Example sentences of "is [to-vb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second way of considering the tending of the fire is to compare it to the feminine ability to create and sustain atmosphere . |
| 2 | A stop gate provides protection as the canal approaches the aqueduct which is to carry it across the River Tame ( Feb 83 guide ) and between a sewage works and an electricity substation . |
| 3 | The quickest comparison is to liken it to the replacement branches mentioned above , shoot ( a ) in Fig. 5 , for example . |
| 4 | The best way is to decorate it with the materials found in nature , and attempt to soften the overall box shape . |
| 5 | So we need to be looking forward , but we ought to be looking short-term , so the best way to look at objectives , is to look it in the short-term , which is in fact , year one if you like , medium term , years two and three , and long-term , years four and five . |
| 6 | He reminds them of the confidential nature of the case : nobody is to discuss it outside the room . |
| 7 | The way I approach anything is to do it to the best of my ability , whatever . |
| 8 | The only satisfactory way to deal with a word which can not be found is to negotiate it with the user ; such a word can be ignored ( i.e. , removed from the search ) or replaced , or the search can be abandoned on the ground that the word is correct and essential to the success of the search . |
| 9 | The best method nowadays , of course , is to put it on the computer and let the computer plot the lot . |
| 10 | ‘ Magnus is among the top assets in the XEU portfolio and my job is to keep it in the premier league , ’ he says . |
| 11 | The alternative to burying cable in the walls is to run it on the surface in mini-trunking , and then use surface-mounted light switches . |
| 12 | The plan is to convert it into the ultimate upmarket hotel and haute cuisine restaurant . |
| 13 | Cos you know one of the people says that the best place for it is to lob it in the arboretum lake . |
| 14 | Western countries are overflowing with dangerous waste — and their first thought is to dump it in the Third World . |
| 15 | At which , after an ovation , half the audience did depart to hear Michael Heseltine , whose idea of a fringe meeting is to hold it in the Grand Theatre , which is very grand , built 1906 , seats 1,200 , and where Alvin Stardust will head the bill in this year 's pantomime . |
| 16 | It is much easier to advocate such a policy ( i.e. to avoid making hasty decisions ) on the ground than it is to execute it in the air when presented with an unusual emergency . |
| 17 | erm The only way to get through to a diverted phone is to call it through the number it 's diverted to . |
| 18 | The natural inclination of a new ‘ Couper is to turn it with the fingers , but one quickly learns to run a palm across one side , either up or down , in order to change trim by rolling the black knob . |
| 19 | Where this is impossible , such as against a house well , where there is often a concrete apron adjacent to the wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it into the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 20 | Ideally , gates should be hung on sturdy posts set well into the ground , but where this is impossible , such as against a house wall , the only secure way to fit the post is to screw it to the wall using large expanding bolts , such as Rawlbolts . |
| 21 | Microsoft Corp is now saying that Windows/NT will be announced on May 24 and that the target is to deliver it before the end of the second quarter , although US PC Week does n't expect ships to start until July ; there 's no exact date , says the company , since it will not ship until the product it is spot-on . |
| 22 | Apart from being awkward , the Arabic version also distorts the information structure of the original by presenting the first element ( ‘ general picture ’ ) as given when the point of the cleft structure is to present it as the new information worth attending to . |
| 23 | Another method of learning to hover with the model facing you is to place it on the ground in this attitude and learn to fly again from scratch . |
| 24 | ‘ As soon as they get the ball , their intention is to get it into the box as quickly as possible and to finish with a shot . |
| 25 | Having decided upon a prefabricated pool , the next stage is to get it into the ground . |
| 26 | The best way to test the quality of porridge is to throw it at the wall . |
| 27 | Sometimes the only answer is to bring it off the way it went on , layer by layer . |