Example sentences of "[prep] it [to-vb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As far as I can read her argument , it is precisely this which allows recognition of it to model our human position as suspended between , as she says at another point , unconditioned actor … and conditioned agent . "
2 Again misunderstandings can occur , and the person leading the service and trying to communicate a Christian message may be hard put to it to demonstrate their true meaning .
3 I 'd say you 'd be hard put to it to pay your expensive dues on that flat you live in . ’
4 I have never in my life looked forward to starting a diet , but by the end of my holiday I could n't wait to get back on it to maintain my slimmer figure ( with every other diet I have put weight back on and more ! ) .
5 The bank , which also held its annual meeting yesterday , rejected a shareholders ' demand for it to sell its US-based fund management business , National Securities & Research .
6 The old entrance certainly had some memories … the great American Band leader Glenn Miller walked through it to play his last engagement before going missing in an aeroplane …
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