Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 — |
| 3 | The Commission is careful to stress that it has no intention of developing a grand ‘ European Cultural Policy ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ It would be foolish to forget that it 's happened before . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Consequently , it is wrong to say that it has a grammatical function . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I found the metal of the cutter easy to work as it seems quite soft in comparison to the tool steel of my gouges . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's chip resistant , it 's easy to apply and it comes in a choice of twelve brilliant shades . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | I hope , when Siward comes with his army , that you find the field as easy to quit as it has been to enter . ’ |
| 17 | So concerned is Claris in making this easy to use that it has included 100 pre-programmed formulae . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The techniques of showing decisions and actions are graphical and easy to understand unless it becomes so large that it is difficult to follow . |
| 21 | The comprehensive and pervasive nature of planning makes it easy to forget that it has very little to do with private rights and restrictions . |
| 22 | Financial support , however , is relatively easy to document where it concerns those wealthy enough to have money , property and other possessions to dispose of in wills , or indeed in their lifetimes . |
| 23 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 24 | It is n't a question Chairman but it 's easy to ask as it seems , we you said a ten year , but what about a thirty service of deferred pension , that could be an entirely different situation , because that is inflation put under the Post Office and B T ones it 's inflation proofed every year , so for the ten years , if he 's if he 's got another ten years before he draws his pension at sixty , he would have that er deferred pension inflation proofed every year . |
| 25 | It is easy to operate as it fits in with existing school organisation . |
| 26 | For example , if we consider the English phoneme , it is easy to show that it differs from the plosives and in its place of articulation ( alveolar ) , from in being lenis , from and in not being fricative , from in not being nasal , and so on . |
| 27 | erm , all I can say is I 'm glad to see that it 's stopped being referred to as women 's troubles , you know and we 're actually bringing it out to the forefront . |
| 28 | John has always said that prejudice is hard to combat because it means changing people 's inner feelings , ‘ their hearts and minds ’ . |
| 29 | But it 's hard to talk because it makes your jaws so cold ! |
| 30 | But it is charitable to assume that it has something to do with the kind of critic that Pound is . |