Example sentences of "[adj] it be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners . |
| 2 | How typical it is of British government that the barrage dream should be allowed to dribble on and then left to fizzle out . |
| 3 | On the Monday they showed how easy it was for top-class bowlers to pitch the ball up and get wickets . |
| 4 | For the management of change to be effective it is of paramount importance to identify the factors which , unless properly controlled , tend to create adverse effects such as those enumerated in the preceding section . |
| 5 | Every tortoise will be given a Spring MoT to make sure it is in good condition . |
| 6 | Two fathoms deep it is at high water . |
| 7 | ‘ The figures are a movable feast , but they show how important it is for anonymised prevalence testing to get under way so we can get a true picture of infection in the population . ’ |
| 8 | A comparison of such different ballets as Enigma Variations , Fancy Free and The Rake 's Progress emphasises how important it is for young choreographers to remember that ballet is an art of the general as well as of the particular . |
| 9 | It is not considered relevant , however important it is in normal human terms , in planning terms it is non-existent . |
| 10 | Blue larkspur against a table-slip of faded mauve velvet , oh ! how unutterably delicious it is to tired eyes For half-a-crown , one of those gigantic glazed brown earthenware jugs ( filled with cream ) and for 5 ½d. each half a dozen tiny ones to match . |
| 11 | We all know how vital it is for good health . |
| 12 | These results show how common it is for small mammals to become trapped in pitfalls , and although there is some selection in species trapped , depending on local circumstances , the degree of bias is less than might be expected . |
| 13 | The more open it is to cognitive , interactive and voluntaristic elements , the more misleading seems the whole vocabulary of learning theory as a means of describing it . |
| 14 | Depending on how close it is to successful neighbours and the risk of root disturbance , grub the rootstock out . |
| 15 | But this shows how necessary it is for proud , independent , self-reliant people to be broken , re-educated , and redirected to walk in the ways of the Lord . |
| 16 | Thus , the more suitable the application is for bit-pattern index handling ( small numbers of possible attributes ) , the less suitable it is for inverted file handling . |
| 17 | I began this discussion of economic support between relatives by asking how significant it is in contemporary Britain . |