Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Have you costed out how much it costs to recruit a key employee ?
2 Later on , you can guide their play by , say , suggesting that they see how many little cups of water it takes to full the big jug , or by getting them to find out how long it takes to fill a floating cup with water until it sinks .
3 It is worthwhile practising timed starts to get a feel for how fast your yacht accelerates and slows down , and how long it takes to cover a certain distance .
4 Its own experience indicates how long it takes to build a robust usable operating system .
5 Today it continues to provide an evocative setting for theatrical events and festivals .
6 Today it seems to evince a growing recognition that totalization can not be achieved without a movement involving the transcendence of itself .
7 Eventually it plans to launch a high-tech home-shopping service that combines the personal service it is famed for with the convenience of a catalogue .
8 From the moment you sit back in the Orion 's roomy interior , you 'll know how it feels to drive a classic car .
9 Meanwhile , BASE is due to announce this week how it intends to spend an extra £4 million awarded by the Office of Science and Technology over the next three years .
10 If instead it wants to sell a standard part on the open market , it will be $1.75m up-front plus 10% of the chips ' average selling price .
11 If instead it wants to sell a standard part on the open market , it will be $1.75m up-front plus 10% of the chips ' average selling price .
12 Here 's where it pays to borrow a little inspiration .
13 Okay this is where it starts to get a little bit complicated .
14 As a group swells in size with natural increase of population and with new members joining it from outside , it eventually reaches a point where it ceases to enjoy an optimum exploitative relationship with its physical and economic resources .
15 On the other hand , the nature of the relationship was always contested , and ultimately it failed to produce a lasting system of part-time day continuation schools .
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