Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He loved the tough life of thrill and fear and his excellent war record had made it easy for him when , in 1941 he had decided to apply to join the newly formed Parachute Regiment . |
| 2 | This had made it easy for him to reach the traps as there were no banks here as such , just fiats of mud and rock . |
| 3 | In the past we 've always made it easy for you . |
| 4 | It is almost as though fate is saying , Look , I 've made it easy for you ; just get on with it , do it . |
| 5 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 6 | If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this . |
| 7 | Now you 've made it impossible for me to carry out an interview despite the fact I 've been extremely patient " |
| 8 | You 've made it impossible for him to change his mind , with your carry-on in public . |
| 9 | When Edmund Wilson attended a performance of The Confidential Clerk , however , he found it " rudimentary " ; everyone in London seemed to agree with him but , he said , " respect for Eliot had made it impossible for anyone to commit himself by printing a sincere opinion " . |
| 10 | A dozen or more examples of the soulboy 's discourse have made it impossible for us to listen to virtually any ‘ black ’ record with any real pleasure , without ghastly phrases like ‘ pride and dignity ’ popping into our heads . |
| 11 | Your tireless and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today — I therefore place the remaining years of my life in your hands . " |
| 12 | Advances in , for instance , the production of 64K RAMs ( memory chips that can hold around 64000 bits of information ) give Japanese manufacturers a versatility and efficiency which has made it possible for them to achieve so much in the past few years . |
| 13 | Not only had Cora-Beth been incredibly patient and understanding about his reluctance to become engaged these past two years , but during that period of his life she had somehow made it possible for them to renew their old easy friendship . |
| 14 | In April , the company unexpectedly obtained new contracts which might have made it possible for it to keep him in work . |
| 15 | The Anglo-American special relationship , on the other hand , is as alive as ever , and has made it possible for us to buy advanced US weapon systems like Polaris and Trident on very favourable terms . |
| 16 | The audiocassette and the videocassette have made it possible for us to have at hand and easily transport unlimited numbers of programmes in voice and vision , whether for instruction or entertainment , for a more complete understanding of news and information , or for the appreciation of beauty and artistry . |
| 17 | It is this all important human love between parent and child , particularly the mother , that could well be the origin of the power which has made it possible for there to be established within the human mind this thing we call a ‘ conscience ’ . |
| 18 | However , the galaxies would also have had some small sideways velocities , and this might have made it possible for there to have been an earlier contracting phase of the universe , in which the galaxies might have come very close together but somehow managed to avoid hitting each other . |
| 19 | From 1675 to 1679 Locke travelled and studied in France ; and from 1683 to 1689 he was in exile in Holland , his political views and associations having made it necessary for him to flee England . |
| 20 | The sight of his motorcycle first thing that morning had made it necessary for his Mother to speak sharply to him about his language . |
| 21 | He feels the nomadic lifestyle contributed to a shyness which has made it difficult for him to establish close friendships ever since . |
| 22 | Trying to pick up the pieces of his life , he says his experiences have made it difficult for him to trust anybody . |
| 23 | Which had made it difficult for her to stifle her irreverent giggles , particularly with Matey 's severe stare on her . |
| 24 | My friends have also made it difficult for me , but the world has n't come to an end . ’ |
| 25 | He has always made it tough for me when he has been in contention but I can deal with that because I have confidence in my game . ’ |
| 26 | It may or may not be that he would have thought it necessary for there to be a ‘ natural resemblance ’ ( such as the Vatican Declaration believes to be necessary ) between the male Christ and the male priest . |
| 27 | Snobbish Rufus had not thought it possible for someone like that to live there , but why not , after all ? |
| 28 | In the sentence below , the underlying attitude of the speaker is betrayed somewhat by the adverb actually ( suggesting " you may not believe this " ) , and one understands as in ( 69 ) that he would not have thought it possible for someone to be so audacious as the public relations officer was : ( 70 ) But Drew was as determined as any Soviet Commissar to fulfil his self-imposed quota , and the fuse to his temper began smouldering whenever anyone suggested the 15% target might be overly ambitious . |
| 29 | You might have got it ready for me ! |