Example sentences of "to it at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their aim is not so much to alleviate the horrors of war as to make war so horrific that potential aggressors will fear to resort to it at all . |
| 2 | I could n't get used to it at all . |
| 3 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 4 | No magic to it at all , except insofar as it was a direct transferral of intention to effect with very little attenuation of the causal chain . |
| 5 | He wanted to ask what she had to be tired about , to remind her that this dinner-party was all her idea , and there was no real point to it at all , since they had asked nobody whom they needed to impress . |
| 6 | There is no ’ further ’ to it at all : I have dealt with it . |
| 7 | What I found was the Women 's Movement and I dedicated myself completely to it at all levels from forming advice groups , demonstrating to reclaim the streets etc . |
| 8 | Chapter Five argued that the main problem in discussing the peasant question in the reign of Nicholas I is explaining why he addressed himself to it at all , not why he did relatively little . |
| 9 | The main problem in discussing the emancipation may be explaining why Alexander addressed himself to it halfheartedly rather than why he addressed himself to it at all . |
| 10 | One moment you give all your time to it , you do n't come home till late at night , you do n't even come home in the afternoon like ordinary men , the next you are giving no time to it at all . |
| 11 | You 've done extraordinarily well to get on to it at all . ’ |
| 12 | Never once had she referred to it at all . |
| 13 | I do n't object to it at all . |
| 14 | If businessmen regard the increase in demand as temporary , they may not respond to it at all : this will be the case if they are generally pessimistic about the future level of economic activity . |
| 15 | There 's no plot to it at all , it 's it 's just so farfetched ! |
| 16 | Th there 's no logic to it at all but they play it on . |
| 17 | Well if you are then we wo n't ma , you wo n't make it to it at all because I do n't |
| 18 | Very little built on to it at that stage . |
| 19 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 20 | The former is a tenancy made by the agreement of the parties on the terms that either may put an end to it at any moment at the shortest notice ; the latter arises where a tenant whose interest has expired continues in possession without the landlord either assenting or dissenting . |
| 21 | It is not that racism vanishes — in fact it intensifies and violence increases , but most children start to face up to it at this point , and their ‘ inferiority ’ usually clears away . |
| 22 | You 're talking to it at this very moment , you 're talking it out , you 're talking it down , and you want my help . |
| 23 | It is difficult , I think , to overestimate the potential significance of this approach , and we will return to it at several points in this book . |