Example sentences of "it [adj] to [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction of bell-hanging in the late eighteenth century made it possible to station servants quite out of earshot , behind the green baize door . |
| 2 | The unravelling of their chemistry has been one of the great achievements of 20th century science , a large part of it due to sir Norman Haworth , whose studies in this field spanned more than 30 years . |
| 3 | He had once been a prisoner in Parfois himself , he knew the castle and the country round it , and owed his escape from it alive to Master Harry and none other . |
| 4 | That was unthinkable to the British generals , even though Napoleon III made it clear to Lord Palmerston that he did not intend to usurp the command and so the problem would not arise . |
| 5 | I understand that this particular problem may be dealt with in the near future , and it is quite obvious that the Rules need urgently to be reconsidered in order to make it clear to circuit judges and to magistrates , who have the problem of dealing with these snatches , that they can deal with it in an appropriate way which is in the interests of the child concerned . |
| 6 | HEARTBEAT , ITV , 8.00pm : Sergeant Blaketon ( Derek Fowlds ) makes it clear to PC Nick Owen ( Nick Berry ) that he wants a local burglar caught before the Assistant Chief Constable makes his scheduled visit . |
| 7 | France made it clear to New Zealand that it would allow more imports of lamb and dairy products into France if New Zealand reduced the charge against the couple to manslaughter and then deported them . |
| 8 | But the dispute also made it clear to President Chamorro that the Nicaraguan left is still a force to be reckoned with . |
| 9 | The Arab states have made it clear to Mr Christopher that the mass deportation remains a problem . |
| 10 | The appellant , in evidence during the trial , had insisted that he had made it clear to Mr. Burt that he was not a fully qualified accountant , although he had passed some examinations . |
| 11 | Subsequently the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act brought almost all development under control by making it subject to planning permission . |
| 12 | Both ordinary and thermal plasterboard are also available with a backing film which makes it resistant to water vapour . |
| 13 | One of the congressional critics , Representative Henry Waxman from California , however , said that the lack of thorough testing made it impossible to gauge water quality accurately . |
| 14 | My favourite cartoon is of a businessman standing in Wall Street selling boxes of matches and around his neck is a placard which says : ‘ I left it all to expert advice . ’ |
| 15 | I hope too that you find it helpful to caretaking staff in that it reduces the time that they safeguard the front entrance by 15 minutes in the morning and 15 minutes at the end of the day . |
| 16 | We find it helpful to number modes so that we can refer to them simply in the form νsubn ; . |
| 17 | You will find it useful to revise.the anatomy and physiology of circulation and body fluids before reading this section . |
| 18 | I find it stimulating to air ideas with a variety of people , many of whom are experts in their field . ’ |
| 19 | Porter Paints is relaunching its entire architectural colour system and making it available to sister Courtaulds Coatings companies in Brazil and Canada . |
| 20 | ‘ Is it contrary to Community law and in particular to articles 7 , 52 and 221 of the E.E.C . |
| 21 | This lays it open to Walter Benjamin 's critique even more than the classic realist novel , for it is still further removed from his concept of storytelling . |
| 22 | These occasions would clearly refer only to the more serious incidents where the Football Association felt it necessary to discipline clubs formally , and many more examples of hooliganism can be found in the newspapers of the period . |
| 23 | FOR an economy that is supposedly manipulated to make it impervious to market forces , Japan has moved remarkably rapidly from joy to gloom . |
| 24 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 25 | Sun has also bundled a one-year on-site warranty into the system to make it attractive to business environments . |
| 26 | It 's hoped the low price of the immobiliser will make it attractive to car owners who 've been reluctant to fit expensive alarms . |