Example sentences of "it [adv] to " in BNC.

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1 During the night I cut firewood for them , and added it secretly to the wood which the young man had cut during the day .
2 So is n't the only way you could do it would be to issue it secretly to cadres you would then expect the cadres to take this up and promote it but you have n't actually broken the conditions in the United Front .
3 We are forced to work fast and badly , but we do n't know whether there is any point to it because it may all be swept away in a month ; on the other hand , nothing at all may happen , in which case we will have done it badly to no purpose .
4 Emily would be suitable ; and the fact of her aristocratic blood weighed with Paul ; one could always boast of it discreetly to colleagues , in the event .
5 Satisfied that the gun was ready for immediate use , Kirov transferred it discreetly to his jacket pocket before turning and walking towards the waiting figure of Ybreska .
6 He replied that he had given it verbally to a police sergeant , but that he must have forgotten about it .
7 Slowly curl the barbell to shoulder height , and then lower it slowly to the starting position .
8 One essential was that the head had to make it clear to his colleagues that he trusted them .
9 Do not spread it right to the edge or it will ooze out .
10 Next time we shall make it right to left Tory and left to right Labour .
11 Someone drove it right to the door and charged me nothing .
12 She left it right to the end of the evening .
13 I 'm sure the Great British Public took it right to their hearts !
14 The suspect temperament of the volatile Ivanisevic had cast a huge question mark over his ability to make it right to the No. 1 spot and to dominate the Grand Slams .
15 You 'd spend one hour boning all his big bones they he 'd already took the joints off and your job was to bone it right to the bone , which he sold separately , and today you would call minced beef .
16 I had built him up to play it right to the heart of the green but he played it like a nervous three handicapper .
17 Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it .
18 We believe that by circulating it widely to politicians decision-makers in both the public and private sectors , journalists , other voluntary bodies and so on , we will be doing the best we can to raise awareness and interest in sustainability .
19 We believe that by circulating it widely to politicians , decision- makers in both the public and private sectors , journalists , other voluntary bodies and so on , we will be doing the best we can to raise awareness and interest in sustainability .
20 Accordingly the process of curriculum development involved a team of ‘ experts ’ at the ‘ centre ’ providing the knowledge base for an innovation , then producing an appropriate content and strategy , and finally communicating it effectively to potential users at the periphery .
21 He invariably believed completely in his own case and pursued it relentlessly to the end .
22 If the fish is whole , and the fishmonger has done the decent thing — removed the guts and gills , which would taint it during cooking — all you need do is immerse the beast in any container large enough to hold it ( ideally a fish kettle ) , cover it with cold water and bring it gently to the boil .
23 Marcus , putting his hands upon the board at the foot , moved the bed slightly on its casters , moving it gently to and fro with a movement as of one rocking a cradle .
24 He took her hand back , and raised it gently to his lips .
25 BREAK it gently to Lois , but Superman is about to DIE .
26 When he was a breath away , he stopped , lifted his hand , and touched it gently to her cheek .
27 The relevant ages of consent in English law vary : 16 seems to be the general age , but the offence of gross indecency with or towards children only applies where the child is under 14 , and the age of consent for homosexual offences is 21 and the recommendation is to lower it only to 18 .
28 But even as she was citing this as the reason , citing it only to herself , she was wondering whether it were true .
29 Far better that its messengers take it only to plants of exactly the same kind where the genes it carries will unite with eggs and form seeds .
30 ‘ Yes , ’ Julia said with an expression on her face that he could not quite read , ‘ but the law is the law and one ca n't decide to apply it only to those whose motives and characters one dislikes .
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