Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The English clerk would work doubly hard , either to resolve the problem or carefully to hide it behind a tissue of half-truths . |
2 | He wrenched the knife back and forth to free it from the planking . |
3 | It would have been much more subtle just to have allowed his wife to demonstrate it when the time came and then to turn it into a talking point . ’ |
4 | Much the better practice is first to state the rule of law and then to apply it to the facts . |
5 | Leaving the Chamber now and again to compare it with the live BBC-2 coverage , Mr Brown also looked very telegenic . |
6 | The existence of the requirement of standing indicates that the law 's primary concern is not , as such , to control government activity but rather to control it at the suit of persons affected by it in a particular way . |
7 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
8 | We found that ministers had solemnly undertaken not only to repair The Grange , but also to open it to the public . |
9 | The reporter was ungentlemanly enough not only to do the calculation and obtain the correct answer but also to print it in the society column . |
10 | It seems that the evolution of his remedy preparation was fuelled by the desire to create , not only , a highly dynamised remedy but also to give it in the smallest dose ( quantity ) possible to effect a curative response . |
11 | l The intent has been not only to describe the activity , but also to surround it with the appropriate drama . |
12 | The Conservative Party 's new chairman , Chris Patten , has told Marxism Today of his interest in the German idea of a ‘ social market ’ , which believes it is possible to unleash capitalism 's efficiency but also to keep it under the supervising eye of society : to combine the engine of individualism and a communal conscience . |