Example sentences of "[noun pl] to let [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we need earholes to let in air-borne sounds , water-borne vibrations pass easily through the tissues of these sea mammals ' heads to reach their ears . |
| 2 | Mr Melvin , Bookseller , Union St , had 2 public and 4 bedrooms to let in Academy St for Northern Meeting Week . |
| 3 | BRITAIN slammed the door yesterday on calls to let in many more Yugoslav civil war refugees . |
| 4 | The profits to be made out of wine in the first half of the century encouraged substantial farmers to let out their outlying fields , landowners and municipalities their hitherto unproductive wastes , on rabassa morta — a lease of land based on the life of the vine and intended to bring bad land into cultivation . |
| 5 | The Brecons have a one-piece upper and therefore fewer seams to let in water . |
| 6 | Bill drew the curtains to let in the last of the twilight , then , as Faye 's eyes began to adjust , he turned to two low antique glass lamps . |
| 7 | He went over to the window and drew back the curtains to let in a grey , watery light , and she closed her eyes briefly against the muted glare . |
| 8 | When he threw open shutters to let in air and light , pictures sprang at her from the walls . |
| 9 | She pushed her damp curls from her face , and went to open the french doors to let in what wind there was tonight . |