Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's aim has always been to attract foreign investment ; only its tactics have changed as the tiny city-state ( 639 sq km ) matures and looks for more sophisticated investors to help it achieve the longed-for ‘ developed nation ’ status by 2030 . |
| 2 | The Open Software Foundation has tapped Cambridge , Massachusetts-based Integrated Computer Solutions Inc to help it develop the next version of Motif . |
| 3 | You would n't reduce the batteries to reverse it to make it go the other way . |
| 4 | Wilson and Jones , in their investigations of this effect , did not test the carcinogens on cells , but on DNA extracted from cells and treated so as to make it mimic the methylated DNA of a dividing cell . |
| 5 | I have settled the succession by English law and not by Welsh , to make it hold the firmer , and stop their mouths from questioning it . |