Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The trick is to keep the line direct to the float , without disturbing the float more than to give it a slight lift .
2 Unsuccessful attempts were made in April to broaden Poland 's governing coalition , and to give it a stronger majority in parliament which would enable it to push through its budget proposals and economic reforms .
3 ‘ We are determined to uphold the law at Wellington and to keep it a drug-free zone , ’ said Mr Bone .
4 In the period after 1986 , many of those guesses were in the form of leveraged buy-outs , the use of debt finance to buy a firm from its existing shareholders and to make it a private company .
5 It is also possible , also without such misuse , not to call the second member an effect , but to call it a nomic correlate instead , as we have .
6 His hand hovered over the book as though to give it a second chance .
7 Wishful thinking : the statement ‘ If I could do anything I would implant the standards in his brain ’ may spark off more realistic ideas such as running a course to explain the standards ( perhaps in a country hotel so as to make it a pleasant experience ) .
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