Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stealing a gun cover undetected , he brought it ashore and presented it dripping wet to the ship 's captain in a conference . |
| 2 | ‘ Beuno , ’ she said , as he approached up the path , ‘ is it altogether wise to be cheeky to the devil ? ’ |
| 3 | Now erm in some ways actually this makes it rather nice to be an evolutionist because it means that people care , you know , people are actually interested in what you 're doing and that 's fun . |
| 4 | Jessamy was beginning to find it rather odd to be having this day out with her husband . |
| 5 | Let me just run through a few features of American political life which make it rather different to er to our own er sceptred isle . |
| 6 | Take you can take it right long to the end . |
| 7 | Jean thought it most unfair to the organiser , in this case , Cecilia Taylor . |
| 8 | On the hand it most likely to be because the subject discussed is of great interest to the newspaper 's readers . |
| 9 | To make it commercially attractive to somebody else British Gas have to got keep lifting their prices to a level , that eventually somebody comes in and says oh yes |
| 10 | But was n't it somewhat severe to , to get you know |
| 11 | I thought it only fair to … |
| 12 | ‘ We had to think long and hard about making it so personal to Thomas , ’ says Beverley . |
| 13 | Was it so necessary to his male pride to wring that admission from her ? |
| 14 | Why is it so important to you that I admit I 'm a thief ? |
| 15 | He points out , after all , that one of the great features of the reef — one that makes it so exciting to biologists and tourists alike — is its bewildering diversity . |
| 16 | Is it so vital to you that you find your mother ? |
| 17 | ‘ And why was it so urgent to you to go ? |
| 18 | It 's this very difficulty of tracing musical gear which makes it so attractive to thieves . |
| 19 | Its continued success during the 1990s will depend upon its ability to maintain the distinctive built form and environment that makes it so attractive to international business decision-makers . |
| 20 | Even if it 's true that unrivalled new opportunities for AIDS study and drugs testing will result , is it morally OK to deliberately build disease into animals from birth ? |
| 21 | Qatar 's limited private sector made it less vulnerable to the dwindling of business confidence which affected other countries in the region . |
| 22 | The leadership also has a new control , which makes it less likely to be unhorsed by its own interest-groups than the Callaghan Government was in the late 1970s . |
| 23 | The company says this makes it less prone to fractures . |
| 24 | For Marxists , too , as an area becomes developed it can acquire characteristics which make it less attractive to capitalist production . |
| 25 | offers potentially to enhance citizen participation in local government , to inform citizens of their rights and duties , and to provide new information-services to citizens , but on balance it reinforces local dominant coalitions , makes local government more expensive to run , makes it less responsive to the general public , and tends to exclude many interests ; |
| 26 | As the centuries passed , the seeds already sown produced much fruit , not all of it necessarily palatable to the now multifarious churches or to theology . |
| 27 | The large size and wide-ranging habit of the orangutan make it especially vulnerable to devastation in tropical rainforests . |
| 28 | And because it seeks to arouse , porn eroticises immorality which makes it especially dangerous to those who worry about these things . |
| 29 | It has all the best features of a modern compact camera with the benefit of a body which makes it highly resilient to outdoor use . |
| 30 | The sickness peaks when the foetus is going though a rapid stage of development of limbs and organs , making it highly sensitive to toxins . |