Example sentences of "[v-ing] it one [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1970s the government of Valery Giscard D'Estaing made a huge investment in the French telecommunications industry , giving it one of the most modern infrastructures in the world . |
| 2 | The Soviet Union used to produce about 150,000 tonnes of tea a year , making it one of the biggest growers . |
| 3 | Virgin last night refused to comment , but estimates are that the deal could be worth well in excess of £50m , making it one of the largest investments by a Japanese organisation in a UK company . |
| 4 | Now Hector 's is in the limelight not only in New Zealand but also internationally , as efforts to save this unique species are making it one of the conservation success stories of the world . |
| 5 | The expansion will more than double the plant 's manufacturing capabilities , making it one of the world 's largest silicone plants . |
| 6 | One of them carries Coslany Street north from St Laurence 's Church , and is a cast-iron bridge of 1804 , making it one of the earliest surviving iron bridges in Britain , built a quarter of a century after Shropshire 's famous pioneer at Ironbridge ( q.v . ) . |
| 7 | of the county , making it one of the most heavily-wooded areas in England . |
| 8 | The aria ‘ He was despised ’ can be quite a drag in the wrong hands , but she succeeds in making it one of the highpoints of the Oratorio , even though she appears to be under attack from a boa constrictor half way through . |
| 9 | Thereafter it was continually in need of repair or subject to minor alteration until the Reformation , given a Lady Chapel for the cult of the Virgin in the later thirteenth century and , most obviously , a spire in the fifteenth century , making it one of the best landscape features of any medieval building , far less uniformly oppressive than Salisbury . |
| 10 | ANGLIA Television yesterday announced a partnership with New York based Home Box Office , making it one of Britain 's leading producers and commissioners of drama and entertainment . |
| 11 | The Intel 386sx TM processor runs at 20Mhz making it one of the fastest SX 's on the market . |
| 12 | Wartime service spanned almost the entire Pacific conflict , making it one of the most historically significant of the few remaining Australian Dakotas , the other preserved examples appearing to have had very pedestrian careers in comparison while ‘ SBO was used exclusively for military frontline transport operations , making it a veteran par excellence . |
| 13 | Parlour and Morrow have played just 10 League games between them , making it one of the least experienced Arsenal midfields in club history . |
| 14 | There are seventeen individually furnished bedrooms ( making it one of the larger hotels in this guide ) , all with en suite facilities and colour TV . |
| 15 | For the first half of the nineteenth century , these goals were admirably adhered to , as the society assembled mostly printed and written matter : books , letters , manuscripts , diaries , letters and newspapers , making it one of the most distinguished libraries in the country . |
| 16 | The Sprengel Museum re-opened in May after the completion of a new extension , making it one of the foremost museums for twentieth-century art in Europe ( see The Art Newspaper No. 14 , Janaury 1992 , p.9 ) . |
| 17 | A connoisseur of French and Italian drawings , Jacob Bean managed to double the number of European drawings in the collection to more than 4,000 , making it one of the largest and most distinguished in the States . |
| 18 | Always popular with British guests the Marco Polo has enhanced its appeal by a complete refurbishment , making it one of the most attractive hotels in Singapore . |
| 19 | Many of the hazards were approached 1 blind because of the acute undulations , thus making it one of the most severe circuits on the racing calendar . |
| 20 | One of the long-nosed Chaetodons , its range includes the Red Sea , Australia and Hawaii — making it one of the most widely distributed of all butterflyfish . |
| 21 | Though it is an everyday part of human diet in the region , its skin , being hard to preserve , has seldom been shipped to museums ; scientists have tended to ignore the animal , making it one of the most poorly studied common species in the world . |
| 22 | Fewer than 10% of respondents answered this question negatively , making it one of the most unambiguously supported proposals in the paper . |
| 23 | At least 36 of the 45 kites introduced since the project began still survive , making it one of the most successful reintroduction schemes . |
| 24 | From nose-tip to tail the plane is packed with scientific instruments making it one of the world 's most sophisticated flying laboratories . |