Example sentences of "it [adv] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sam Chisholm , chief executive of Sky , which is partly owned by TODAY publishers News International , said : ‘ The new deal will bring all the biggest stars of world golf to Sky Sports , making it arguably the very best sports channel in the world . ’ |
| 2 | That I could put no name to it made it all the more tantalizing , like a song when only the tune remains and the words are lost by time . |
| 3 | Our everyday awareness of these value-laden distinctions makes it all the more necessary to stress that in social anthropology ( and sociology ) ‘ culture ’ is a neutral term . |
| 4 | But on none of those occasions did I put the case in the way that the Leader of the House put his case tonight , making it all the more necessary for us to oppose him now . |
| 5 | The fact that Treasury rules restricted past investment makes it all the more necessary now for the privatised companies to get on with it . |
| 6 | The layout of the Alpha 2.0 is n't the simplest to get to grips with without some help — especially if you 're used to such simple machines as the Alesis Quadraverb — and the fact that the manual seems to require a PhD in logistics to understand just makes it all the more frustrating . |
| 7 | But this makes it all the more unreasonable to suppose that any a priori argument could show that one strategy will always be the right one . |
| 8 | It does n't happen very often , of course , which makes it all the more satisfying when it does . |
| 9 | So far they had done precisely that , which made it all the more extraordinary that Julius should be here now , in her flat , actively seeking her out for the first time since he had overridden all his basic instincts and principles and strode out of her life ; away from the disastrous shambles of their marriage . |
| 10 | The fact that a sociologist was witnessing the interviews make it all the more certain they would be conducted with scrupulous care , but there was no way he would be given access to the extra-legal deals which may well have gone on outside the interview room or later during a prison visit for ‘ write-offs ’ . |
| 11 | Which makes it all the more appropriate that Mabel , now approaching 80 , has produced the classic , much-needed book on Whitby Jet . |
| 12 | The Polytechnic must find it all the more galling that a situation has developed whereby an institute of higher education has become a sub-centre of the Faculty of Education at Cardiff for training further education teachers , a role that is denied to the Polytechnic because it has lost its involvement in the professional training of teachers . |
| 13 | Making no attempt to disguise his anger at the Ulster decision John Hunter added : ‘ The fact that it was a blanket no , and that it was n't even person to person , made it all the more galling . ’ |
| 14 | It makes it all the more opportune . |
| 15 | Many of the general considerations which arise in connection with computerising recruitment administration are the same as those which arise whenever computerisation within the personnel department is discussed , and this makes it all the more surprising that it is so rarely considered . |
| 16 | Many of the most famous hams are British , which makes it all the more shameful that many shops are selling the wet and tasteless ersatz ham that we are all familiar with . |
| 17 | He said it very simply , which made it all the more believable . |
| 18 | The fact that it is made by men with no faces and only two fingers each merely makes it all the more remarkable . |
| 19 | What makes it all the more remarkable is that , unlike other group-living birds , the individuals involved in these mating combinations are not close relatives . |
| 20 | These imperfections make it all the more important for regulators to enforce the BIS minimums and set higher standards for riskier banks . |
| 21 | It makes it all the more important that , as a country , we hold fast to the alliance and to the policies which have stood us — and the cause of peace in Europe — in such good stead for so long . |
| 22 | This makes it all the more important to arrive at the interview well prepared . |
| 23 | This discovery made it all the more important to me to maintain my behaviour and to maintain it in secret . |
| 24 | While some norms designed to secure proper management of police investigations are clearly desirable , the inevitable tensions that some of them produce make it all the more important to have some systematic verification of the truth value of the police case . |
| 25 | They are concerned , which makes it all the more alarming that the Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen continue to sit on their backsides and endorse the TUC 's policy . |
| 26 | Such political use of the honours makes it all the more imperative that its class system is maintained . |
| 27 | But the prospect of even more income from the delivery , made it all the more imperative that I got on and off Fraxilly safely . |
| 28 | This makes it all the more vital that a proper understanding of the hydro-dynamic relationships at work in the marine environment is gained . |
| 29 | This makes it all the more vital that a proper understanding of the hydro-dynamic relationships at work in the marine environment is gained . |
| 30 | ‘ That makes it all the more precious . ’ |