Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could be answered by scanning the whole file record by record , examining each to see whether it met the specified requirements . |
| 2 | The counterparty to this forward contract , let us say it is a bank , may for its part be willing to transact because it has a wider , more diversified portfolio than the hedger , within which it can to some extent offset the risky prospect . |
| 3 | The hon. Member for Lancaster will be interested to hear that it says that the national curriculum will not be delivered because of the difficulty — |
| 4 | The Commission is careful to stress that it has no intention of developing a grand ‘ European Cultural Policy ’ . |
| 5 | There are a number of reasons for thinking that such information transmission may be easier to manage if it occurs within firms than if it is subject to market transactions , and this means that there is a case for thinking that R&D activities ( particularly the D ) may have to be part of a vertically related structure that extends back into important input markets , and forward into downstream consumer markets ( see Teece , 1986 , Geroski , 1992 , and Jorde and Teece , 1990 , who apply these arguments to the antitrust treatment of co-operative R&D ventures ) . |
| 6 | ‘ It would be foolish to forget that it 's happened before . |
| 7 | The Bank of England is , of course , free to respond as it chooses to any such bids or offers but , as well as being concerned to finance the government 's borrowing needs on the best possible terms , the Bank has a publicly-expressed interest in the liquidity of the gilt-edged market . |
| 8 | Whether Henry Eliot 's letter is still on some Home Office file or other among the seventeen miles of paper which Toynbee ( if I remember right ) calculated to comprise the total government documentation of the war , I do not know ; but some research worker may conceivably yet come upon it , and it would be interesting to learn whether it contained any apt comments . |
| 9 | The employment White Paper was published under a coalition dominated by Conservatives and Labour , but it was not the result of discussion within each party , and although leading politicians on both sides endorsed its policy it would be wrong to say that it reflected the considered view of either party . |
| 10 | Consequently , it is wrong to say that it has a grammatical function . |
| 11 | Six to eight men hauled the Durham wagon round the streets — they said it was easier to move than it looked , as once it was rolling it was not difficult until it had to be stopped ! |
| 12 | But other schemes are less contentious : partly because the extra money gained from child benefits and other payments which favour lone parents is less than the extra money lone parents gain when the whole household is living on supplementary benefit ; and partly because the public tolerates laxer or more generous administration in other schemes than it is prepared to tolerate when it comes to means-tested benefits for the poor . |
| 13 | Of course , if one has the belief one would indeed be prepared to say that it does not adequately account for the evolution of animal life , but that is not what one is saying here and now . |
| 14 | Based on a simple thick white sauce , this meal is much easier to make than it looks |
| 15 | A pretty napkin fold is easier to make than it looks . |
| 16 | ( This belligerent insistence on Washington 's right to behave as it chose in the interests of US ‘ security ’ must have aggravated Cuban fears . ) |
| 17 | While advances in information technology have so far done little to change the telephone itself — give or take a few microchips and memories — it 's easy to see that IT has had a dramatic affect on the underlying telecoms infrastructure , and the way we use it . |
| 18 | For the person who appreciates the beauty of poetry , the path through ecstasy and the peak experience is easy to see and it leads directly to the highest mysticism , ending in release and beyond . |
| 19 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
| 20 | The word MACRO is easy to remember since it means being exceptionally prominent , which is surely the aim of every ambitious young person reading this book . |
| 21 | Hair removal can be a messy business , but Inverness now do a clever Roll-On Depilatory which is easy to apply and it does n't drip . |
| 22 | It 's chip resistant , it 's easy to apply and it comes in a choice of twelve brilliant shades . |
| 23 | This idea of flexibility applies as much to exercise as it does to food . |
| 24 | ‘ In general , I think it 's slightly unfair when you 've got someone who 's considered a virtuoso player such as Mark King — he 's obviously very talented , but his basses are so incredibly easy to play that it seems a bit of a cheat to me . |
| 25 | I hope , when Siward comes with his army , that you find the field as easy to quit as it has been to enter . ’ |
| 26 | It was agreed this was not easy to do and it illustrated that deciding whether pupils had attained a long list of criteria would be a very considerable task . |
| 27 | So concerned is Claris in making this easy to use that it has included 100 pre-programmed formulae . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the program tries to be too many different things at once , and as a result it is n't easy to use as it claims and performs quite slowly . |
| 29 | Although the process is powerful it is by no means easy to use because it requires a very great deal of imagination and conceptual skill . |
| 30 | Because it was pointless to deny that it did . |