Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the Buid , momentary expressions of anger may be viewed in the first instance as indicative of a momentary desire to harm another , but if such conduct becomes persistent or habitual it is almost always reinterpreted as being caused by hostile mystical forces and thus as not being under the deliberate control of the individual . |
| 2 | it 's complete in itself and er people by human nature like things to be complete or whole it is it is emotionally satisfying . |
| 3 | In fact , if one believes that policies are wrong or ineffective it is important to understand why this is so , particularly if one 's objective is to change them . |
| 4 | All behaviour , no matter how apparently irrational or senseless it may seem , is logical and purposeful according to some particular viewpoint . |
| 5 | But I do n't thi like these are detached or semi it was more like that , that 's it , like that there |
| 6 | ‘ the actual words are clear and unambiguous it is not permissible to have recourse to the corresponding provisions in the earlier statute repealed by the consolidation Act and to treat any difference in their wording as capable of casting doubt upon what is clear and unambiguous language in the consolidation Act itself . ’ |
| 7 | I have often thought how interesting and useful it would be to have a globe in the house . |
| 8 | The frequency changes as the train passes and the high note is when the train is coming towards us and the low one when the train is going away , and you get the same effect with light except that instead of being high and low it 's blue shifted if the object is coming towards us and red if it 's going away . |
| 9 | Her tall , slender form was tightly swathed in a pink dress and she stepped warily across the uneven boards on white sandals with heels so high and narrow it seemed barely possible that they could support a human being . |
| 10 | Direct and inspirational it may be — what is very clear , however , is that none of these artists works without a great deal of feeling , thought , and analysis . |
| 11 | When the hobby of metal detecting first came to Britain in 1970 , few people could have foreseen how popular and successful it was to become . |
| 12 | I know how popular and successful it has become . |
| 13 | But the trouble was with closing them in , not so much on the , but on the old flock it was so warped , the wood with being damp and wet and frosty it was freezing across every night and it was nearly taking my fingers off |
| 14 | Understandably , this has been a bone of contention with many of the staff of the polytechnics ever since , who maintain that for teaching at degree level to be lively and effective it needs to be supported within the institution by an active research programme . |
| 15 | nQue Technologies Corporation , a small Silicon Valley start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 16 | NQue Technologies Corp , a Santa Clara County start-up , has mapped out a wholly different approach to the Windows-on-Unix issue so wily and obvious it 's amazing it 's taken the industry this long to come up with it . |
| 17 | He was amazingly patient , considering how very unpleasant and uncomfortable it must have been . |
| 18 | Moderator I too would want to resist th th the addendum that has been proposed for number two because it seems to me that we 're concerned as a church with the issue of baptism and initiation and we want to keep our mind and our ideas firmly fixed on that however unpleasant and uncomfortable it is . |
| 19 | My Lord I think it 's right that that it 's clear from the discussions I 've had with Mr that the plaintiff is going to be in the witness box for some considerable time and I think if your Lordship 's had an opportunity to read the witness statement , seen the areas of dispute , the nature of the the fact that arised and had a look at some of the documentation , it would be much er er a much speedier process than it would otherwise be . |
| 20 | Well the , the , the , the , the sort of , the sort of background as I have seen it he never struck me as being particularly clever or bright it 's just that he always seemed to be very well taught and academically successful and exams never seemed an undue problem , and so he went off to Wolverhampton Poly which he selected for , you know , all the usual reasons , reasonable place , reasonable course , a reasonable this a reasonable that , tt erm to do computer science which of course all the kids want to do now erm twentieth centu no it is n't it 's a sort of nineteen eighties version of wanting to be an engine driver is n't it ? |
| 21 | How easy or difficult it is for girls to tell their parents that they are pregnant also depends on how accustomed they are to confiding in their mothers or fathers about periods , boyfriends , sex and contraception . |
| 22 | We have to have some independent arguments about how easy or difficult it is for life to originate on a planet , before we can even begin to answer the question of how many other planets in the universe have life . |
| 23 | Following the survey meeting , and before preparing the quote , it is worth getting BIC to make a quick trawl to indicate how easy or difficult it is likely to be to obtain information . |
| 24 | A panel of former Booker Prize judges questioned on a television programme in 1983 were agreed that the prize was for ‘ serious ’ novels and was unlikely to be awarded to a thriller , however skilful or original it might be . |
| 25 | If a friend has had work done by a particular building firm and found them reliable , honest and efficient it is likely that you will too . |
| 26 | It 's amazing how easy and tempting it is to eat a little more when we are offered food of a different flavour and texture — the dessert after a savoury meal , for instance . |
| 27 | Being tall , straight and pliant it was much in demand for ship masts , ‘ therefore the legislature thought proper to pass a law for the preservation and increase of these trees in America ’ . |
| 28 | We are dealing , in short , with the Jesus of history — and history , however vague and uncertain it may sometimes be , will still often brazenly defy our wishes , our myths , our mental images , our preconceptions . |
| 29 | This will not , however , suffice to disguise the fact that this format — bok-bok drums , half-hearted grungy guitars , submerged breathy vocals and a lilting semi-melody — is so lame and tired it should be taken down the vets for a lethal injection . |
| 30 | When the scandal broke the media too placed them there , confirming how odd and ungraspable it all was ; confirming , too , that this was not just a political morass , but cinema , and fun . |