Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] [verb] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it wholly chimerical to hope that a newly elected Tory government with an unassailable majority might do its duty , however painful for itself , and take the first steps to reverse this pernicious evil and restore the tried and tested order of our ancestors by which only those fitted to rule have any right to elect the government of this country under the Crown ? |
| 2 | Is it just naive to hope that a voluntary system will work ? |
| 3 | The judge deemed it unconstitutionally restrictive to require that a person evaluate art by taking into consideration ‘ general standards of decency ’ . |
| 4 | The extent of local government reorganization and managerial reform in the UK at the beginning of the 1970s makes it very tempting to argue that a structural change was taking place . |
| 5 | The ‘ development theory ’ made it too easy to claim that a state 's interests were at stake at the first sign of legitimate criticism . |
| 6 | Is it too much to hope that a few other Merseysiders will study his methods , stop waiting for someone else ( usually the Government or the EC ) to bail them out , and demonstrate similar enterprise ? |