Example sentences of "it to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted it to forward wind , I think I pressed the wrong button . |
| 2 | That will bring it to 42 per cent. , which is way below the peak in previous cycles and way below the proportion of public expenditure to GDP under the last Labour Government in similar conditions . |
| 3 | Rain reduced it to 37 overs a side and the home team were soon rattling along . |
| 4 | We can take this argument to its logical conclusion and apply it to normal , ‘ own ’ genes . |
| 5 | John described it to many interviewers as if the free lessons were a concession in return for taking part in performances , but it would be more realistic to regard the performances by the University of Cape Town Ballet as a valuable part of his ballet education . |
| 6 | While a splendid Gris , the 1912 gouache-pastel-charcoal ‘ Nature morte avec bouteille et cigares ’ ( est. $300,000–400,000 ) inexplicably sold under-estimate for $280,000 ( £155,600 ) the work 's severity may not have endeared it to many people the biggest surprise was the prices paid for the Legers , which came from all points of the artist 's career . |
| 7 | They talked sex , the way he talked about it to many people with whom he grew close in a working relationship . |
| 8 | He dared himself to say it to each new person . |
| 9 | So far as talking is concerned , they can only do it to each other . |
| 10 | I owe it to Alison , we owe it to each other , to live this openly and simply . |
| 11 | They take the infantile mewing and they modify it to each situation in which they wish to express a need for something . |
| 12 | Lawyers acquire a smattering of technical jargon and by using it to each other create the impression that they have a full comprehension of the subject . |
| 13 | A variation on the ring topology is the ‘ star ’ topology , where either the file server or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation . |
| 14 | A star topology is where the file server ( or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box ) sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation |
| 15 | c ) certainly exists : we add it to each side . |
| 16 | We must consecrate it to each other and to the gods . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not doing anything to you , ’ he breathed into her ear , ‘ we 're doing it to each other . ’ |
| 18 | The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre-lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . |
| 19 | When Henry Homer wrote this in 1767 the canal age was in its infancy , but he predicted that not only by the turnpikes but with the aid of " an even more valuable project of increasing inland navigation , a facility of communication is soon likely to be established from every part of the Island to the sea and from the several places on it to each other " . |
| 20 | You 've been doing it to each other all the time but if I were to hurt you or if anybody else here were to hurt you physically or mentally how many times would you forgive them ? |
| 21 | As you are aware , my father left half of it to each of us . ’ |
| 22 | They can write at home , they can write after school , they can read it to each other and I think this is tremendous benefit where they 're open with each other too and can discuss round the table and evaluate their own work . |
| 23 | Architectural historians have already raided it to good effect , notably Mark Girouard for his book on the sixteenth-century architect Robert Smythson and Jill Lever , the curator of the collection , for the book she wrote with Margaret Richardson , The Art of the Architect . |
| 24 | Most of the money for the campaign has come from the central government and the United Nations , but it seems to be Marxist enthusiasm that has put it to good use . |
| 25 | Nuclear energy has become an important tool for plant breeders and Russian horticultural researchers have been putting it to good use in their iris-breeding programmes . |
| 26 | ‘ Bring what you will , poverty or reviling and with a wave of my wand I will turn it to good . |
| 27 | I came into a bit of money when my grandmother died and I decided to put it to good use . ’ |
| 28 | Mike Woodhead studied soil-science in Holland and put it to good use when he purchased his wine estate . |
| 29 | She is uninterested in fame ; she may attract it , however , and although she finds it annoying , she can turn it to good account for the work she is doing . |
| 30 | Write your answer on a postcard and send it to Good Food Competition , TODAY Features , 1 Virginia Street , London E1 9BS , to arrive by Monday November 9 . |