Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [adj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their open-endedness is and can only be captured by a conception whose imprecision makes it uncongenial to real property lawyers , though it plays as important a part in legal doctrine as does the traditional tally of technical terms . |
| 2 | With time , as it became more lucrative a country for people to come , obviously the country had to be more restrictive about providing the nationality . |
| 3 | Hobhouse wrote The Metaphysical Theory of the State specifically to criticize Bosanquet 's idealist theory on the ground that it provided too expansive a role for the state . |
| 4 | Ingleborough — the ‘ Monarch of the Dales ’ — is a noble hill , especially when seen from Whernside 's Twistleton Scars across the deep trench of Chapel-le-Dale to the west , with its features etched against a clear , blue sky ; then it looks as fine a peak as any in the country . |
| 5 | It looks much better a bit shorter , it 's got much more shape to it . |
| 6 | It is quite clear , sir , that on the existing allocations , thirteen years to go , that the figure of nine thousand seven hundred dwellings , if you want to stick by that figure , my view it should be lower because it has too much an assumption for migration in a constrained area , if you want to stick by that figure , the nine thousand seven hundred will be reached without a new settlement , of that I have no doubt whatsoever . |
| 7 | There are still critics , however , who believe that only the more profitable routes will be retained in this system ; that it places too great a reliance upon operators identifying socially important routes , and seeking and obtaining subsidies to maintain them ; and that a piecemeal system will result . |
| 8 | But er I I understand why , because it played too big a part in my |
| 9 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 10 | It seemed as good a way of ingratiating myself as any other : the palace was a protective place , and there was no automatic guarantee that a visiting journalist would be granted an audience . |
| 11 | It seemed as good a moment as any for a change of scene . |
| 12 | It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport . |
| 13 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 14 | But in the hazy world she had mysteriously entered it seemed as wise a move as any . |
| 15 | Just in case the specification might considered inferior at this price , it includes as standard an eight day , three train movement with triple chimes , ( St Michael , Westminster and Whittington ) all on a peal of perfectly-tuned bells . |
| 16 | if it gets too big a hole you see , it could be months before it heals up ! |
| 17 | And the conviction refers to an ultimately retrogressive form of co-operation : retrogressive because it requires too great a suppression of individuality , too great a forfeiture of a life of one 's own ; and hence , justifiable only by sheer necessity . |
| 18 | It takes about half an hour to set up for 2 shots , which will take up about 5 seconds each on screen . |
| 19 | But it seems quite incredible a man of his age be you know , going to see |
| 20 | So erm having an extra network and all of the administration that goes with it seems very much a waste of time especially when it creates another tier of of sort of quasar membership . |
| 21 | It contained perhaps half a dozen large water-colour sketches of a seaside resort ; because of the context she knew it had to be Deauville — his imagined Deauville . |
| 22 | Des Collins , of the Royal Ontario Museum , doubts that it deserves quite such an honour . |
| 23 | One woman , remarking on ‘ how wonderful it was , with what faith the Führer spoke ’ , was reported as saying it took just such a speech to show ‘ how faint-hearted one had become through the routine of everyday life ’ , and that she could now look to the future with confidence again . |
| 24 | Recognizing the all-too familiar symptoms , Manville fought against the gathering depression before it took too firm a hold on him . |
| 25 | It took only half a kilowatt and was permanently ready with a large rectangular hot plate which was kept under a heavy , well-insulated lid unless in use . |
| 26 | The attempt to put a stop to the moving earth stands out because it proved so tragic an aberration — a personal tragedy for Galileo and , in the long run , a tragedy for the Church , which overreached itself in securing a territory that would prove impossible to hold . |
| 27 | Processed carefully in Rodinal it gives as fine a grain as is likely to be required from , for example , 35mm enlarged to a 20″×16″ exhibition size print . |
| 28 | Nobody ever knew why , but it whiled away many a long afternoon . |
| 29 | It does indeed enshrine a quantitative metaphor , because it exists to counter an older picture which used one . |
| 30 | If we can put something pictorially it saves probably half an hour 's explanation does n't it if you do n't have that so very much er the use of the right brain getting the point across visually er gets it across er much more quickly . |