Example sentences of "[indef pn] it [vb mod] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reuters , friend of the new school of ‘ the level playing field ’ and enemy of the old boy network is doing everything it can to wrench the advantage of the ‘ nudge and the wink ’ from the City 's established players . |
| 2 | IBM does everything it can to enable and ennoble this basic manager . |
| 3 | Midland bank has its own Customer Code and will always do everything it can to maintain the standards set out in the Code . |
| 4 | EDF has done everything it can to make all of the French understand how much is at stake and enable them to compare the advantages and drawbacks of the various possible sources of energy . |
| 5 | ‘ I am sure the town will do everything it can to make the officers and crew feel at home and join me in wishing them all the best for the future . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Justice For All will be doing everything it can to have the cases of these men looked at . |
| 7 | Our view is that the Department is trying to do everything it can to avoid a proper consultation on this issue . |
| 8 | On 18 September , Environment Minister Chris Patten flew to Brussels for talks with Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana , according to The Times still ‘ optimistic that he could head off threatened prosecution of Britain by the European Court ’ by showing that ‘ Britain was doing everything it could to comply with the European drinking water legislation . ’ |
| 9 | The Belgian government did everything it could to keep the works in the country : a genealogist was employed to trace distant relatives of the artist , and a new law on donations of works of art was passed , with the express purpose of encouraging his heirs to pay the death duties in kind ( in which case roughly 80% of the collection would have remained in Belgium ) . |