Example sentences of "[noun] it [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas the parachute keeps the cable under tension as it drops , if there is a cross wind it tends to drift much more than a rope with no chute . |
| 2 | In many respects it fails to answer these issues satisfactorily , although allowing the court to order medical examinations without parental consent legitimizes a position well established on an informal basis amongst the professionals involved . |
| 3 | Though 1660 marked the end of feudalism in its political aspect , in the sphere of private law it continued to cause many difficulties , which were not removed until 1925 . |
| 4 | So of course I hope that Iran will use what influence it has to get those hostages released . ’ |
| 5 | It 's a pity it had to happen that way . |
| 6 | To understand the classicists it helps to have some understanding of what they were reacting against . |
| 7 | After the war it seemed to lose some of its attraction . |
| 8 | After the Second World War it broadened to include all boys ' schools . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Unix International is being very secretive about an announcement it expects to make this week that it hopes will propel the industry further along the path of unity . |
| 10 | Is it not time that we took the Agenda for Peace seriously and gave the UN the resources it needs to save this and future generations from the scourge of war . |
| 11 | Forestry is to a certain extent in conflict with agriculture not only because it removes large areas of land from farming for 50 or more years , but also because in its modern forms of organisation it tends to employ fewer local people . |
| 12 | He sat smoking his cigarettes and reading the evening paper for the half-hour it took to accomplish these combined exercises , before leaving and getting into the tube at Bond Street . |
| 13 | In addition it wishes to thank all the other Trustees : Richard Baker , OBE ; W Grant Cochrane ; Dr Philip Ledger , CBE ; Robert Tear , CBE , and the Trust 's administrators , the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland . |
| 14 | I also like the area because of its prehistoric relics , abundance of wildflowers and , on a more mundane level , because in my experience it seems to get more than its fair share of decent weather . |
| 15 | The problem is that while some commercial interests made a healthy profit from the '91 World Cup it failed to produce enough RWC cash to underwrite the Catania tournament , let alone the qualifying tournaments for the 1995 World Cup in South Africa . |
| 16 | I t is the growing clamour from industry for the graduates it employs to have more work-related skills , and the ensuing tension with the mainstream curriculum . |
| 17 | because of the way it tends to bind many poorer consumers into using just one type of credit ( considerably more costly than non-collection types ) more or less as a matter of course . |
| 18 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 19 | But for the small time it took to put this inner up it made little difference . |
| 20 | The only thing that ruined the game for me was the time it took to load each room . |
| 21 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 22 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 23 | Quite apart from introducing the problem of just how you get the document to the bureau in the first place ( we know of people who have extra hard disks for just this purpose ) the time it takes to run such a document through an imagesetter can be significant in the extreme . |
| 24 | At the same time it aims to devote more resources to special training needs . |
| 25 | In fact it tends to generate some very discordant results . |