Example sentences of "to it [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually the Irish party was forced to return to Westminster to see to it that the appropriate denominational interests in England were strengthened and to show the Irish political leadership 's compliance with the similarly organized Irish system ( Miller 1973 : 77–85 ) . |
| 2 | Bishop Edward Daly in Derry liberally interpreted the needs of his Roman catholic pupils from the mid-1970s , allowing greater freedom and seeing to it that some alternative religious education was provided . |
| 3 | Professor Dudek had envisaged the series coming out in paper covers ( the format that was just becoming the way to the mass market ) ; Leonard ensured that it went into hard ; Dudek had not meant the books to be prestigious in format but vehicles of introduction ; Leonard saw to it that his book could stand alongside the best that there were from both sides of the Atlantic . |
| 4 | Evolution must surely have seen to it that a good proportion of our thoughts are true of the world , and so in some simple sense the mind must perform computations which record the world and direct our behaviour appropriately . |
| 5 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |
| 6 | It is also much easier to create a market situation which will see to it that the value goes up . ’ |
| 7 | So persistent was the language that it had become no more remarkable than just another wayward manner of speaking and their sons paid so little attention to it that it might well have been one of the many private languages of love . |
| 8 | More seriously , the film 's remorseless romanticism has a smug and manipulative edge to it that some may find virtually intolerable . |
| 9 | In an implicit reminder that 380,000 Soviet troops were still stationed on East German soil , he said : ‘ We firmly declared that we will see to it that no harm comes to the GDR . ’ |
| 10 | When Eberhard Bethge produced Bonhoeffer 's volumes of papers , lectures and letters in a series of Collected Works in German , Hartwell saw to it that I reviewed each volume in The Bridge as soon as it arrived . |
| 11 | He was a protégé of Sir William Chambers , who saw to it that he worked in every artistic department , including that of interior decoration , before he designed his first house at the age of eighteen . |
| 12 | ‘ It was a masterpiece of harmony , ’ wrote Littman , ‘ which can be attained when men see to it that their handiwork blends with their natural surroundings . |
| 13 | Almost everyone on yearly wages in the opera houses owes his or her job to party pull and , once hired , the unions see to it that they are not sacked . |
| 14 | I will see to it that you are not left with Mrs Ross on your hands . |
| 15 | Did she not understand that I would look after her , that 1 would see to it that she was safe and well ? |
| 16 | He had done well that day — almost performed miracles — having located Mrs McLaren 's Scottish relations ; persuaded a most excellent and locally well-known lady to come at short notice and be in the house to stay with her ; and had seen to it that the house itself was tidied , and cleaned ready , and supplied with food . |
| 17 | Again , although I visited her regularly , taking little presents ; remembered her birthday and saw to it that her sons did the same ; looked after her once when she was ill ; and respected my husband 's love for her , I did not take much notice of her suggestions : ‘ My mother seems to think … |
| 18 | There was a certain tone to it that made Nathan advance more cautiously . |
| 19 | The constable/warden had to see to it that the castle was properly stocked with provisions and munitions of war , and to pay the garrison . |
| 20 | Sometimes the king allowed subjects to take deer for themselves in his forests ; the warden 's duty was to see to it that they had a proper writ of warranty when they came to his forest , that they did not take more than the specified number , and that they took them in the prescribed manner . |
| 21 | While we were among them , they would see to it that we were cherished . |
| 22 | Rather , it commands the government to make sure that its actions do not help acceptable ideals more than unacceptable ones , to see to it that its actions will not hinder the cause of false ideals more than they do that of true ones . |
| 23 | Sticks to it that , when you are up front driving , you can neither see nor hear a damned thing that is happening behind you . |
| 24 | In 1934 he proposed to it that Palestine and Transjordan should be united under his crown , the Arabs recognizing the Mandate , including Jewish rights , and each state keeping its own political status with the respective prime ministers reporting to Abdallah . |
| 25 | I 'm going to see to it that my sending-off is as I want it . |
| 26 | Some brilliant goals from both sides had seen to it that the score was 2-all by the eightieth minute of the match . |
| 27 | But how can natural selection see to it that the two pathways are not mixed , and that cooperating groups of compatible genes emerge ? |
| 28 | Towers had a fascination for Hardy , and having designed many in his professional days which were never built , he saw to it that Max Gate had not one , but two . |
| 29 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 30 | The portiere barked some instructions at the boy and made Sandison to understand that Aldo would see to it that the letter got posted . |