Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The CWIS ‘ blue source ’ , for example , makes it possible to search the hundreds of thousands of titles in the Library , to place reservations and even to check one 's own borrowing record . |
| 2 | Is it possible to fit the 90/110 door tops as the metal runners keep rusting out . |
| 3 | Is it possible to fit the Ninety gearbox to this vehicle . |
| 4 | Is it possible to re-bore the 2.6 litre engine to accept 3.0 litre pistons and sleeves from the Rover car engine ? |
| 5 | Was it possible to combine the two roles ? |
| 6 | I find it hard to divide the two at any time . |
| 7 | LWT , whose market share is under attack , may find it hard to maintain the 40 per cent return on capital that would make its share incentive scheme worthwhile to the managers . |
| 8 | Again , the visitor to Thorikos , if taken there blindfold from the real city-state of Euboian Eretria , might well find it hard to tell the two apart , and might think that he was in another place with the same independent status : there is a fortified acropolis , a theatre and a temple — just as at Eretria . |
| 9 | Many , financially stretched with community care implementation , find it hard to locate the 30 per cent needed to qualify for the 7- per cent grant . |
| 10 | The compassion and sympathy which the victims of these offences naturally cause in all policemen can sometimes be complicated by the anger and emotional hatred felt toward the perpetrator , and the tough type of policeman may find it difficult to distance the one reaction from the other . |
| 11 | ‘ The five survivors in the CR 42 formation were swinging to their right towards and below me , which made it difficult to attack the three planes nearest me , so I chose the outer of the two planes on their left , laid off a deflection and opened fire again . |
| 12 | By the late 1980s , Brazilian inflation had created such a thriving ( and openly tolerated ) black market in foreign currency that some multinationals found it worthwhile to exceed the 12 per cent limit . |