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 … |