Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a large number of living species that are predators , some species using the modified radula as a kind of poison dart , others employing it to bore neat , perfectly round holes through the shells of prey ( often bivalves ) in order to get at the nutritious interior . |
| 2 | According to its prospectus , it intended to apply for an Act of Parliament empowering it to acquire all the land south of Downing Street , as far as Parliament Square , between St James 's Park and the river . |
| 3 | If a government , using its majority in Parliament , passes appropriate laws empowering it to do specified acts , are its activities thereby rendered legitimate because they are done in accordance with the law , regardless of how oppressive or repugnant those laws might be ? |
| 4 | The tribe of a successful Warlord will tend to grow in size and power , enabling it to fight other tribes or invade the realms of Men . |
| 5 | The board itself has been soaked beforehand so the wood does not absorb the dampness too quickly ; in fact it feeds it back to the clay , enabling it to stay fresh for longer . |
| 6 | Within the union , therefore , Scargill 's call was for solidarity , for those with more readily-guaranteed futures to support other miners ' prospects which were less bright , especially so if the NCB could capitalize on splits and other weaknesses within the NUM , thereby enabling it to isolate vulnerable areas . |
| 7 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc is to sublease three buildings with a total of 175,000 square feet , enabling it to consolidate all of its Silicon Valley operations at one contiguous campus in Sunnyvale ; the three buildings formerly housed MIPS Computer Systems Inc and AMD will sublease them from Silicon Graphics Inc , now parent of MIPS . |
| 8 | Revamping it to use some of the existing film and to include new film and new voice over and new look , it 's about five or six thousand pounds . |
| 9 | The tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly which causes harm by feeding off the tomato and leaving sugary deposits , disfiguring the fruit and causing it to go mouldy . |
| 10 | The UN Security Council on Aug. 15 unanimously adopted Resolution 707 condemning Iraq for its failure to disclose full details of its weapons programme and ordering it to provide complete access to UN inspection teams [ see pp. 38307-08 ; 38360-61 ] , including accepting their right to conduct aerial inspections anywhere in the country . |
| 11 | Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities . |
| 12 | AI submitted its report to the new Government of Bangladesh , urging it to end these human rights violations but to date has received no response . |
| 13 | While confident of the benefit of mefenamic acid , the authors advise more evaluation of its risks before recommending it to prevent pre-term labour . |
| 14 | He knows that it is his business to contribute something of his own to this store of experience ; and that he should play his part in moulding it and improving it to meet changing conditions . |
| 15 | But another charity , The Knights of St Columba , has stepped in to put unsold stock to good use by sending it to help needy families in Poland . |
| 16 | You can apply it to language learning by getting it to produce selected and sorted check lists or lists of words containing a particular sound/symbol you wish to drill . |
| 17 | The next stage will be to put that ‘ judgemental ability ’ into a computer , teaching it to make intelligent guesses about events on the battlefield . |
| 18 | It was Christmas Eve and , during the interval in Coriolanus that night , he put the bird in the oven , expecting it to take fourteen hours to cook . |
| 19 | He has n't asked me yet , not formally , he has n't done the man-to-man bit with my father , I 'm just expecting it to happen one day , maybe . ’ |
| 20 | Fenella fastened the garment about her waist , by no means sure that this would be sufficient , expecting it to feel uncomfortable and even grisly . |
| 21 | I 'm stirring it to make sure it 's hot enough . |
| 22 | ‘ I can see me and him having it to go one of these days . ’ |
| 23 | The apparent change in US policy was reportedly prompted by the refusal of some Arab states , notably Egypt and Syria , to back punitive strikes against Iraq , following an invitation on July 15 by President Saddam Hussein to the Arab League asking it to inspect Iraqi nuclear facilities to prove that nothing was being concealed from the UN . |
| 24 | I certainly never insulted my memory by asking it to store all that routine junk . |
| 25 | We have been running it to get democratic power to serve the people of this country , ’ said Kinnock , provoking the most spontaneous and emotional standing ovation seen in three weeks . |
| 26 | We 're not doing it to compensate Social Services |
| 27 | The 1990 election considerably strengthened the position of the NVP , allowing it to resist secessionist demands from St Maarten . |
| 28 | AFRC 's change in direction , forced on it by the government 's withdrawal from ‘ near market ’ research , is allowing it to do more of this exciting fundamental research . |
| 29 | BP OIL UK LTD was kind enough , about two years ago , to give a generous donation to this Association , allowing it to purchase some much needed items for use by volunteer team members . |
| 30 | Instead , the government will retain ‘ golden shares ’ in companies it wants to keep in French hands , allowing it to block hostile bidders or the sale of ‘ strategic ’ assets . |