Example sentences of "[vb infin] it [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we should expect it to have a stronger influence on public information and perceptions than on public attitudes and choices . |
| 2 | And the human species can not be considered to be eternal either , as we know it did not always exist in its present form , nor can we expect it to have an infinite existence . |
| 3 | Many influential people think it holds the key to strategic defence planning , and that we should study it to prevent a third world war . |
| 4 | That a gentleman should do it showed an uncommon understanding of the difficulties involved in running businesses with too much debt outstanding . |
| 5 | I can see it solving a few problems here . |
| 6 | I can see it makes a nice pattern , he said . |
| 7 | Next you have to decide when to enter the date and time information — do you want to use the spreadsheet like a time clock where you record what you are doing at the time you do it or will you use it to maintain a post-hoc record and enter dates and times in batches . |
| 8 | You can use it to find a particular place in a text if you know a word used there , or as a way of following up a particular theme , metaphor or symbol . |
| 9 | Engineers can use it to model a wide range of process industry applications ; from complete plant to individual items of equipment . |
| 10 | One can therefore say that the courts retain the power to read statutes in the light of general principles , the only question being whether the particular court will be able to find or invent a general principle that will enable it to give a sensible effect to the statute . |
| 11 | It will also enable it to put a common view to the Lord Chancellor about needs for resources and about priorities for some needs . ’ |
| 12 | Seagate Technology Inc says it has reached a multi-million dollar agreement with Corning Inc which will enable it to produce a hard disk drive that is sturdier and stores more than conventional drives : it will use Corning' glass-ceramic dubbed Memcor and developed over six years of research and development ; shipments of the material , which is thinner , stronger and more rugged than traditional aluminium substrates , and enables the recording head to be placed much closer to the surface of the disk , will begin shortly and output of drives will start in the third quarter . |
| 13 | Does that mean it has an infinite number of galaxies ? ’ |
| 14 | I did not intend it to include a mere error of law . |
| 15 | ‘ It was as much hers as it was Terry 's , I suppose , but the Bank he heisted it from might think it had a prior claim . |
| 16 | Er if I 'm going to give two weeks after anyway for the Councils , I do n't really think it makes a great deal of difference whether it be Friday er afternoon or Monday afternoon . |
| 17 | Do you think it needs a hard boot ? |
| 18 | Do you think it gave a fair picture of what local radio is about ? |
| 19 | I have never completely resolved my own dilemma , for I do not think it has a simple resolution . |
| 20 | The question is : can they get it to work a second time ? |
| 21 | Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth . |
| 22 | and then you had to go and let it get a new engine ! |
| 23 | Some might say it presents an idealistic picture of family life ; others that it is a reactionary attempt to turn the clock back on the women 's movement ; yet others might argue that she has gone beyond the available evidence in concluding , or at least implying , that delinquency might result from early day-care experiences . |
| 24 | Come back in a fortnight and we 'll check its progress , but you 'll find it takes a few weeks to really heal properly because we use that toe a great deal for balance . ’ |