Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] it [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would hardly have been possible for it to support beauty and extravagance and pleasure at the expense of mere survival , but it did at least hint that such a view could be held , and its mere admission of this possibility was to Clara profoundly satisfying . |
| 2 | None the less , large sums of public money are still being spent on drainage , much of it to improve farmland . |
| 3 | As the Royal Bank is firmly established as a leading provider of services to the securities industry it was natural for it to assume responsibility . |
| 4 | It should also be reasonable for it to cover areas where your colleague has influence to attract clients away . |
| 5 | Textrix — its name is Latin for ‘ weaver ’ — is common wherever biggish stones are available for it to take shelter among and sling its web . |
| 6 | The elaboration and detail of the scheme and the variety of techniques available under it to protect investors suggests that it would be wrong to assume that the statute and its rulemaking powers should be interpreted as being in the shadow of the common law . |
| 7 | Whilst the press must not overstep the bounds set , inter alia , for the ‘ protection of the reputation of others ’ , it is nevertheless incumbent on it to impart information and ideas on political issues just as on those in other areas of public interest . |
| 8 | Even if it was rejected , however , under the terms of the country 's constitution approval by the lower house was sufficient for it to become law within 30 days regardless of its fate in the upper chamber . |
| 9 | She wondered how much he had witnessed , then realised he must have seen , and heard , most of it to order Paul Fisher to be carpeted , without suggesting Mr Drewer get her side of it . |