Example sentences of "it [adv] [adj] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given the opinion poll results in The Guardian today , which show that a clear and growing majority of people are against further moves towards European monetary and political union , does my right hon. Friend find it rather curious that both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party favour unilateral disarmament on the question of federalism ? |
| 2 | ‘ And I find it rather sad that both of you should think I do — be so suspicious of everyone 's motives . |
| 3 | Katy watched as Grandma wound it slowly round and round and the ball of wool grew bigger and bigger . |
| 4 | Since Plato ( dreamed that he ) saw Socrates most days , and this was among the most vivid and consistent of all his experiences ( dreams ? ) , and since Socrates said things which he , Plato , had not thought of before and which sometimes surprised him , Plato found it most consistent and convenient to ’ believe ’ that Socrates really did exist . |
| 5 | I have recently started reading Woodworker magazine and find it most interesting and informative ; thank you for an excellent publication . |
| 6 | They , likewise , would find it most unusual and uncongenial if they were expected to devote themselves to constraining and criticizing a Conservative Government . |
| 7 | I found it most questionable that Forward Publishing , having won fifteen awards — including a class winner — was not mentioned once throughout the whole ceremony . |
| 8 | Even if such gruesome events really were seized upon , in medieval and Renaissance times , as an excuse for uproarious carnival , Verdi 's music makes it abundantly clear that that is not at all what he intended . |
| 9 | We have mentioned very little about harmonic paths in minor keys , but those with a sound harmonic upbringing will find it somewhat repetitive and superfluous to go over the whole ground again . |
| 10 | And he says that is why he finds it so galling that one episode in the new series has trees growing right up to the line , which would never happen and describes how one of the engines used to stop to enjoy the view . |
| 11 | Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle . |
| 12 | Coffee was a nauseous substitute concocted from acorns ; bread had already been rationed by the beginning of 1915 to about 2 Ibs a week , and goodness knows what was added to the flour to make it so grey and gritty ! |
| 13 | Is it so likely that that man , however much he may have been struck by your beauty and gaiety , Miss Jonathan , would have at once decided to assassinate your future husband ? ’ |
| 14 | I 'm surprised to find it so quiet and peaceful , ’ Julie said as Laura sat down on the bench once more . |
| 15 | The programs that have brought typesetting to the desk top have also made it less laborious and costly than ever before to design an entirely new type-face . |
| 16 | 3 Change these measurements into the units shown : unc One of the important advantages of the metric system is that measurement of length , weight , and volume , all depend upon the same principle , Once you have seen that the system is all based on tens and tenths , you should find it less difficult than other weights and measures . |
| 17 | They state : ‘ If PES makes it less likely that new monetary programmes with large spending implications will be introduced inadvertently , it also helps to assure departments that their on-going programmes will not suddenly be disrupted ’ ( Heclo and Wildavsky , 1981 , p. 238 ) . |
| 18 | A glimmer of good news : steps have already been taken to make it less likely that such a war would spread to Macedonia . |
| 19 | All four of the properties described above make it less likely that central banks would ever have to defend parities that the markets had come to regard as indefensible . |
| 20 | They are collectively responsible for appointments , making it less likely that one person will be unreasonably held to blame if anything goes wrong . |
| 21 | The availability of land and the cost of transport make it less likely that intensive livestock units will be within reach of suitable mink habitat . |
| 22 | By spreading power across a wider spectrum it would also make it less likely that any one region , such as Scotland , would find itself being governed by a party that it had rejected by huge margins at the polls . |
| 23 | Research has shown that good oxygenation makes it less likely that any rogue cells will survive to form a life-endangering tumour . |
| 24 | The use or significance of ‘ stills ’ and long shots in this context is that they tend to lessen the impact of the coverage , making it less attractive and exciting , thus diminishing , so the argument goes , the likelihood of imitation . |
| 25 | She found it less romantic when one of the workmen blundered into the bathroom while she was still in the bath . |
| 26 | Unfortunately she now clings to me all the time and I find it terribly embarrassing and uncomfortable . |
| 27 | They say that the police could stop the violence overnight if the Special Patrol Group was assigned to patrol the area , or if the Home Office made it sufficiently clear that this kind of activity must stop . |
| 28 | He found that ‘ language , in short , was not a question of sounds only — it was a whole complex of verbal and non-verbal communication , some of it highly individual and dependent on familiarity for its comprehension . |
| 29 | This makes it highly soluble and capable of being absorbed by the body . |
| 30 | According to the doctor , after the Russian army invaded the museum , members of the family and all museum officials were ordered out at gunpoint , making it highly unlikely that any affectionate gifts were tendered to the occupying officers . |