Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] it to the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Giles Worsley explains in Architectural Drawings of the Regency Period , the term ‘ Regency ’ is technically understood to cover the period from 1811 to George III 's death in 1820 , but in matters concerning architecture , decoration and furniture , it is more appropriate to apply it to the years from 1790 to 1837 with the accession of Queen Victoria . |
| 2 | The Home Secretary had previously informed the Cabinet that he would have included a provision to this effect in the Bill if he had not thought it preferable to leave it to the Lords to take the initiative . |
| 3 | The cement was freezing before we were able to apply it to the bricks . |
| 4 | She wanted to say , ‘ I 'd be more than happy to leave it to the experts . ’ |
| 5 | Section 25 relegates it to the margins of police practice . |
| 6 | Regulation is an option , but creates additional problems of its own , which are unlikely to commend it to the authorities except in exceptional circumstances ( e.g. as part of a privatization programme involving natural monopolies ) . |