Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a source of information , the return collates much that should have been delivered for registration when the relevant transactions occurred , so that a searcher may find it unnecessary to search back beyond the latest annual return on the file . |
| 2 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 3 | This makes it easier to switch off at the end . |
| 4 | He had never found it easy to get up in the morning , and being under sentence of death did not make the prospect of a new day any more enticing . |
| 5 | Sleep is commonly disturbed in one way or another : some people nod off as soon as they get home and sit down ; they wake up at midnight with the TV still on — and then ca n't get back to sleep again till 3am ; some people find it impossible to wake up in the morning and getting out of bed is a real struggle ; others are awake at half-past four in the morning with their brains buzzing and churning ; some people find themselves getting very sleepy when difficult or anxiety-making things happen . |
| 6 | He says the fibrous nature of Linseed makes it impossible to plough back into the soil . |
| 7 | If Charlton does stay on after the World Cup , he 'll find it hard to live up to the high standards he has set . |
| 8 | She was elected Labour MP for Sunderland in 1929 , but , like many other women parliamentarians of the period , found it hard to break in to the House of Commons debates . |
| 9 | I was trying to teach him French , as he was finding it hard to keep up with the stream of orders and commands being issued by the staff . |
| 10 | As to the first , it is not surprising that poorer citizens , especially those from more distant demes , found it hard to walk in to the frequent meetings of the Council ( though the argument from distance should not be overstated : Andokides ( i.38 ) mentions an early morning walk of twenty miles from Laurion to Athens as nothing special ) . |
| 11 | It all refers back to the lack of acceptance of women in the society . |
| 12 | ‘ It all builds up to the point where it affects your game . |
| 13 | But it all fell through at the last moment . |
| 14 | So why does it all bulge up on the side |
| 15 | Many experiments were done to decide who should have responsibility for controlling the sound ; but eventually it all came down to the engineers , assisted by meters and ( most important of all ) a keen musical sense . |
| 16 | It all came down to the last throw the lady who came second had three houses on Park Lane and Mayfair but I threw an 11 and sailed right past ! ’ |
| 17 | He told the Echo today : ‘ It all came out of the blue . |
| 18 | Yeah but again I think it all goes back to the script does n't it ? |
| 19 | Tory group leader Coun John Hale said : ‘ It all stems back to the early days when people were encouraged not to pay and the momentum has built up from this . ’ |
| 20 | The Pyramids , the Valley of the Kings , the towering columns of the ancient temple at Karnak , the lush valley of the Upper Nile where a felucca ( traditional sailing boat ) ride is one of the most peaceful experiences imaginable … it all adds up to the holiday of a lifetime . |
| 21 | It all boils down to the fact that the problem needs to be simplified . |
| 22 | There is quite a history of individual countries backing a particular group , taking a particular line , and it all ending up on the battlefield . |
| 23 | Even , I 've never seen it all set up at the same time . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , it all worked out for the best . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Have you got it all worked out for the Moslems too ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
| 26 | It all worked out in the end and everything went as planned . |
| 27 | Husband and wife again particularly to plan a will so that it all ends up with the children if that is eventually what you want with no tax payable or a a a reduced amount of tax . |
| 28 | Bullfighting may be about grace and beauty , a poetic dance between man and beast , but it all comes down to the kill . |
| 29 | Again , it all comes down to the vocal thing . |
| 30 | From a black perspective you 're up against a white power structure and it does n't really matter whether you 're being beaten up or abused by the police or by a group of kids on the street , it all comes down to the same thing — racism . |