Example sentences of "it [adj] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teeth which are permanent fixtures can evolve complex shapes , fitting precisely with their partners in the opposite jaw , making it possible to chew and slice in a way not open to most reptiles . |
| 2 | Calculations make it possible to compare and contrast molecular configuration or perturbations with experimental results and ‘ at times ’ can expose them as possibly accurate or inaccurate . |
| 3 | Second , I would agree with Tony Prosser ( Prosser , 1982 ) that any theory should be based on an analysis which makes it possible to describe and explain existing social relations and the operation of state institutions ; and that it should provide the means for an effective critique of the latter and point the way for their future development . |
| 4 | Government revenue was such that not only was it possible to sustain and indeed expand expenditure on the national health serve , it was possible to do so without substantial increases in taxation . |
| 5 | Of course , those who , like Bishop Blougram , find it possible to share and even sympathise with the intellectual misgivings of the unbeliever , do not easily waver in their understanding . |
| 6 | At the same time , the astonishing flowering of science and technology has made it possible to organise and exploit the world and its natural resources on a scale which no earlier civilisation could have imagined ; it has also bred a widely held belief , verging on the mythical or superstitious , that ‘ science is the solution to all our problems ’ . |
| 7 | Genetic engineering makes it possible to cut and splice DNA . |
| 8 | And it might say do not dry clean and the customer has it dry cleaned and of course the garment is very likely going to be ruined . |
| 9 | Perhaps if no one else thought it wrong to kill or steal we would be ill-advised to act on our present scruples . |
| 10 | The scientists warn that the lack of data on humans , the wide variety of potential genetic effects , coupled with the sheer number of genes involved ( 10 000 for each human sex cell ) make it impracticable to try and assess the impact of chemical mutagens beyond the most important mutations in the first six generations . |
| 11 | This makes it easier to stop and start the video exactly when you want to . |
| 12 | ‘ Explains perhaps , but knowing why he turned out a wrong ‘ un does n't make it easier to forgive and forget . ’ |
| 13 | VRT 3 , as it is called , has over 100 new features , making it easier to use but more powerful than its predecessor , according to Dimension . |
| 14 | This means that the user generally finds it easier to use and data from one program can be easily transferred to another , a feat requiring skill and patience on machines like the PC . |
| 15 | The third set of pupils improved the blade and handle of the fettling knife in the sponging department making it easier to use and prolonging its usefulness . |
| 16 | Later on , I learned about tarot cards and ouija boards and just drifted into using these props , because they made it easier to see and feel these things . ’ |
| 17 | Also added to StreetTalk is the Advanced Object facility , which makes it easier to locate and identify network objects — such as users , resources , applications lists etc — by allowing it to be identified by name , and having an unlimited number of attributes associated with it . |
| 18 | But because one format is visual , this makes it easier to comprehend and understand . |
| 19 | Since the pressure of blood in the arteries is greater than that in the veins , an accumulation of blood occurs , making it easier to identify and puncture a vein . |
| 20 | What this is taken to mean is that people find it easier to interpret and take in pictures than words . |
| 21 | Good subjects are large cichlids or catfish , since the camera needs to be further away to capture the whole fish , making it easier to focus and giving greater depth of field . |
| 22 | In addition , there are the policies that they have been advocating from the Front Bench this afternoon on the European social action programme , a national statutory minimum wage and trade union law reform , which would make it easier to strike and to have more frequent and more damaging strikes . |
| 23 | this was on , in the morning , in the afternoon they said his leg would deteriorate , they 've got to take the whole leg off so he said we 'll give it another go and see what happens , course by this time he said the operation has n't |
| 24 | More appropot , though , is the fact that a user that knows only Windows would find it easy to use and become productive in . |
| 25 | Incorporated into the camera is a built in 38–115mm power zoom lens , made possible by adopting ‘ binocular ’ styling which makes it easy to hold but still allows easy access to the various functions . |
| 26 | Because of its low centre of gravity , this stance not only provides excellent balance , but also makes it easy to kick and strike from the side . |
| 27 | But being married to him had taught her that he was not a man who found it easy to forgive and forget — indeed , she was tempted to think that he enjoyed harbouring grudges and taking revenge . |
| 28 | Its light weight and high tensile strength make it easy to install and wonderfully versatile . |
| 29 | For example , if airlines share a computerized reservation system this makes it easy to monitor and collude on prices . |
| 30 | Although DCE does not provide any fundamentally new functionality — there is no single DCE component that has not already been implemented elsewhere — it integrates a set of highly complex functions in a way that is claimed to make it easy to develop and run distributed applications . |