Example sentences of "[adj] it is [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Frankly , having spent two days looking at how different it is for Nirvana right now — or rather , how it was six weeks ago — I found it difficult not to . |
2 | Since ch'i occupies the place in Chinese cosmology corresponding to matter in ours , Westerners took a long time to grasp how very different it is from what we understand by matter . |
3 | So we might say , Well our overall confidence is two but our relative confidence which is saying how different it is from everything else is only one . |
4 | Where waters are quite clear it is worth spending as much time as possible gazing from bridges , the banks or trees . |
5 | If the potential rewards are high it is worth pursuing , but knowing when to stop is not easy , and formalized methods of planning are not always easy to apply . |
6 | And it also tells me how high it is in the sky . |
7 | If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals . |
8 | ‘ I should have thought anyone with a grain of sensitivity would realise how painful it is for all of us to have this all raked up again . |
9 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
10 | We must allow and support the ethnic rights of local people to use their traditional resources , however distasteful it is to our urban and Western prejudices . |
11 | Okay to say how similar it is to one thing to another . |
12 | The year provides students with a personal knowledge of American culture , making them aware not only of its European origins but also of how distinct it is from its parent cultures . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | You know as well as I do how dangerous it is for a woman alone on the roads — any pervert could pick you up ! ’ |
15 | How typical it is of British government that the barrage dream should be allowed to dribble on and then left to fizzle out . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
18 | ‘ 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
22 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
23 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Reading or hearing of other pilots ' experiences emphasises how easy it is for even seasoned pilots to make mistakes . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |