Example sentences of "[adj] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As such it is worth describing its activities in detail . |
| 32 | The important thing to note about this example is just how favourable it is to the general natural law case which Finnis , I take it , is at pains to defend . |
| 33 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |
| 34 | How typical it is of British government that the barrage dream should be allowed to dribble on and then left to fizzle out . |
| 35 | Just how consistent it is with the prevailing relationship of disabled people to our able-bodied society comes clear when you look at some of the many questions which can be raised . |
| 36 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'm sure you know , Inspector , how impossible it is for even the most committed clergy to avoid incurring — not to put too fine a point on it — hatred . |
| 38 | Well for eighty teabags Typhoo one fifty six it is in the shop . |
| 39 | The accident was seen by Iain Macdonald , a Strathclyde regional councillor who is chairman of the Nuclear Free Zones Scotland organisation : ‘ We have seen with our own eyes how simple it is for a road accident to take place and there is no reason why the convoy itself could not have been involved . |
| 40 | The theoretical model , developed by Maynard Smith and Reichert to explain what happens , also requires that the behaviour of each individual at each stage of escalation indicates how serious it is about continuing . |
| 41 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 42 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 43 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 44 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 45 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 46 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 47 | Reading or hearing of other pilots ' experiences emphasises how easy it is for even seasoned pilots to make mistakes . |
| 48 | It is frightening how dependent upon drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea for our ills . |
| 49 | It is surprising how easy it is for businessmen to assume that other nationalities will react in exactly the same way as they themselves do . |
| 50 | Control of the rhythm of the lesson will depend partly on the structure of the program and how easy it is for the teacher to use . |
| 51 | It 's astonishing how easy it is for us grown-ups to lose touch with the ability to shake off our responsibilities and inhibitions . |
| 52 | Now you can see how easy it is with the numbers to make mistakes especially if you 're multiplying by tens or hundreds or thousands or looking at , trying to just look at a bit of it , oh that 's just , oh hang on is that seven or is that seventeen ? |
| 53 | Although these assumptions may seem too numerous and overly restrictive it is worth restating that this is essentially a deductive economic model which abstracts from reality . |
| 54 | Kenneth Clarke appears above us , saying how sad it is about Chris Patten . |
| 55 | Having read it , I am convinced it is by far the most important study of both the man and the scientist . |
| 56 | Being published , originally , in 1655–73 it is of the greatest importance in connection with ecclesiastical buildings up to that time . |
| 57 | I am glad it is behind me . ’ |
| 58 | The measures which we can use include indications that the animal is failing to cope with its environment ( with the difficulties which it encounters ) and measures of how hard it is for that individual to cope with the difficulties . |
| 59 | Teaming up with the Unanimous Decision Crew he talks us through a languid groove based story of how ‘ hard it is for a black man to get a job ’ , ‘ If you 're black , what 's your destination ? ’ he enquires . |
| 60 | ‘ Oh ! if those who rule the destinies of nations would but remember … how hard it is for the very poor to have engendered in their hearts that love of home from which all domestic virtues spring , when they live in dense and squalid masses where social decency is lost , or rather never found , ’ Dickens exclaims in The Old Curiosity Shop . |