Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fixing aluminium foil behind radiators , dull side against the wall , helps to reflect heat outwards , instead of letting it be absorbed by the wall . |
| 2 | That means , year on year , sustaining the commitment instead of letting it be eroded . ’ |
| 3 | For a terrible equation prevailed : that which would ultimately save the human race — the evolution of a higher consciousness — was , in its long and vulnerable gestation , exactly what could so easily destroy humanity by letting it be corrupted , polluted , warped and ruined . |
| 4 | If you let your debtors get away with not paying or late paying you are only hurting your own image by letting it be known that your credit control is open to abuse and that you can be financially pushed around . |
| 5 | A second note of warning was issued a month later , when Andrew Gardner , a member of the Montrose interest , advised that Smith would meet with much opposition from the heritors , and indeed one of the heritors attempted to bargain with the duke by letting it be known that his attitude towards Mr. Smith might change if the Duke of Montrose allowed the laird to purchase the superiority of some of his lands . |