Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Area Director also has power to discharge or revoke it upon the happening of specified events including a request from the applicant so to do , or where the aid has been abused , or where the applicant is in arrears with contributions , or where the applicant 's financial position improves so that he or she is able to afford to fund legal action . |
| 2 | For large tensile specimens most test machines use swivelling or gimbal grip mountings to avoid such effects of non-axiality , but when small specimens are used , of a few millimetres in cross-section as is common with polymer tests , axiality may become more difficult to achieve because the mass of the swivelling grip requires considerable stress to rotate or move it into the axial position . |
| 3 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 4 | They have been fighting to keep their current size for more than three years , claiming that they wish to keep the school open to all-comers , rather than limit it to the number of children in Episcopalian families . |
| 5 | Because we , we have a large amount of cash which it suits us to get rid of rather than take it to the bank er to be added up and charged for cash handling . |
| 6 | Not only is he generally responsible for the system but he also receives all appeals from refusals of permission , and has the power to call in any application for decision by himself rather than leave it with the district council . |
| 7 | Although it may be beneficial to address this point at this stage rather than leave it to the flotation , the alternative argument is that such matters can only be decided at the time of flotation when the parties are better able to assess what is commercially necessary to achieve an optimum result . |
| 8 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 9 | The owner of the estate , American John Kluge , agreed in principle to sell the estate to the crown rather than put it on the open market , but he did not consider the resulting offer to be high enough . |
| 10 | We may not yet be a vigilante state but there is no doubt that more people feel compelled to mete out their own justice rather than entrust it to the police and courts . |
| 11 | The change-over day from one occupancy to the next was on a Saturday , when our admirable Jane Jones arrived to clean and prepare it for the next lot . |
| 12 | We 'll try and make it in the morning . |
| 13 | Right , I got a cheque in my pocket made out to pay cash so she said you can go in and cash it on the counter . |
| 14 | But they were quite happy to come along and discuss it with the parish council erm and . |
| 15 | No doubt the judge , if he does not agree with the course proposed , is fully entitled to convey that to counsel and discuss it in the absence of the jury . |
| 16 | Bullied into bathing , Theda allowed Agnes to wash her long hair for her , and acquiesced when that redoubtable dame dragged a chair outside that she might sit and dry it in the sun . |
| 17 | My health , I am feeling strong and looking confident on the outside , so you must try and feel it on the inside oh dear the planets are on your side this week for love , needless to say |
| 18 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 19 | ‘ Arthur got an electrician to come in and do it during the week . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ And he 'd go away and chuck it in the bin or down the sink and come back with a new one . |
| 21 | So it 'll pause and show it on the screen . |
| 22 | Efforts to strengthen and improve it in the last decades of the century had only moderate success . |
| 23 | But er no , we were talking and she said if I give you the money you wo n't go and spend it on the |
| 24 | ‘ I gave 'em the price of a pint or two , in hopes they might come and spend it at the Watermen ! |
| 25 | He uses another shabby character , Tigg , to do his scrounging for him , he himself being ‘ of too haughty a stomach to work , to beg , to borrow , or steal ; yet mean enough to be worked or borrowed , begged or stolen for , by any catspaw that would serve his turn ; too insolent to lick the hand that fed him in his need , yet cur enough to bite and tear it in the dark ’ . |
| 26 | She had soaked the leather to bend and shape it into the form of a small shoe , but her hands were sore and her back ached and she wondered briefly if there might be an easier way of making a living than the trade her father had chosen for her . |
| 27 | Cumberland also felt some anxiety about the security of Blair Castle , situated about eight miles [ 13 km ] north-west of Pitlochry , the ancestral home of Lord George Murray , who obtained permission from Prince Charles to try and regain it from the government forces occupying it , but his light guns proved ineffective against the castle 's 7-ft [ 2.1-m ] thick walls . |
| 28 | You are asked to complete and return it to the Company 's Registrars in accordance with the instructions printed thereon and , in any event , so that it is returned not later than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting . |
| 29 | And it 's much easier to try and control it on the clutch . |
| 30 | Now , what you can do is try and cut it towards the middle of your line of aim . |