Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] it [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 2 | ( 21 ) John has two PhDs +> I believe he has , and have adequate evidence that he has ( 22 ) Does your farm contain 400 acres ? +> I do n't know that it does , and I want to know if it does The first of these provides an explanation for " Moore 's paradox " , namely the unacceptability of utterances like ( 23 ) : ( 23 ) ? ? |
| 3 | The market for conveyancing services provided to commercial firms will also be studied to establish whether it requires the same degree of self regulation as the market for domestic conveyancing . |
| 4 | The EURODASS consortium led by Marconi Defence Systems Limited offered a solution , and this has been subject to rigorous scrutiny to confirm that it meets the necessary technical criteria . |
| 5 | When records are to be selected on the basis of the state of one or more attributes , a serial search concentrates on the records , examining each in turn to see if it meets the specified conditions of the search . |
| 6 | The main point is this : Flaubert thought democracy merely a stage in the history of government , and he thought it a typical vanity on our part to assume that it represented the finest , proudest way for men to rule one another . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm happy to help if it means the right thing is done by poor Harriet . |
| 8 | Dimensions — The Clio feels like a larger car to drive because it has the longest wheelbase and widest track in its class . |
| 9 | A range of frequencies wide enough to ensure that it encompasses the resonant frequency of the sample v r is then examined . |
| 10 | Government has a responsibility , as well , to ensure that it promotes the common moral values that bind us together as a Nation . |
| 11 | Trevor Pinnock ensures that the music keeps moving , and never allows us to forget that it conveys the emotional meaning of the words and is not , as some interpreters would have us believe , detached from all relevance except the purity of its own sound . |
| 12 | This could be answered by scanning the whole file record by record , examining each to see whether it met the specified requirements . |
| 13 | The employment White Paper was published under a coalition dominated by Conservatives and Labour , but it was not the result of discussion within each party , and although leading politicians on both sides endorsed its policy it would be wrong to say that it reflected the considered view of either party . |
| 14 | FoE urged Nirex to admit that it had the wrong design in the wrong place and called on the company to abandon the scheme . |