Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] to have " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor begged leave to deny that analogies drawn from lead mines in stratified rocks are to be applied to deep copper mines and he considered it rather hard to have " crude suggestions of this sort pressed upon us " . |
| 2 | Generally , though , the manufacture was primarily an urban one , any slight activity in the villages of the Vale of the White Horse escaping Leland 's notice ; not only was it most unlikely to have spread to the Downs , but the social structure of the countryside north of Newbury was typical of corn-growing chalklands . |
| 3 | This may seem to be a difficult way of creating a tapestry or some embroidery , but if you are skilled at needlework you will find it extremely satisfying to have made something from your own design . |
| 4 | But what we 're proposing here essentially , is to say we 've got a seventy thousand pound contingency not specifically allocated , we will reduce that down to thirty thousand , but within that thirty thousand we will have to deal with requests we get to increase grants to people who 're already in receipt of grant support , and also we 've also found it extremely helpful to have a small reserve so that when a body comes along and says I would do this for you , but I do need a small grant in order to do it , and you 're effectively buying a hundred thousand pounds worth of service for ten thousand pounds , that you have actually got a ten thousand pounds to put it in , rather than funding everyone , so that 's basically the policy behind it Chair . |
| 5 | We 'll debate and these instructions , but there 's always this shortfall , and it 's been going on for far too long , and we still have an increasing number of responsibilities , and I just find it extremely distressing to have to sit here time and time again , to go through doing things that we really know we should n't be . |
| 6 | That would make it extremely painful to have gone short of sterling in the past few days . |
| 7 | But I found it really helpful to have known you both because you were in both groups and involved in the Union and the EOP Working Party . |
| 8 | It seems that once people fully understand what a panic attack is , they are no longer frightened of the physical symptoms , and no longer have catastrophic thoughts : they find it almost impossible to have a full-blown panic attack . |
| 9 | This makes it virtually impossible to have a precise control of the monetary base . |
| 10 | As they are parked outside in their cars , I do neither : I find it quite irritating to have my Sundays plotted . |
| 11 | The passengers probably found it quite reassuring to have a fatherly figure as their senior doctor . |
| 12 | Luke Hunter might find it quite natural to have people fussing over him — presumably , with his wealth , it was something he 'd have to get used to . |
| 13 | I was aware that I was attracted to boys and men from about the age of twelve or fourteen , but although I was brought up in London I still did n't find it very easy to have any sort of contact with other gay men . |
| 14 | When you are more experienced and maybe have to show round a new assistant , you will find it very helpful to have all the information in one place . |
| 15 | The lottery business is basically a very very small business with limited competition , and for a state the size of California it makes it very difficult to have large competition because only a certain number of companies can actually put in a system of this size . |
| 16 | I ca n't get into the mind of some of the present batch of legislators , because they do n't seem to think thinks out logically , but what it 's actually done , or what it 's trying to do , is to make it very difficult to have an education system that is properly thought out , properly resourced and properly organized for the benefit of everybody and not just one or two people , and that 's one of the difficulties and that 's the difficulty that we any Local Authority is faced with . |
| 17 | She was pregnant with Maisie when she filmed the scene and found it very disturbing to have to act out the motions of a woman losing her baby . |
| 18 | In contrast , business corporations find it very hard to have alternative objectives . |
| 19 | I would find it too distracting to have you around the place , knowing you felt the way you evidently do about me … that is , ’ his tone changed , ‘ how much you abhor my touch . ’ |