Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before this century , Roman Ilchester was poorly known , and even Haverfield , in 1906 , thought it little more than a village . |
| 2 | I 've always found it rather sad that a man could produce something as evocative as this and also produce a child who could not appreciate it. , |
| 3 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 4 | Each in his own way , the four evangelists make it abundantly plain that a new era has dawned with the coming of Jesus of Nazareth . |
| 5 | ‘ By the way , ’ she began , hardly able to credit that , when earlier that morning her car had been such a concern to her , great expanses of time should now elapse without her giving it so much as a thought , ‘ could you tell me the name of the garage where my car — ’ |
| 6 | I always find it so sad that a dearly loved husband 's name should be discarded immediately . |
| 7 | The UK claims it is making its contribution to reducing emissions by imposing value added tax ( VAT ) on domestic fuel ; the government says the VAT measures make it less likely that a carbon tax will be needed to meet the target of stabilising CO2 emissions at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 8 | In my view Labour 's stunning defeat requires of it much more than a commitment to PR and a pre-electoral arrangement with the Liberal Democrats . |
| 9 | The organizational separateness and distinctiveness of the state makes it much more than a mere mirror of , or passive receptacle for , the demands of society . |
| 10 | Today likewise Piraeus ' importance makes it much more than a mere annex of Athens and it has its own political traditions , regularly voting communist . |
| 11 | The last is a source of amusement for Waggoner 's family and friends , who find it delightfully bizarre that a man who weighs around 300 pounds and dresses down with a passion should pen a guide to etiquette and fashion for the vaunted Esquire magazine . |
| 12 | ( 1 ) In all the circumstances is it more appropriate that a court of the country to which a child has been wrongfully removed or in which it is being wrongfully retained ( country B ) ’ — in this case one can say England — ‘ should reach decisions and make orders with a view to its welfare or is it more appropriate that this should be done by a court of the country from which it was removed or to which its return has been wrongfully prevented ( [ Australia ] ) ? ( 2 ) If , but only if , the answer to the first question is that the court of [ England ] is the more appropriate court , should that court give any consideration whatsoever to what further orders should be made other than for the immediate return of the child to [ Australia ] and for ensuring its welfare pending the resumption or assumption of jurisdiction by the courts of that country ? |
| 13 | Is it more effective than an orthodox option ? |
| 14 | It just makes it more interesting than a terrible pop song with a straight sequenced beat like a Kylie Minogue record . |
| 15 | At the time the experts believed that a previous transfusion sensitised the patient and made it more likely that a transplant would be rejected . |
| 16 | Anything that makes it more likely that a child will behave in a particular way . |
| 17 | Each additional child makes it more likely that a couple who are not already local authority tenants will become so . |
| 18 | These same factors might also make it more likely that a person will experience the sorts of events to which they will be vulnerable . |
| 19 | A willingness to accept greater liability under a contract in return for payment of a higher price may make it more likely that an exclusion or limitation of liability will satisfy the test of reasonableness ( Woodman v Photo Trade Processing Ltd ( 1981 ) , unreported ; see Lawson , Exclusion Clauses p174 ) ; however , the fact that the client has a second set of terms of business , containing less restrictive terms , may be taken as recognition that the more stringent terms are unreasonable . |
| 20 | Nor is it always clear whether a given list of topics constitutes an actual plan for a book or not , or whether a given note pertains to our book at all . |
| 21 | Is there really anything in common between what was understood by the term in the time of Plato and Pericles and the meaning or meanings given to it nearly two and a half thousand years later ? |
| 22 | The typical rationalist will take it as self-evident that a high value is to be placed on knowledge developed in accordance with the universal criterion . |
| 23 | We do n't see it as much as a business or a pressure like he does . |
| 24 | Detroit , Michigan-based Compuware says the deal will enable it to release CICS fault diagnosis products the same time as new IBM CICS releases , so giving it as much as a three-month lead over its rivals . |
| 25 | He describes it as imposed as a quite explicit deterrent without reference to the actual availability of work . |
| 26 | She picked up the dice-cup and held it as steady as a rock , yet all the Gods could hear the three cubes rattling about inside . |
| 27 | Most industry regulators would regard it as fundamental that a member may be called to account for the conduct of its registered traders . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's coming from the right , ’ said Lydia , ‘ and I can hear it as clear as a bell . ’ |
| 29 | Was it quite comfortable or a bit basic ? |
| 30 | The law makes it quite clear that a member of a local authority may not be employed by that authority . |