Example sentences of "[coord] [vb infin] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action . |
| 2 | Sometimes they can be given a lump of clay that is too heavy for them to lift and they will gain new experiences as they try to mould or divide it into pieces of a manageable size . |
| 3 | If the court has ordered the husband ( or the husband has agreed ) to convey or transfer his interest in the former matrimonial home to the wife , there is no reason why he should agree , at the request of the wife , to convey or transfer it to herself and her new husband . |
| 4 | For large tensile specimens most test machines use swivelling or gimbal grip mountings to avoid such effects of non-axiality , but when small specimens are used , of a few millimetres in cross-section as is common with polymer tests , axiality may become more difficult to achieve because the mass of the swivelling grip requires considerable stress to rotate or move it into the axial position . |
| 5 | Such theories , he remarks , ‘ are not centrally concerned with literature ; indeed , they may marginalize or abandon it as a category ’ , and he instances their source in such fields as philosophy , psychology , sociology , anthropology , linguistics . |
| 6 | Neither lexicographers nor political theorists can or should hope to halt this process of constant revision , although they may legitimately aspire to guide or nudge it in one direction rather than another . |
| 7 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 8 | Hindus revere nature but never feel any need to marshal or mould it into a design of their own : a banyan tree will almost be encouraged to spread its drooping creepers into the middle of any village market , or to block any backwoods track . |
| 9 | Let him go or pass it by ? ’ |
| 10 | In an age when insurance against all forms of liability is commonplace , it is surely not surprising or unjust if law makes persons who carry on some kinds of hazardous undertakings liable for the harm they do , unless they can excuse or justify it on some recognisable ground . ’ |
| 11 | You must not subsequently display or offer it for sale as your own work ! |
| 12 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 13 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 14 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 15 | Her advice is to try and treat it as a normal meal . |
| 16 | With the weight of John 's head slowly reducing one leg to numbness , I decided to try and explain it to myself . |
| 17 | Can you go and explain it to Mrs when she 's finished talking to Christopher ? |
| 18 | If you do n't have a ‘ fridge , put the food in the coldest place you can find and eat it within one or two days . |
| 19 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 20 | Although he was still charged with assault , the trial was not for two months , which gave her time to wait and discuss it with Charles once he was completely recovered . |
| 21 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 22 | She watched the ants attack a small shrew , moving with one mind to overpower and strip it of its flesh . |
| 23 | Then , when we are ready , we can reconstitute and display it as new information which human beings can once again understand . |
| 24 | Now you can come and enjoy it in Europe 's very own Magic Kingdom — just a relatively short coach and ferry ride across the Channel |
| 25 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 26 | It is the board which has the final responsibility for strategic plans and actions while the role of the corporate planning department is to advise and assist it in its decisions . |
| 27 | It 's not that that your Margaret ai n't got time to stop there and dry it for her , you know what I mean . |
| 28 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 29 | I must go and break it to dear Dimity , and then we must clear up things here , and set off for Thrush Green without delay . ’ |
| 30 | I know , he might still come in and collect it on Wednesday , but you can just say that you left it home because we do n't have English that day now . |