Example sentences of "it [verb] [to-vb] all " 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 | Westlake Village , California-based Delphi Information Systems Inc says it plans to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Continental Systems Inc of East Lansing , Michigan for about 446,000 shares of Delphi common stock , worth $3m . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Whatever it was , it seemed to require all your attention and I understood that I was to go . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Also in Scandinavia was an important study of the mass movement processes on the slopes of Kärkevagge ( Rapp , 1960 ) and this was important not only because it endeavoured to quantify all of the processes that affect a slope in a subarctic environment , but also because it established the relative significance of the different processes and concluded that the most effective agent of removal was running water removing material in solution . |
| 9 | This is why men who have been deeply hurt in an extra marital affair often have a compulsion when it ends to tell all to their wives in a great burst of weeping . |
| 10 | My goodness , how long it takes to write all this , this life of mine . |
| 11 | It had grown so wild and unruly that it threatened to smother all the flowers . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | It undertook to grade all departments according to the quality of their research and it inaugurated a series of subject reviews . |
| 16 | It aims to treat all taxpayers with equal fairness and to settle their tax affairs impartially . |
| 17 | It aims to involve all the members of the hospital — doctors , nurses , ancillary staff and the patients themselves — in the healing process . |
| 18 | It aims to help all married people who want to bring new life and new dimension to their marriage , to come and share in the life of the centre . |
| 19 | It chose to defy all discipline , and form precarious waves . |
| 20 | Let's represent the total time it took to evolve all these breeds of dog from a wolf , by one ordinary walking pace . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | After the Second World War it broadened to include all boys ' schools . |
| 23 | Improvements are offered by many software houses ; the designer will generally find that it pays to explore all possible optimization techniques for the manufacturers ' software before examining alternatives . |
| 24 | It pays to examine all gutter brackets and clips to ensure no water will drip on to walls . |
| 25 | So it pays to keep all of them well out of the reach of young , inquisitive hands . |
| 26 | 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 ) . |
| 27 | It voted to cease all transfers of patients between hospitals from midnight . |
| 28 | On Advanced RISC Machines Ltd , where it held 46.15% as at December 31 , the Cambridge company says that it continues to meet all major targets . |
| 29 | Thirdly , it wished to co-ordinate all anti-fascist groups supportive of the Republican government into one single movement . |
| 30 | The Indian in charge of it had to do all the technical work himself , and I gave the short address that had been scheduled . |