Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] it [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One such article , written by the General Secretary , was ordered to be printed and the editor had no option other than to deliver it to the printers . |
| 2 | She wanted to find the solution to the mystery on her own and to flourish it beneath the noses of those who had doubted her ability — or her right — to do so . |
| 3 | His aims are thus established from the outset both to record the evidence he has gathered and to evaluate it for the purposes of determining the truth . |
| 4 | He has begun to remove teacher training from the colleges which have served us so ill in the past and to put it in the hands of the best schools . |
| 5 | To wrench the earth from the sublunar region and to place it among the planets was to violate the entire cosmos . |
| 6 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
| 7 | An agreement is needed , not merely to give up an amount of liberty , but to put it into the hands of some sovereign power . |
| 8 | I 've received a letter and I do n't know whether to show it to the police . |
| 9 | Where training is provided by humanities computing or computing science departments , there are pressures to dress it up in formal scientific terms so as to legitimize it in the eyes of the surrounding scientific community . |