Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section by section it was being revised in the commissions and then approved during the general congregations — despite last-minute attempts to modify it to contain an explicit condemnation of communism . |
| 2 | Not only must the users of such a system find the data relevant and credible , they must also be motivated to use it to improve the overall performance of their activities . |
| 3 | It thus becomes possible , through writing , to specialise language , to use it to serve a specific function rather than conflating different functions . |
| 4 | As the rough represents the variability around the smoothed line , it is sometimes appropriate to use it to indicate the typical degree of variation around the smoothed curve . |
| 5 | ‘ However after a great deal of consultation with the Historical Monuments Commission and Planning Department , we decided to use it to face the new church , harmonising the old with the new . |
| 6 | The republicans , in other words , were keen to push the civil rights agitation further and to use it to build a radical coalition which would set its sights , eventually , on a united Ireland . |
| 7 | Prime was born in the early 1970s , structured around the PrimOS operating system , which was developed on Honeywell Inc minicomputer hardware under a government contract , which meant that when people on the development team wanted to take it into the commercial world , they were able to buy the operating system for a nominal sum , and developed a new processor optimised to run it to create the 50 Series , the customer base for which will now be subject to a flock of companies wanting to win users over to their open systems . |
| 8 | Mm , I think it 's been cut and , they have to stretch it to get the actual bits of corn out of the middle of the seed , do n't want the husk . |
| 9 | He struggled to repair the bank 's balance sheet to allow it to take the inevitable write-offs against its $6.7bn third world debt portfolio . |
| 10 | When rumours leaked out that the Welsh Office , rather than grasping this opportunity , were seeking a ‘ derogation ’ to allow it to maintain the present battery of schemes , CPRW asked David Hunt to ‘ introduce a single , comprehensive agri-environmental scheme for the whole of Wales , integrating existing area-based schemes such as ESAs , Tir Cymen , National Park and SSSI management agreements , as well as the extensification and organic farming conversion schemes currently under consideration . |
| 11 | NORTH Korea , suspected of trying to develop nuclear arms , declared yesterday that any attempt to force it to accept a United Nations inspection could lead to war . |
| 12 | On the other hand , it requires a membership large enough to enable it to represent a significant number of credit managers . |
| 13 | The back lane marks the line of the old through road of the area which was then diverted around four right-angle bends to enable it to enter the new market place . |
| 14 | A well-documented response to the threat of take-over is for the company to increase its capitalisation by itself becoming a predator or otherwise absorbing additional businesses to enable it to obtain the relative security that comes with increased size . |
| 15 | Target is therefore usually sold for a nominal sum and is then capitalised after the acquisition by Newco to enable it to repay the inter-company loans . |
| 16 | They are little more than delicate hooks hidden in their plumage and are so short that they are quite incapable of lifting the bird 's body high enough to enable it to make a complete wing beat . |
| 17 | But she did n't need to see it to sense the burning anger that poured from his eyes as he looked up at her . |
| 18 | Carol put her hands on either side of Melanie 's face and tried to twist it to receive a deep throat kiss — her tongue was out and ready . |