Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gentleman sees the working papers he will discover that no hospital will be able to ask for trust status unless it agrees to carry out the whole range of services that must be undertaken in that area . |
| 2 | Critics of the Tirgu Mures report said that it failed to spell out the reasons for the outburst of hatred between Romanians and ethnic Hungarians in Transylvania , preferring instead to lay the blame on Ceausescu 's legacy , actions of the former Securitate political police , and disinformation on the part of extremists on both sides . |
| 3 | Yeah right it ca n't get out it has to go down the pipe . |
| 4 | For a wood glue-to be effective it has to penetrate down the tubes for some distance so as to get hold of the undamaged wood . |
| 5 | Continue until just after it starts to take up the steep fellside again , where a small path branches off left . |
| 6 | It sometimes goes the , the colour as it , as it starts to heal up the , colour gets a wee bit lighter |
| 7 | The Catholic Church had made a bad mistake with Galileo when it tried to lay down the law on a question of science , declaring that the sun went round the earth . |
| 8 | To me it seemed to hang on the right lip for at least two seconds before it dropped in . |
| 9 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 10 | Japan has announced that it intends to scale down the use of driftnets in the run-up to the UN ban which takes effect at the end of the year [ see ED 53/54 ] . |
| 11 | In other words it chooses to move up the Phillips curve from point A to a point such as point B which corresponds to its new perception of the ‘ optimal ’ unemployment inflation pair . |
| 12 | That now does useful work , powering a pneumatic grease gun , a tool that Mr Tomlinson says has halved the time it takes to grease up the Mengele forager each morning . |
| 13 | The weaker the AC electric field , the longer it takes to build up the power of those ions , but the build-up is unavoidable if the particle mass , the magnetic field strength and the AC signal frequency satisfy the formula for resonance . |
| 14 | Although a late developer , it began to take on the size and conformation of an excellent Clydesdale stallion . |
| 15 | Gadebridge probably began life as a small farm , but from Period 4 , during the third century , it began to take on the additional characteristics , even to the extent of a gatehouse , or porter 's lodge . |
| 16 | I do not think that Boots ' sponsorship helped the RNA , because it served to shut out the rest of the trade , but now that Boots has withdrawn and a new sponsor is being sought there is an opportunity to boost the award . |
| 17 | The measure was condemned by some economists as crude and ill-conceived , particularly since it threatened to wipe out the personal savings of many ordinary people : Soviet citizens were generally disinclined to place their money in accounts with the state savings bank , either because of mistrust , or because the low interest rate provided little incentive , or because it was necessary to carry a large amount of cash in case of chancing upon a scarce commodity which had suddenly come into stock in a state shop . |
| 18 | The company said it needed to scale down the business to keep costs under control . |
| 19 | I do n't know , from tea time it seems to warm up the house |
| 20 | It aims to wipe out the Hib form of the deadly disease which kills 65 children and leaves a further 150 permanently brain damaged every year . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , it helps to fill in the picture but I have n't finished yet . |
| 22 | Another wrote of ‘ a new resurgence of idolatrous religion ’ in which ‘ the church is valued , if it is valued at all , to the extent that it helps to shore up the values and culture of Thatcherism . ’ |
| 23 | Each one of them will know what it means to take up the challenge year after year of a yet higher fund raising target . ’ |
| 24 | Here it means to drag out the sound , hence ‘ make a long blast ’ . |
| 25 | If your Association has decided that it wishes to take up the offer of accommodation at South Gyle the Council needs to know : |
| 26 | It aimed to pull down the houses and buildings on the site , except for the Board of Control , and to ‘ build a wall in a line with the terrace of the Houses of Parliament , reclaiming about two acres from the River , and on this valuable site to erect Buildings , Streets and Terraces of the first class … |
| 27 | ‘ I enjoy archery because it is a simple country sport , ’ he said , ‘ and I must admit it continues to bring out the child in me — I always enjoyed playing with bows and arrows when I was young ! ’ |
| 28 | By 1668 the Company had collapsed ; when its successor , the Royal Africa Company , was launched in 1672 it had to tidy up the debts outstanding as well as restore the trade in gold and slaves from West Africa . |
| 29 | It refused to let back the 300,000 or so who crossed to the East Bank during or after the 1967 war , but it allowed 100,000 ‘ summer visitors ’ to cross each year to maintain contact with their families . |
| 30 | It refused to rule out the inclusion of other factors for determining whether a borrower was likely to default or not — like disability or homosexuality . |