Example sentences of "it [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law . |
| 2 | It asked him to omit the Foreign Secretary 's residence , and although generally to conform to the 1856 conditions , he should ascertain Hammond 's latest requirements and find out if the building could be reduced in size . |
| 3 | What is important about this contribution to linguistic theory is that it allows one to analyze the personal or ‘ subjective ’ elements of language without having to resort to any real correlative outside language . |
| 4 | It allows them to promote the false claim that the blacks are not fit to run South Africa when clearly they are still at each other 's throats . |
| 5 | It allows us to record the principal ideas , key concepts , competing explanatory theories and illustrations used . |
| 6 | It allows us to segment the external world of experience in all manner of arbitrary ways and to create artificial internal worlds to suit our convenience . |
| 7 | It makes your holiday look a bit more expensive at first , but it allows you to make the most of your stay . |
| 8 | It allows you to select the next field to access ( see below ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Does it amuse you to state the obvious ? |
| 10 | Did it amuse you to seduce the poor doctor after the noble Marquess ? |
| 11 | It allowed us to do the same , if we wished , with our churches . ’ |
| 12 | Does it enable them to make the right choice in the heat of the moment ? |
| 13 | Now if I do it at half that speed , if I do if I drive at thirty miles an hour , how long will it take me to do the sixty miles ? |
| 14 | Fans wrote letters to the band enthusing and it prompted them to include the rustic version on the CD , cassette and French version of the single . |
| 15 | In order to prove it was not composed of ‘ patsies ’ , as Reagan put it , the United States insisted that Arafat repeat specifically worded concessions concerning terrorism and recognition of Israel , and when he failed to do so verbatim , it required him to repeat the authorized US version . |
| 16 | An organism adapts to another when it changes itself to suit the latter . |
| 17 | For instance , it enabled him to use the very struggle for a subject , which had occupied so much of his line , since we can partly see that struggle as a struggle within Milton over his own humanist heritage . |
| 18 | It enabled him to ask the bluntest of questions in the politest of tones and to disguise his opinion behind the blandest of smiles . |
| 19 | Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation . |
| 20 | As soon as the handshake was complete , Charlotte turned away , eager to look elsewhere for the instant it took her to absorb the simple fact of his marriage . |
| 21 | But it did nothing to change the institutional stagnation which had been the result of consensus decision-making . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , while the Report may have rejected the reactionary normativist ideology it is also the case that it did nothing to challenge the dominant legal culture . |
| 23 | This , combined with an unwillingness to lend more money to ‘ high risk ’ countries , considerably reduces their chances of running into trouble , although it does nothing to help the poorest nations . |
| 24 | It suits her to play the old lady and keep Sarah on a string . ’ |