Example sentences of "and [to-vb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not so ( we are told ) : Conservative advocates of tariffs and social reforms like old age pensions , wages councils , regulation of sweated trades were , Fforde argues , simply engaged in ‘ principled opportunism ’ ; this was ‘ not Collectivist Conservatism but expedient Conservatism ’ , and to see it as otherwise would be to allow oneself to be ‘ misled by manufactured appearances ' or what Fforde describes elsewhere as the gap between ‘ professed stance and true intention ’ . |
| 2 | Certainly he seems to define active life in terms of outward works and to see it as inferior to the inward experience of contemplation : Some people are doubtful as to which life is the more meritorious and excellent , the contemplative or the active . |
| 3 | And it had been extremely unkind , not to say ill bred of several of the younger ones to remark on Lugh 's own plateful of stew and to compare it unfavourably with their own portions . |
| 4 | The goal is to renew the earth and to cherish it so that its fruits , its resources and its wealth may be shared by everyone — and without leaving a legacy of pollution and destruction for the next generation . |
| 5 | It could well go on forever unless one of two things happens , unless everybody guards themselves against giving information away , which as a matter of practice many will do , and many probably wo n't , or secondly that some legislation is brought about to make this an offence , and to treat it seriously . |
| 6 | If one accepts that comparable hypotheses may explain differential phenomenology ( such as the different experiences of motion-perception previously described ) , then his work shows that it is in principle possible for a creature incapable of experiencing distinct shapes to be aware of motion and to ascribe it correctly to an individual object . |
| 7 | It is important for these pilots to develop the habit of checking the position of the gliding site immediately after releasing the tow and to re-check it regularly every few circles . |
| 8 | The skill in midlife is to discover the beauty that belongs to that stage in life and to accept it willingly . |
| 9 | Now it seems to me I accept difficulties f for , for some people , but on the whole it 's working quite well and to shuffle it all round again I think would irritate a large number of members and we 're irritated by the changes that you made earlier on and I would n't wish to bring any down on your your head for the |
| 10 | The US journal Pediatrics says it is crucial to remove the cap or nipple of the baby 's bottle before heating and to shake it well before feeding . |
| 11 | What we sought to do , in terms of Community competence , in the discussions was to extend it in areas where we thought it was appropriate and to define it more adequately than it has been defined in the past in order to prevent , as far as it is possible to prevent it , that element of creeping competence that so offends many people in this country . |
| 12 | The signalman controlling the level crossing is instructed to close the gate n seconds before the train actually arrives , and to open it immediately the train has passed . |
| 13 | But the way to make good this promise is , I believe , to take seriously the practical/theoretical distinction and to explore it further . |
| 14 | In 1978 the act was amended to make the earliest mandatory retirement age 70 and to eliminate it entirely for federal employees . |
| 15 | Two things happened , however , to divert trade unionism from the adoption of that role and to lead it instead into what has been called its revolutionary period , one which for a time made the ownership and control of industries by the people who worked in them its main objective , which sought in short to displace the organisation of industry on the capitalist model by an industrial co-operative commonwealth . |
| 16 | " It 's a long-term project , and to help it there 's got to be a forest sense among the general public . |
| 17 | The lesser evil was to syphon off the unschooled violence which was wrecking Europe and to apply it usefully elsewhere . |
| 18 | How gay it was in spring , under the linden trees : people sauntering , the cafés full , everyone enjoying themselves , and to walk it now with — ’ he smiled again , an elderly uncle 's smile , recalling long lost days , when the linden trees bloomed along the avenue — ‘ with a pretty girl . |
| 19 | I hope to send the document to the DoE via the Welsh Office in the next couple of weeks and to publish it late in May . |
| 20 | The concept of effectiveness means that a decision is made to do something and to do it effectively . |
| 21 | It was brave of you to improvise still — and to do it so well . ’ |
| 22 | Weeping and sobbing are natural and appropriate responses to grief and our body is designed to provide the capacity and to use it creatively . |
| 23 | Barton has heavy borrowings too , and to put it crudely , if they 're paying interest and Huerter is n't , Huerter ought to be able to undercut them in the market . ’ |
| 24 | Any sort of boat could have been used to ferry a body to midstream and to put it gently over the side in darkness . |
| 25 | But multimedia is a complex , wide-ranging subject and to address it fully would be well beyond the scope and funding of this study . |
| 26 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 27 | Aim , then , from the beginning to collect vocabulary at a pace you can handle , and to file it carefully . |
| 28 | To establish whether or not a claim submitted by a contractor is valid , and to dispute it successfully if it is not , the client must ensure that accurate records are kept on his of her behalf . |
| 29 | For the sake of appearances ( and to keep it away from any detrimental vibration ) , I popped the B-1R into our studio rack , reconnected all the leads and … ignition ! |
| 30 | The Citation rolled slowly on to its left side as Duncan fought to keep it flying and to keep it away from the airliner . |