Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] it be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Generally , the bigger the fish , the less vulnerable it is to predation . |
| 2 | The more important it is in sea water , the longer its residence time . |
| 3 | The more distant in time an issue is to current industry concerns , the more difficult it is for managers to establish that it applies to their business in some significant way ( relevancy ) and that it should be addressed now ( urgency ) . |
| 4 | The smaller British Coal is , the more attractive it is to buyers . |
| 5 | Because oxidants damage DNA and are also mutagenic it was of interest to determine whether DNA damage might be causing induction of the CL100 gene . |
| 6 | Er , nobody 's mentioned the religious bias yet , and I do n't know how strong it is in Edinburgh , but in , in Glasgow it is and if people are religiously biased they are ve , very often biased a about other things and I da , I think people should adopt an attitude of live and let live ! |
| 7 | The noise swelled again , now enlarged by people gabbling about how exciting it was at Fif 's , and was n't that gorgeous man the famous Gharr , and who was the sexy little cat-person with him , and so on . |
| 8 | At first I thought how generous it was of Émile to bother about Jean-Claude at all . |
| 9 | Frankly , having spent two days looking at how different it is for Nirvana right now — or rather , how it was six weeks ago — I found it difficult not to . |
| 10 | Kenneth Clarke appears above us , saying how sad it is about Chris Patten . |
| 11 | It is surprising how easy it is for businessmen to assume that other nationalities will react in exactly the same way as they themselves do . |
| 12 | It is frightening how dependent upon drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea for our ills . |
| 13 | OEEC demonstrated how easy it was for policies of coordination to clash with national wishes and interests . |
| 14 | How typical it was of Luke to make his position so crystal-clear , drawing the line almost brutally in his determination that she should n't make any personal conclusions from his offer . |
| 15 | Thus it is the one complete record of how well the line was constructed — forget the stories of how run-down it was after years of poverty . |
| 16 | And the fire actually started beyond the North Wall , just by the North Gate , but the wind was blowing from the North , and it blew it down , and although it did n't burn the rather better stone houses , facing onto St Aldate 's , erm behind I think a lot of the poorer houses did suffer , and St Ebbe 's parish , next door , suffered a great deal , and because it was war , I think they just , the city council , city records lament that there how hard it is for people , and there 's no money to help them . |
| 17 | Newcomers to night fishing are always surprised to find how cold it is at night , especially those few hours before and after dawn . |
| 18 | But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk . |
| 19 | I can not stress enough how important it is for teachers to realise that because drama is such a powerful tool for helping people change , as teachers we need to be very sensitive to the emotional demands we make on our students . |
| 20 | I can not over-emphasise how important it is for cyclists , that any barrier should allow enough room to pass through without dismounting . |
| 21 | This goes back to what I was saying about the ‘ fellowship ’ of conferences and similar events and how important it is for people to enjoy themselves and make contacts . |
| 22 | That 's without mentioning how important it is for Suede to hurtle into people 's lives … |
| 23 | Having worked for a number of years now in community health services , previously erm in Yorkshire , in fact I 've only been down in Oxford about four or five months , I 've learnt how important it is in fact to make good working contacts with members and officers of other organizations , and particularly of local authority organizations . |
| 24 | When one turns from internal to external trade , one sees that some men at any rate recognized how important it was for England to control the sea . |
| 25 | At Moss Green , GIST was called in to address the second-year class before they made craft mini-options , to stress how important it was for girls to consider getting a grounding in technology . |
| 26 | In our first Report we tried as far as possible to avoid the word ‘ grammar ’ , and to explain how important it was for children to use linguistic terminology . |
| 27 | How gay it was in spring , under the linden trees : people sauntering , the cafés full , everyone enjoying themselves , and to walk it now with — ’ he smiled again , an elderly uncle 's smile , recalling long lost days , when the linden trees bloomed along the avenue — ‘ with a pretty girl . |
| 28 | ‘ Can you tell me how far it is to Karlovy Vary and Františkovy Láznë ? ’ she asked the male receptionist when she reached her hotel . |
| 29 | The unfairness of it all and how desperate it is for Thomas seems to be overwhelming emotions . |
| 30 | Well , thanks for yours , I hope you I know how precious it is at meetings . |