Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] for [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ Make it so hot for them here they 'll have to leave ! ’ |
| 3 | Why was it so impossible for him to make their relationship more secure ? |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 5 | What made it so easy for you to make your mind up ? ’ |
| 6 | Why is it so important for them to say such things ? |
| 7 | Why is it so hard for you to believe me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Is it so wrong for him to take a pep pill ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ But not quite so mercenary , and I find it exceedingly distasteful for you to arrogantly assume you might understand my sister a great deal better than I ever could . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ That vision makes it much harder for her to accept . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You can turn day into night and night into day-this would make it much easier for you to study their feeding habits . |
| 17 | But this obviously makes it much easier for us to , to help straightaway . |
| 18 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 19 | Many such people , now elderly , have lived in hospitals all their lives and exhibit institutional behaviour which would make it extremely difficult for them to be rehabilitated . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ Is it totally impossible for her to have slipped home during the critical time ? ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This may confirm Joan 's fear of greed and make it more frightening for her to know about her own . |
| 25 | The residents co-operation should make it more enjoyable for you too . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . ’ |