Example sentences of "[vb infin] it an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's like asking me to part with my heart , ’ replied Harold , half-meaning it , ‘ but since you ask me , I shall count it an honour , my dear . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It is likely that the Bosnian Serb civilian population and parliament would consider it an act of war . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If Elinor is unable to live in Saracen , the trustees might consider it an unjustifiable expense : apart from the income that might be generated by the capital that 's tied up in the place , keeping five full-time domestic staff members and three secretaries would no longer be viable . |
| 4 | Furse set out to create a Service which would be ‘ a corps d'elite to which … the best type of man … will feel it an honour to belong ’ , and in time and according to his lights , he brought practice into line with theory and made good the boast that those whom England sent out to govern the colonial empire were her finest sons . |
| 5 | If the council receives a large number of letters about a development , this will give it an idea of the strength of feeling involved and it is much better than a petition . |
| 6 | The fruits of diversification will be clear even to the most sceptical observers in another few years , they claim , when the company 's new subsidiaries will help Mercedes build still better cars while the company 's ability to throw resources into fast-growing high-tech areas will give it an edge in those markets . |
| 7 | Some , including Mr Townsend himself , would give it an absolute priority . |
| 8 | The issue never addressed is the level to which interest rates should be reduced to enable British industry to compete effectively , let alone give it an edge over the rest of the industrialised world — probably because they have not reached such a level for decades ; nor is there reason to hope they might in the foreseeable future . . |
| 9 | ( i ) Title music Combined with a title design , this is usually repeated at the beginning and the end of each programme and helps give it an identity . |
| 10 | I bet you could do it an emergency though . |
| 11 | but I , I do n't know er whether I could do it an hour or not . |
| 12 | ‘ You could hardly call it an operation — ten minutes on the table and a local anaesthetic , ’ Richard replied . |
| 13 | ‘ Would you call it an intellectual audience , Herman ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Let's call it an extra prize for this term . ’ |
| 15 | Someone who did not know about the Müller-Lyer illusion being an illusion might well say , ‘ AB is shorter than BC ’ ( if the appearance was not misleading in this way we would not call it an ‘ illusion ’ ) . |
| 16 | I shall call it an experiential explanation , because it is in terms of our experiences . |
| 17 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I do n't know whether you 'd call it an argument exactly . |
| 19 | How can you call it an operation ? |
| 20 | Let him call it an English fief if he will , it makes no difference to the truth , it 's but a word . |
| 21 | The agreement gives London Electricity responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the systems while BAA will pay it an annual fee , set at £13.5 million for the first year , linked to the retail price index . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's something I 'd like to tell you , ’ he began slowly , ‘ That is , if you would n't think it an intrusion . ’ |
| 23 | Although geneticists may think it an odd idea , it is therefore sensible for us to speak of genes ‘ for ’ stone shape , stone size , stone hardness and so on . |
| 24 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 25 | As a young man I believe that the purpose of painting was to make something took real , and I have never abandoned the idea , even if you might think it an old fashioned concept . |
| 26 | Deregulation could make it an exciting prospect , as Mary Fagan reports |
| 27 | That sort of centrality does not automatically make it an easy issue for national politicians , though . |
| 28 | Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black . |
| 29 | We will make it an offence to supply anabolic steroids to minors . |
| 30 | The latter , who had helped clear a space and set up the seating , had so enjoyed it they said that if the vicar would make it an annual event he could count on their support , they would organise their outing to coincide with it . |