Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , I gather , has Salman Rushdie , whose lack of freedom of movement might , one would have thought , have made it somewhat difficult for him to carry out such a duty . |
| 2 | Why was it so impossible for him to make their relationship more secure ? |
| 3 | ‘ There must be something we 're missing , ’ Benny said , ‘ or else why would the Doctor think it so necessary for us to stop the ceremony tonight ? ’ |
| 4 | What made it so easy for you to make your mind up ? ’ |
| 5 | Why is it so important for them to say such things ? |
| 6 | Why is it so hard for you to believe me ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Is it so wrong for him to take a pep pill ? |
| 8 | The family was intensely upset , knowing that Dawn was potentially capable of physical independence , even though her spasticity made it so difficult for her to move normally . |
| 9 | ‘ Why is it so difficult for everyone to believe me ? ’ she demanded through clenched teeth . |
| 10 | All of these factors weaken the ties that such businesses have with the communities in which they are located and make it less difficult for them to close down and/or relocate if and when business conditions deteriorate in one country relative to other countries . |
| 11 | I regret to note that the removal of the stop at 120 Nicolson Street makes it less convenient for you to shop at Low 's supermarket . |
| 12 | Such were the times , and what was more I was a man with a foreign passport and working in an embassy , and that made it much harder for me to collect . |
| 13 | ‘ That vision makes it much harder for her to accept . ’ |
| 14 | It is considered that something in the region of 40g daily should be quite sufficient to protect your health in all the ways which have been described , and to make it much easier for you to control your weight in the future . |
| 15 | You can turn day into night and night into day-this would make it much easier for you to study their feeding habits . |
| 16 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 17 | Many of the developments in taxonomy in the recent past have involved the use of computers , but staff in RBG have been limited by the inadequate facilities previously available , which have made it extremely difficult for them to become involved in work in this field . |
| 18 | ‘ Is it totally impossible for her to have slipped home during the critical time ? ’ |
| 19 | Anderson ( 1971 , pp. 125–7 ) argues that the good wages which young people could earn in the cotton towns in the mid-nineteenth century altered the balance between parents and children and put them on more equal terms when they shared a household , and also made it more possible for them to leave the parental home — although boys did this more often than girls . |
| 20 | The threat of another war only made it more urgent for him to preserve his symbolic status , so that he could be the French people 's supreme recourse should catastrophe strike once again . |
| 21 | This may confirm Joan 's fear of greed and make it more frightening for her to know about her own . |
| 22 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 23 | As people grow older , however , they may be more likely to develop illnesses or conditions which make it more difficult for them to cope without some help or support . |
| 24 | ‘ the simple facts which the court has to find are whether the defendant 's conduct in fact prevented the police from carrying out their duty , or made it more difficult for them to do so , and whether the defendant intended that conduct to prevent the police from carrying out their duty or to make it more difficult to do so . ’ |
| 25 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman realise that he is setting an obstacle course for the courts which will make it more difficult for them to pass tough sentences in serious cases ? |
| 26 | A kind of downward spiral results , the kids growing progressively more pessimistic about their chances , their hopes plummeting and their general postures making it more difficult for them to get jobs . |
| 27 | But this also seems to make it more difficult for them to look at changes generated from within the state system itself , whose importance is stressed by Rhodes ( 1985 ) . |
| 28 | These factors continued to make it more difficult for him to provide the separateness and space that Liddie needed if she were to develop her limited confidence in herself as a mother . |
| 29 | Loss suffered because the dismissal makes it more difficult for you to find another job . |
| 30 | Ironically the price of sterling went up so high that it made it very difficult for us to sell our other manufactured goods and many people are now of the belief that because of the North Sea oil price rises , this had an adverse affect on our economy , making it more difficult for us to sell manufacturing goods because the pound was very strong against other currencies . |