Example sentences of "it [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , this villa has no right to be here , ’ Nigel told them , ‘ but since it is we must save it for future generations to enjoy . ’ |
| 2 | Men were to talk of it for many years to come . |
| 3 | Would n't recommend masses into it , but because it 's no income potential , and it 's not that flexible , you 've got to keep it for five years to make it really work . |
| 4 | We then run it into fermenters , adding yeast , then leave it for 3 days to ferment and rack it off into casks . |
| 5 | Cullen showed him how to do it after 15 minutes to extend his side 's lead . |
| 6 | Birds of prey are animal hunters and most catch their prey alive , killing it quickly with their specially strong feet or talons , and if necessary tearing it into smaller pieces to swallow . |
| 7 | When we have one of those we shall have to chop it into little bits to eat wo n't we ? |
| 8 | And you also see the other function of the relief road as a means of distributing local traffic er around the fringe of Harrogate er and trying to push it onto other radials to get into the town centre . |
| 9 | She made it with thirty seconds to spare . |
| 10 | Anyone trying to understand something will naturally compare it with other things to find similarities and differences . |
| 11 | The most sophisticated cooks use lemon grass whole or coarsely cut when preparing the stock for a soup or sauce and remove it when the dish is almost complete , replacing it with fine slices to focus and refresh the flavour . |
| 12 | I chose my favourite poem in the book and wrote one verse on the accompanying card , and then decorated it with pressed flowers to match the bookmark . |
| 13 | He lifted it with both hands to take a bite , glancing wistfully at his cigarette in the ashtray . |
| 14 | He lifted the object he was carving , lifted it with both hands to show to her . |
| 15 | He used it in encouraging teachers to give children the freedom to discover themselves . |
| 16 | It was a bulky volume to carry around and my RAF friends used to rib me about my " vest pocket edition " , but I had resolved to keep reading it in spare moments to remind me of my real life . |
| 17 | Always lay the rug on a flat and even surface , and after smoothing it out , carefully view it from all sides to see if there are any ridges or troughs . |
| 18 | SAFER Auvergne functions by purchasing land on the open market and re-selling it within 5 years to enlarge existing farm units or to create new , more rationalised units . |
| 19 | They called a protest strike for Aug. 21-23 , leaving it to individual parties to decide on a boycott . |
| 20 | So perhaps another note for Mr Patten 's no doubt very full in-tray is to look again at the decision to close down the body responsible for developing Milton Keynes , and start a new government initiative to encourage more new settlements throughout the region , rather than leaving it to private consortia to chance their arms through a development control system which seems unable to accommodate new initiatives in planning . |
| 21 | My research , if I can call it that , has involved ( over the same period ) a cyclical process of listening to teachers , tidying up what I think I 've heard into some more-or-less coherent story , and then telling it to other teachers to see if it makes sense to them , and captures in an interesting , plausible and fruitful way something significant of their experience . |
| 22 | ‘ I owe it to these orphans to make their life as easy as possible , ’ says this diminutive woman . |
| 23 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 24 | The accounts department is responsible for ensuring that top management is aware of the financial state of the company and for advising it on appropriate actions to ensure that it remains sound . |
| 25 | KAMPALA ( Reuter ) — Uganda 's President , Yoweri Museveni , whose government 's four-year term ends in four months , wants to extend it by two years to draft a new constitution . |