Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] it [adj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 've ever drilled into a water pipe or found it difficult to get a good fixing on a wall , you need a Rapitest Wire , Pipe & Stud Detector . |
| 2 | Last night Mr Portillo said the phrase ‘ full compensation ’ was meaningless because people lived in different homes in different circumstances and that there were too many variable factors that made it impossible to give a specific figure at present . |
| 3 | There are , of course , many other important points that I have not touched on , such as the administrative procedures that make it possible to build a power station , the organisation of nuclear safety , and the protection of the environment . |
| 4 | Stalin 's death and the first limited signs of de/tente and disengagement in Europe ( notably the Austrian State Treaty of 1955 ) heightened the importance of national sensibilities in Eastern Europe and made it advantageous to erect a multilateral fig leaf of collective security over the USSR 's continued domination of her neighbours . |
| 5 | Robert had never been a healthy man and found it difficult to earn a living . |
| 6 | He works at weekends as a hospital porter , and finds it necessary to take a week off to compete in a national or international event . |
| 7 | Phillips added : ‘ The players and staff are 100 per cent behind Barry Fry and find it difficult to see a future for themselves and the club without him . |
| 8 | Congestion gives rise to heavy costs for Edinburgh 's economy and makes it difficult to run a reliable ‘ bus service . |
| 9 | Leonora knew perfectly well it was time for her to grovel , but found it difficult to make a start . |
| 10 | Punch is certainly one of the great British institutions , and has become so much a way of life as to make it impossible to imagine a world without it . |