Example sentences of "[verb] it to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Applying it to the particular example , already considered , and so that as before . |
| 32 | He had addressed it to the Chief Accountant personally , and a letter so addressed , in his distinctive handwriting would stand out a mile when the letters were spread across Steve Pyle 's desk . |
| 33 | A contemporary writer from Lika compared it to the Mongol invasions and the depredations of the Goths and Attila the Hun . |
| 34 | Kohl described the military regime of former president Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte as a " dictatorship " and compared it to the former East German regime headed by Erich Honecker ( whose request for political asylum in Chile had recently been rejected ) . |
| 35 | North had already thrashed out a democratic manifesto for a unified opposition in Nicaragua , the leaders and himself scribbling it out in a cramped hotel room in Miami ; at the hearings , he proudly compared it to the sweaty wranglings in Philadelphia over the Constitution . |
| 36 | He waited for a moment while Mr Hellyer removed another paving stone and added it to the growing pile in the hedge . |
| 37 | ‘ It 's not going to stop the abuse of power , it 's just going to restrict it to the highest level . |
| 38 | But , then when you 've done it to the best of your ability and you ca n't really see the rewards , then you have to analyse why . |
| 39 | Those Israelis whom this behaviour most appals have long been likening it to the earlier stages of Nazism , an analogy that found startling vindication with the recent disclosure that some units in the occupied territories draw on Nazi precedents for their own self-image , one calling itself the ‘ Mengele detachment ’ and another ‘ the Auschwitz company ’ . |
| 40 | He just put it to the poor bastard . |
| 41 | The C can change if you copy it to another column and the C put it to the right the C changes to a D if you put a dollar in front of them both then neither can change . |
| 42 | And I put it to the some of the women and men cleaners you see , How would like a rest day roster ? |
| 43 | There is great potential in the land around the port in Belfast and it is important that , when that land is sold , it is sold to a company capable of developing it to the best advantage of the people of Belfast and Northern Ireland . |
| 44 | The land in question was in that part of northern Zawiya which is called Mannaia , and it seems beyond doubt that the Mannaia had granted it to the Sanusi order in the 1870s . |
| 45 | The output from the feedforward control is intended to provide the motor with just the extra push which will bring it to the required setting . |
| 46 | Pay the money for the upkeep of each child , do n't give it to the individual workman who may have few or no children . |
| 47 | I 'll give it to the old man she said no problem . |
| 48 | Once an agreement has been registered in the register of restrictive agreements ( which is open to public inspection ) , the Director General may refer it to the Restrictive Practices Court for a decision on whether the restrictions it contains are contrary to the public interest . |
| 49 | If your complaint is about the actual treatment you have received from a doctor or dentist — a clinical complaint — the officer may refer it to the Regional Medical Officer for you . |
| 50 | But last night they admitted for the first time that Mr Mellor did not refer it to the then Prime Minister , Mrs Thatcher . |
| 51 | Secondly , it is only right that your doctor should know , because if there is a significant change in your condition with homoeopathy , he will ascribe it to the wrong treatment if he does not know that other therapies have also been given . |
| 52 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 53 | It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools . |
| 54 | I borrow the gun and hold it to the big guy 's head . |
| 55 | And then it was saying about the ones where they take the front end of a car and joi , match it to the stolen |
| 56 | Following her instructions to the letter , I took the centre stitch and transferred it to the adjacent needle . |
| 57 | Slipping them into a plain buff envelope , he transferred it to the inside pocket of his jacket and prepared to go out . |
| 58 | When you 're seeking a grant for your pet project , you have to sell it to the sponsoring body as if you were touting it on the open market , because there are so many pet projects and only so many grants . |
| 59 | ‘ After all , even if Jefferson has perfected some magic putter which gives Harley an illegal edge on the greens , he will never be allowed to sell it to the ordinary punter , so there 's no point . |
| 60 | The media item can be used again , but only if the Offline Manager re-initialises it and allocates it a new , unique identifier in VMS , then re-introduces it to the Offline System . |