Example sentences of "[vb base] it [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not encourage a young dog to jump up and greet you , for instance , and then expect it to abandon this behaviour at a later stage . |
| 2 | ‘ We expect it to contribute 4.5 per cent of profits , and we base that on our expected group performance of 20 per cent organic growth a year . ’ |
| 3 | Fishing has been patchy due to the cool temperatures but anglers expect it to get better when the winds turn south westerly . |
| 4 | After turning it through 180 degrees , re-install it to give increased adjustment capability in the required direction . |
| 5 | It should be emphasized , though , that the prime object of alloying copper with gold and/or silver was to alter its appearance and fit it to serve symbolic rather than technological ends . |
| 6 | The use of ‘ but ’ where common sense demands ‘ and ’ is symptomatic of a general malaise : the scriptwriters do n't think about the meaning of what they 've written , they just want it to sound pretty . |
| 7 | ‘ And you want it to remain that way ? ’ |
| 8 | I want it to remain open , but I also want to understand the position . |
| 9 | The times I have heard : ‘ We want it to look nice , mind you , but not take a lot of time . |
| 10 | If you do a lot of entertaining and want it to look spectacular at night , then mirror tiles will gleam and sparkle and reflect candle-light beautifully . |
| 11 | And I want it to stay that way . |
| 12 | Suffice it to say many important graphics and sound algorithms can take advantage of the design . |
| 13 | Suffice it to say that Labour 's internal opinion-polling , now being carried out by NOP , is being ‘ front-loaded ’ to give more information through this spring . |
| 14 | Suffice it to say that , in the absence of a sufficiently ‘ mature ’ , well-educated civil society in Siberia , Speranskii sought to design a structure of bureaucratic agencies and offices in which power was vested in institutions rather than personalities , which took full cognizance of individual regions ' peculiar human and material needs and circumstances ( both Russian and native ) , and which laid down proper codes of administrative procedures , legal practices and economic policies . |
| 15 | Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh . |
| 16 | If this book assists those who read it to become more ‘ research minded ’ it will have achieved its objective . |
| 17 | The beauty with a scalable operating system , believes Gregory , is that Ready can take a single technology and adopt it to suit any requirements . |
| 18 | Get it to analyse specific behaviour and situations rather than to censure you as a person . |
| 19 | So get it to go all the way . |
| 20 | So each time you want to do something it 's five , displays it and so on tell it to read five but it just fills up it 's memory , it 's little buffer with that much . |
| 21 | It wo n't dip , or wobble , or swing , or scratch its ass when you tell it to keep still . |
| 22 | Will he undertake to include the insurance industry in his fight against car crime and encourage it to give financial incentives by way of lower premiums to owners who improve the security of their vehicles ? |
| 23 | I believe it to constitute one of the clearest lines of demarcation between upper and lower in the working class . ’ |
| 24 | The more I think about these cases , the more difficult I find it to put each into its proper pigeon-hole . |
| 25 | However , its task is made much more difficult by the fact that derogations granted to the Welsh water authority allow it to pump raw sewage into both those rivers . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the orang-utan can tolerate a wide range of bitter and sour fruits and high alcohol levels and its strong hands allow it to open spiny or hard fruits like durians and legumes . |
| 27 | The mountain goat is built primarily for steady , tireless climbing rather than speed and great agility : its short legs and short body , which allow it to place all four feet close together , also give it great stability on narrow , uneven ledges . |
| 28 | A step-by-step approach is required : first to entice the dog into the car , then allow it to become used to resting here without being driven off . |
| 29 | Inject foam and allow it to expand proud of the surface . |
| 30 | It is important for a dog to sit and stay when instructed , once you allow it to run free off a leash ; while it must also be prepared to lie down , both in the home and when waiting with you out of doors . |