Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had driven over 1,700 miles in twenty-seven and a half hours , including frontier stops , only to miss it by five minutes . |
| 2 | The plants are trained up a string which is zig-zagged up and down to train it in one place . |
| 3 | It is generally best to leave maintenance and repairs of central heating boilers to an expert service engineer , and to have your system serviced at least annually to keep it in good condition . |
| 4 | Although Weinberger opposed it , he did not often do so with force : partly because , it seemed to him , nobody was foolish enough to propose it with much vehemence . |
| 5 | Of course , the Bill includes provisions to allow the assigned band to be changed if the value of the property changes sufficiently to take it into another band . |
| 6 | I did not take any of that seriously , though I would have had to be ice all through to hear it with utter in-difference . |
| 7 | ‘ They decided not to use it on this trip because opening it might disrupt the passengers . |
| 8 | Thus , speakers who have productive control of Dyirbal morphology tend not to use it in peer-group situations . |
| 9 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 10 | Antibodies are proteins which , once synthesized by cells of the immune system to counter and inactivate ‘ foreign ’ molecules , enable the body to retain the ‘ memory , for the intruder and hence the capacity rapidly to inactivate it on subsequent invasion . |
| 11 | The need for improved facilities for Arts and Social Studies , as an aid to the recruitment and retention of academic staff and to assist in the improvement of research activity , has caused the University to launch a review or three sites ( namely the area around the St Cross Building , the central site surrounding the Bodleian Library , and the Taylorian/Ashmolean site ) to see what scope there is for the rationalisation of existing uses and what changes can be made to make better use of them , with a view to defining a comprehensive and coherent scheme for the development of each site which has most to commend it on academic grounds . |
| 12 | Compare this to how the largest fish move relatively slowly , selecting their food with the discrimination of a gourmet ; the subtle approach , the gaping of the cavernous mouth that does not , at times , close over the food but blows it out to rid it of foreign matter . |
| 13 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 14 | I studied for the UCLI in Home Machine Knitting and , on passing both parts of the exam , went on to teach it for three years . |
| 15 | Applause rang out , and she twirled around to acknowledge it in demure delight , clapping the barman — and then being crushed against the ample bosom of the barman 's wife . |
| 16 | Alright well to consider it in due course anyway , for the moment there it is . |
| 17 | Chris Hankins shows you how to set it to best advantage . |
| 18 | You had different , different companies do the , do the job so you used to get say I mean th you get a receiver for that cargo , well it , perhaps he got so much for receiving that cargo , then that was his job then to allocate it to different people but he , cos that was another job for him which you do n't do now . |
| 19 | We will extend compulsory competitive tendering to local authority housing management , and examine how to apply it to white-collar services . |
| 20 | The introduction of the microcomputer into the environment allows us to look much more closely at the type of information required on personnel and how to use it to best advantage . |
| 21 | She would n't know how to put it in any case , she would n't be able to explain since it was all so hard to pin down . |
| 22 | And it 's not everybody 's job to do that , so ordinary people took the jobs as shunters and could be taught how to do it in short time , if they were average and er in good health . |
| 23 | Cullen showed him how to do it after 15 minutes to extend his side 's lead . |
| 24 | The Cold War was reaching a point where , having reactivated the Anglo-American relationship , it was about to expose it to new strains and tensions . |
| 25 | But many feel they lack guidance about how to turn it into practical achievement . |
| 26 | of the two wooden chairs at the kitchen table and looked rather helplessly at the card with its seven clearly written digits , then glanced round as if seeking inspiration where to put it for safe keeping . |