Example sentences of "of it to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In short , it may be illuminating to start with the damage and work back through the cause of it to the possible duty which may have been broken .
2 He once reproached Sir Philip Sidney for his famous refusal of a cup of water on a Dutch battlefield as an act that looks ‘ aggressively holy ’ , and it is hard to imagine any other critic of the age allowing himself such a remark , or even conceiving of it : The okay thing would be to drink some of the cup himself and pass it on , leaving most of it to the other man … ’
3 When I reached the House of Andrus I spoke of it to the other women and we said a prayer .
4 Then , bracing herself , she strode to the top of the staircase and stood gazing down the wide , sweeping curve of it to the imposing hallway and the big front door .
5 Judging by her tone , she might even have transferred some of it to the absent Rose .
6 Sift the flour and ground rice together and add one third of it to the creamed mixture .
7 When an order has been made , the district judge sends a copy of it to the Senior Master of the Supreme Court , Queen 's Bench Division , for transmission to the Registrar of the European Court .
8 A. The Authority delegates to governors of primary and secondary schools oversight of the curriculum , and control of it to the head teacher in consultation with his staff …
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