Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] it to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frenchman Alain Prost has come out of retirement in a bid to steer it to a fourth world title next season . |
| 2 | The Secretary of State has been trying to say that he is a friend of the inspectorate , despite his proposal to cut it to a third of its current size , and he has created pandemonium . |
| 3 | The deal caused sufficient outcry to force Greiner to refer it to the anti-corruption Commission . |
| 4 | Normally the charge will be repaid when the property is sold but the Board has a discretion to transfer it to a substitute property in certain limited circumstances ( see reg 98 ) . |
| 5 | If you intend varnishing the window , first use wood dye on the filled area to match it to the surrounding timber . |
| 6 | As the carriage is moved along the needle bed , the brush on the leading edge of the sinker plate will be pushing on the weaving yarn which has been laid over the needles to move it to the right position . |
| 7 | They set up the mills to husk the rice and charter the ships to transport it to the best markets — then sit back . |
| 8 | However , if this is north facing it may make more sense to move it to a sunnier position . |
| 9 | Statistically this is often expressed as an increase in casework or in the number of ‘ repeat ’ clients whose problem entails a second or third visit to the bureau to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion . |
| 10 | But it needs either deep inside knowledge , or real writing skills to take it to a higher plane . |
| 11 | By the time Corrie 's wedding took place Philippa was over the worst of her sadness and in a good position to enjoy it to the full — ; the closest to the centre of the ceremonies , yet fancy free ; and she had had a very good time — much affectionate sympathy from aunts and cousins , and husbands of aunts and cousins , and admiration and flirtation and kissing enough . |
| 12 | Historians will seek to understand the late twentieth century in order to relate it to the collective identities and experiences of their own period . |
| 13 | Bobbie asked the Station Master to give it to the old gentleman the next morning . |
| 14 | A typical microcomputer system therefore consists of a microprocessor chip , one or more ROM chips , one or more RAM chips ( to hold variable data ) , and a further chip to decode the top few bits of the 16-bit address coming from the microprocessor , in order to direct it to the appropriate store chip . |
| 15 | This does not require any bridging inferences to link it to the earlier sentence . |
| 16 | A solid yet agreeable course book with material to commend it to the serious student . |
| 17 | Collins still hopes to push his proposal through committee sessions in time to get it to a plenary session of the full parliament in May . |