the business of science to a halt . |
| 18 | They would make it impossible to fund clubs and societies and would inevitably suppress much of our vital welfare work . |
| 19 | The law would make it unlawful to deny people a job either because they were union members , or because they did not want to belong to a union . |
| 20 | In Canada the Human Rights Act 1978 does not go as far as removing mandatory retirement ages ( although there is pressure growing to do so ) but does make it unlawful to deprive people of employment opportunities on grounds of age , as a result of policies or practices relating to recruitment promotion , training , or other personnel matters . |
| 21 | The needs of service provision will often necessarily dictate when space is available for teaching , though negotiations and liaison with managers should make it possible to streamline provision . |
| 22 | ESRC support will make it possible to test theories systematically and rigorously to answer such questions as : To what extent do differences in national cultures and tradition in Central and Eastern Europe cause different responses in post-Communist societies ? |
| 23 | The second edition of Introduction to High Energy Physics by D. H. Perkins requires considerable initial knowledge of quantum theory , but this does make it possible to use Feynmann diagrams immediately . |
| 24 | New technology , for example the use of membranes , can also make it possible to clean water so that it can be recycled . |
| 25 | This will eventually make it possible to manipulate ecology so as to test the dependence of social structure upon it . |
| 26 | Observations of behaviour based on objective measurement will make it possible to produce statements of cause and effect . |
| 27 | Showcase Vista from Rochester Software Connection Inc will make it possible to extract data and manage it using the Macintosh ; and an IBM-Apple facility called shared folders will enable Mac and AS/400 files to be managed together on the desktop . |
| 28 | This will make it possible to suggest ways in which the massive foreign aid efforts currently under way to prevent very serious and increasing food and fuel deficiencies be made more effective . |
| 29 | It is not essential for simple recording , but it does make it easier to record teacher/student interaction as it happens . |
| 30 | On the positive side , I would argue that these devices may make it easier to withstand setbacks , to hold on to a belief in ultimate victory when times are hard , because they all underline the continuities of racial oppression . |