Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] [prep] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority verdict is that Seve 's handiwork is difficult but fair , and tournament director , Andy McFee , aims to keep it that way by utilising a variety of tees , including some of the ladies ' , to strike the right balance . |
| 2 | In this leaflet we want to explain the low risks that lesbians face from HIV and how to keep it that way by practising safer sex and safer drug use . |
| 3 | Keep it that way by preventing it coming into contact with raw meat , poultry and fish . |
| 4 | In certain species , the long , fine roots trail below as far as the muddy or sandy bottom and anchor the plant , still giving it ample freedom for floating . |
| 5 | All this gives it some importance in bringing the workforce to acceptance of the new work disciplines of the industrial revolution . |
| 6 | See it again , right , I 'll just do it this time without talking it through , and you can just watch |
| 7 | We give it proper attention by placing it first ) . |
| 8 | This displacement imparts to law a certain universality which gives to it symbolic efficacy in removing , or at least concealing , its arbitrariness . |
| 9 | Dell has renegotiated an existing $200m revolving line of credit with a group of nine large banks led by Barclays Bank Plc to give it additional flexibility in using the funds . |
| 10 | It had taken us an hour to walk but had taken the men who drove it thirteen years of drilling and blasting through 748 fathoms of solid rock to build it . |
| 11 | It 's a lovely country , the food 's nice and the weather 's great — but it all centres around playing and getting the football right . |
| 12 | He conceived the idea of artificial daylight and gave it practical reality by filtering the light of an Argand oil lamp through blue glass . |
| 13 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . |
| 14 | Might just about make it one way without registering , but certainly not both . ’ |
| 15 | This general duty of the doctor , to control symptoms as much as possible and otherwise make the patient as comfortable as possible , has implicit in it two propositions worth noticing . |
| 16 | Carry a ‘ black book ’ on outings , and record in it unacceptable behaviours by writing a short description in front of your child ( such as ‘ wandered off in supermarket ’ ) . |
| 17 | Happily there was no quick cash-in when ROY ORBISON died just before Christmas 1988 , and his widow Barbara has left it four years before releasing his posthumous album KING OF HEARTS ( Virgin ) . |