Example sentences of "it [vb infin] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary . |
| 2 | Nor does it explain why one type of adaptation rather than another occurs ; for example , why innovation occurs rather than retreatism , or vice-versa . |
| 3 | The argument that crime is necessary and functional does not explain the causes of it , nor does it explain why some people are motivated to engage in criminal activities . |
| 4 | It might seem appropriate to extend theft in this way in order to make it cover as many ways as possible of getting property dishonestly . |
| 5 | ‘ Will it hurt too much to tell us about him ? ’ |
| 6 | And why should it hurt so much , be so unutterably wearisome , to say goodbye to death , to the dark passion that had consumed her ? |
| 7 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 8 | The Act which he had just steered through Parliament faced Emanuel with difficult choices : should it remain fully independent and operate outside the State system , or should it be incorporated within the local provision of schooling and become a voluntary-aided school ? |
| 9 | This led to a debate within the company as to whether the role of ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was to demonstrate the sort of rooms ‘ Mr and Mrs Average ’ might own , decorated only to those standards to which they could aspire , or should it display exotically luxurious settings , thus attaining an often impossibly high level in taste and quality . |
| 10 | But independence is indivisible , so Ceauşescu thought , he should not have let Romania become dependent on Western credit any more than he had let it fall under Soviet political control . |
| 11 | Since the force exerted by the spring is the same at both low and high speeds , this makes it feel rather twitchy , and it is not difficult to overstress the aircraft at high speeds . |
| 12 | and does it feel quite firm for you ? |
| 13 | The thought of describing it out loud to over a hundred people made it feel less convincing than I thought it had been . |
| 14 | Whichever room you choose , you can make it feel as fresh as a coat of fresh paint — with a coat of paint . |
| 15 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |
| 16 | Does it matter how close children get to their work ? |
| 17 | Does it matter how many eggs a runner eats ? |
| 18 | Why should it matter how many photos you had ? |
| 19 | Why does it matter so much ? |
| 20 | Why did it matter so much where you were buried ? |
| 21 | Screened from the road by trees and shrubs , the house is substantial but its dirty , sand-brick exterior makes it appear rather bleak and lonely . |
| 22 | This pillar is Caisteal Liath , the grey castle , highest point on Suilven ; and although Suilven is only a modest 2,399 feet in height , its isolation and stark setting makes it appear much higher , rearing majestically from the surrounding moorlands in solitary splendour . |
| 23 | Waxing is probably the nicest way to finish tour wood floor ( assuming that you have n't bought a prefinished one ) — it gives a lovely natural glow to the wood , without making it appear too shiny , and it also smells wonderful . |
| 24 | There is a tricuspid or heart shaped apical papilla flanked on each side by two distal oral papillae , which arise on the adoral shields occasionally the more distal one is divided making it appear as two papillae . |
| 25 | Using mirrored doors also helped to add light to the room and now makes it appear more spacious . |
| 26 | Even in rehearsal it requires stamina and dedication to make it appear so smooth . |
| 27 | He had a way of dealing with objections which , even if he did n't face them , made it appear absolutely ridiculous to maintain the opposite position . |
| 28 | If you do that , then I think that even though your own values are bound to be in it a bit , they wo n't be in it in a way that makes the work useless or makes it appear hopefully prejudiced to someone else . |
| 29 | The combination of changing employment patterns with the increase of numbers of frail elderly people in society , make it appear highly desirable that there should be greater flexibility in the roles allocated to men and women , in relation to domestic arrangements and external employment . |
| 30 | But its nakedness does make it appear extremely ugly to many cat enthusiasts and does not seem to compensate for its oddity-value . |