Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [to-vb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus from a very narrow and restricted expression there has been drawn a very wide and unrestricted principle , all based on the assumed purpose of Parliament and the perceived absurdity of seeking to effect it by the language in which Parliament actually chose to express it . |
| 2 | Although the original intention had been to formally assess the new curriculum before deciding to extend it to the rest of the school , various forces came into play to ensure that by 1987 the entire 160 strong intake was studying the new pathway course . |
| 3 | If ever German society was to collapse , argued a writer in 1855 , it would be because the middle classes had begun to pursue appearance and luxury ‘ without seeking to counterbalance it with the simple and hard-working ( competent ) sense of the bourgeois [ Buergersinn ] , with respect for the spiritual forces of life , with the effort to identify science , ideas and talent with the progressive development of the Third Estate ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ He said you could grieve without having to prove it to the neighbours by wearing black . ’ |
| 5 | Otherwise we put the continuity of vital work in jeopardy by failing to shelter it from the winds of international currency exchanges . |
| 6 | He proved how difficult this feat is by failing to repeat it at the second time of asking . |
| 7 | I have always thought that maybe I had damaged the transfer needle by trying to use it with the ribber bed on half pitch . |
| 8 | Luke begins his account of the birth of Jesus by trying to set it in the context of world history . |