Example sentences of "[verb] it [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Christians may regard it as an expression of Christian love to convert others to Christ , and they may consider it their moral duty to urge men to follow Christ . |
| 2 | One person might consider it his moral duty to fight and another to desist from fighting . |
| 3 | John Hill had queried Miller 's description and had published his views in Eden , or a Complete Body of Gardening ( 1759 ) and Justice retaliated in his British Gardener 's Calendar ( 1759 ) : ‘ I thought it my indispensable duty to give Mr. Miller his due , both from a love of truth and from a sense of gratitude to him for his public labours , as well as private friendship . ’ |
| 4 | And the Chairman , who deigns to place a measure of trust in you , Colonel , anticipates that what I want you will make it your urgent priority to find . |
| 5 | By 1661 Gurle had raised the hardy nectarine Elruge and given it his own name reversed , with an extra e for euphony . |
| 6 | His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood , and he made it his prime duty to popularize the subject , writing fourteen books for the layman . |
| 7 | Grand Lodge Librarian and Curator John Hamill made it his first priority to assure me that ‘ freemasonry contains neither pagan nor occult practices ’ . |
| 8 | James made it his personal business to know everyone else 's . |
| 9 | ‘ Will he have sweet or dry sherry ? ’ or ‘ Where is the pain he complains of ? ’ make it your golden rule to reply , ‘ Why not ask him ? ’ |
| 10 | But , desperately uncertain about my future employment , I was very soon making it my urgent business to find out . |
| 11 | Of course , erm there 's a lot more individual responsibility is needed than that , but it 's too simplistic to say that that erm to smile upon these people who have problems would solve everything erm but erm to make it your own responsibility to find out more and to find out the ways in which you can help I think is very important and is everybody 's responsibility . |