Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sure , ’ he said , ‘ I think to preserve the rainforest it would be better to begin in the Andes . |
| 2 | If they are not motivated to implement the programme it will not run effectively . |
| 3 | Saturation coverage of three-and-a-half weeks of intense campaigning may have given way to non-stop reports of a complicated new chess game — as each main party , neither with an overall majority , manoeuvres to secure the support it will need to form the next Government . |
| 4 | Britain can not be thrown out of the EC , but if it fails to pass the bill it would be left behind as the others speed towards greater political and economic unity . |
| 5 | To establish a collection it will be necessary to research the holdings of a number of galleries , museums and libraries . |
| 6 | On the geographical point , if a party is to secure a seat it must have the best part of a quota of votes after transfers at the end of the count . |
| 7 | To activate the stylus it must be pressed down so the microswitch in the tip makes contact , the on-screen cursor now follows the motions of the stylus round the grid . |
| 8 | If you have formally nominated someone to receive the benefit it will go to that person . |
| 9 | My master , preoccupied with Hopkins 's riddle drew me into discussion about its meaning , only to reach the conclusion it would tell us nothing until we had reached Glastonbury or Templecombe . |
| 10 | Of course , if a museum wants to purchase a work it can ask for donations from banks , industries and other institutions . |
| 11 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 12 | Most of the shots in this collection , however , were taken at first light including those of which Nigel is most proud : ‘ If I have to choose a favourite it would be the photograph of Bryce Canyon in Utah . |
| 13 | The Officers are about to do a new review , and a the moment all costs of erm residents ' parking is borne centrally , and we the Conservatives think that if erm there was a charge on permits to cover the cost it would give a change to other areas of the City , and the majority of people would be prepared erm to pay , and I think this is coming up in the Officer 's Review . |
| 14 | The National Executive Committee may , if it deems it necessary in the interests of the Labour Party , advise the Executive Committee of this party to select a nomination it may submit to it . |
| 15 | Mostly , these were people in lower socio-economic groups ; but it is worth noting that even in these groups people with high credit commitments , or people who said that if they had to arrange a loan it would be for a relatively large sum of money , generally said they would prefer monthly repayments . |
| 16 | Hell , if ye know how to use the stuff it can dae ye a power of good . |
| 17 | If Harwell succeeds in encouraging clients to use the centre it should see existing technology used for new purposes and keep the banks happy . |
| 18 | There is no compulsive power in this amendment , nor will supporting legislation contain any obligation on those who do not wish to do so to use the mechanism it will set up . |
| 19 | When attempting to communicate in the absence of adequate structure , care should be taken to learn enough about any differentiation to be able to predict the effect it will have and make allowance for it . |
| 20 | Each time he 'd get to the line about going to stoke the brazier it would come out as ‘ stoke the brassiere ’ , which of course stopped everything dead and brought the Director screaming down on us . |
| 21 | Like PageMaker it lacks the sophisticated text entry and manipulation tools necessary to generate the material it will process but , unlike PageMaker , once it has that material it can produce documents virtually automatically . |
| 22 | To do the job it will use the Motif toolkit — not Destiny 's Moolit . |
| 23 | Tony Willis said : ‘ If I was going to leave a message it would be ‘ people management ’ . |
| 24 | Little by little , however , MacDonald and his closest colleagues became convinced that if they were given the opportunity to form a Government it would be folly to turn it down . |
| 25 | ‘ Why are you here ? ’ she demanded , ignoring the query and deciding that , from now on , if anyone was to conduct an interrogation it would be her . |
| 26 | If it is possible , within budgets , to amend the film it will do so . |
| 27 | Care was thus taken to ensure that the sequence of sentences was now completely random ; even if any particular combination happened to match the original it would have been entirely due to chance . |
| 28 | In order for a planet to possess a magnetosphere it need not have an internal magnetic dipole moment . |
| 29 | They are in an excellent position to judge the effect it will have on customers , many of them the least advantaged in our community . |
| 30 | Budd reckons it was a ’ monumental success ’ , allowing the company to develop a fully-computerised design and manufacturing system essential to future competitiveness not to mention the money it will make on the Thunderbird contract itself . |