Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] it [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism : |
| 2 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 3 | What is , to my mind , incredible , is that he could ever have supposed that the money was being either paid by the plaintiffs or received by the defendants with the intention or on the footing that the defendants were to keep it in any event . |
| 4 | The problem is to provide it with updated forecast data ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ The trick is to cover it with black pepper , and when that 's gone , cover it again . ’ |
| 6 | Her response to ‘ free ’ time is to fill it with more housework , and her housework ideals shape the way she brings up her children ( the insistence on not letting a messy three year old feed herself , for example ) . |
| 7 | She has since died , and the Society , which emphasises that there is no question of the painting being sold , has decided that the most correct course of action is to put it on permanent loan with the National Gallery , where it will go on display , newly restored , in an exhibition of comparative material this October . |
| 8 | Most pupils ' experience of drama must be confined to ‘ drama lessons ’ and the easiest way to conduct such a short lesson is to devote it to improvised drama and movement , with its focus on individual objectives . |
| 9 | So that is how Virginia became friends with the witch of Wardle Wood and discovered for herself that the best way of dealing with fear is to face it with brave unselfishness and prove it to be false . |
| 10 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |