Example sentences of "it [adj] [to-vb] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For a start , Mr Badillo 's presence in the campaign will make it tougher to paint Mr Giuliani as a white politician opposed to the interests of ethnic minorities . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mrs Frizzell found it impossible to forgive Mrs Dawson 's becoming a widow the same week as her party ; a history of Mrs Dawson one night , and the remarks the following night of the lady secretary of the United Nations ' Society on the role of the Canadian peacekeeping force in Cyprus , had meant that for the first time in years no report of Mrs Frizzell 's party appeared , though room had been found for a report on one of Mrs Murphy 's receptions . |
| 5 | Ice on the north coast of Spitsbergen made it impossible to pass Amsterdam Island , and so he made for Franz Josef Land , discovered only in 1873–4 , and partly mapped . |
| 6 | Wilson found it hard to believe Mr Landor had ever written poetry , that he had ever been judged a great poet , but Miss Blagden , who had moved into the Casa Guidi for the winter , swore that he had been much admired and gave her a whole list of his published works . |
| 7 | Readers interested in the shellfish-collecting side of life at the site might find it helpful to read Elizabeth Voigt 's chapter alongside Betty Meehan 's fascinating Shell Bed to Shell Midden , a book newly published by the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra on the role of shellfish in the life of a group of Australian Aborigines who live in Arnheim Land in Northern Territory . |
| 8 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 9 | Although the council might have been prepared to accept the Woodvilles ' present position , its desire for continuity would have made it unwilling to see Woodville influence extended . |
| 10 | I find it arrogant to compare New York and Cologne ; it 's true nothing became so inflated here , but also things were not so colourful , so deep . |
| 11 | Mr Eduardo Angeloz , the Radical candidate to succeed Mr Alfonsin in the election on May 14th , wanted to dissociate himself from this disaster ; he found it cOnvenient to blame Mr Sourrouille . |
| 12 | During Operation Moss one gets the impression that most males find it difficult to take Professor Jocelyn Peabody seriously ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 13 | Beryl Smith died at home , cared for by loving friends and family , but for those who find it difficult to cope Macmillan Nurses can help ease the burden . |
| 14 | Of course , none of us particularly likes an opponent to change his tack , let alone his apparent nature , and Nonconformists who had listened to Dean Stanley and remembered the latitudinarianism of Thomas Arnold found it difficult to tolerate Lord Halifax and Bishop King . |
| 15 | But Portsmouth will find it difficult to stop Graeme Souness filling the only serious gap in his footballing career . |
| 16 | I find it difficult to understand Mr. Millan 's position . |
| 17 | Maybe I 'm too cynical , but I find it difficult to accept Pete Gomersall 's faith in human nature and the view that climbers will not step out of line and place bolts in the ‘ wrong ’ locations . |
| 18 | Her anger and resentment grew as she drove home and for the rest of that evening she found it difficult to get David Markham out of her mind . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 ? |