Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] all the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It needs to push all the air out of the water main . |
| 2 | It has to absorb all the liquid it requires through its skin . |
| 3 | Note that baths and shower trays have a low waste trap , so there will be problems getting sufficient fall on the waste pipe if it has to run all the way across a room under floorboards . |
| 4 | I know Japan is the country everyone points to , but it is the favourite one because it happens to show all the deficiencies of forecasting and combatting rivalry that are available . |
| 5 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 6 | It had grown so wild and unruly that it threatened to smother all the flowers . |
| 7 | In one sense , the concentration on needs , curriculum , teaching strategies and home-school links is suitably comprehensive : it appears to encompass all the main elements of educational practice . |
| 8 | If a man drinks 6 pints of beer in fairly rapid succession , about how long will it take to clear all the alcohol from his body ? a. 6 hours b. 9 hours c. 11 hours d. 13 hours |
| 9 | But surely it it 's happened that it 's getting er and and I touch wood I do n't know how superstitious you are but it 's getting better and better and better for you each time because when you came here ooh some years ago since you first came into this studio er you were pretty popular then but it seems to increase all the time does n't it ? |
| 10 | It aims to involve all the members of the hospital — doctors , nurses , ancillary staff and the patients themselves — in the healing process . |
| 11 | In addition it wishes to thank all the other Trustees : Richard Baker , OBE ; W Grant Cochrane ; Dr Philip Ledger , CBE ; Robert Tear , CBE , and the Trust 's administrators , the National Youth Orchestra of Scotland . |
| 12 | Thus the government announced sweeping increases in taxes and cuts in the public sector ; it aimed to scrap all the remaining state subsidies , sell off state assets , and fire about 80,000 workers ( a small proportion of public employees ) . |
| 13 | The Indian in charge of it had to do all the technical work himself , and I gave the short address that had been scheduled . |
| 14 | Erm so it had to have all the lighting , official lighting for the continent and so on and so forth . |
| 15 | Where the Act does apply it seeks to regulate all the different types of exclusion clause which may be found in a contract . |
| 16 | ‘ Can You Shake ’ is pure sixties melody with the inevitable jangling guitars and wah-wah- wahs but somehow it manages to dodge all the worst cliches that usually accompany this sort of workout . |
| 17 | Not only did it fail to achieve all the gains on which it seemed to be calculating in embarking on the assault , but it sustained one particularly debilitating blow in the course of it . |
| 18 | It claims to supply all the nutrients needed to reactivate skin cells and so restore firmness and elasticity . |
| 19 | Suppose , for example , it claims to exclude all the following liabilities of the seller : for misrepresentation , for negligence and also for breach of the terms implied by sections 12 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act . |