Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] it [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank of England reserves the right to decline to accept bids that it judges to be out of line with market conditions even if this should mean that it does not sell all stock on offer . |
| 2 | We may lack confidence when it comes to discussing , or having sex . |
| 3 | The Unfair Contract Terms Act applies , with one small difference , to hire contracts as it does to contracts of sale of goods , hire purchase , barter and exchange , etc . |
| 4 | Then , he wrote a West End musical based on his aunt 's Remembering Judi and it transferred to Broadway , with Nina Kenyon making an impressive singing debut in her original role , finally outgrossing everything written by Andrew Lloyd Webber . |
| 5 | There was nothing else to cause alarm but it seemed to him that every now and then the dark object from which the movement came itself heaved a little , grew larger , and then fell back . |
| 6 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 7 | No one likes paying tax but it has to be paid . |
| 8 | For a start , they argue , America has already told Jordan that it wants to be friends again ( watch to see if America leans on Israel to be more accommodating to Jordan 's need for water ) . |
| 9 | The beach start is the only way to launch into breaking waves and it needs to be carefully timed . |
| 10 | So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose . |
| 11 | There were genuine reasons for doubting its accuracy — the issues of joint cost allocation were ( and remain ) problematical — hut the senior management response to it ( they insisted it be withdrawn even from internal circulation ) betrayed a greater devotion to the cause of suppressing criticism than it did to that of searching for the truth . |
| 12 | The caterers have to turn hoteliers when it comes to the Executive Development Programmes at Heaton Mount where there are 30 bedrooms , providing top service and up-market menus to appeal to business professionals . |
| 13 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 14 | But having rejected a compromise which , for boxing , was about as good as it gets , he ca n't continue claiming innocence if it leads to the heavyweight division again disintegrating into chaos . |
| 15 | Both received praise for the presentation , the colour and the crowds but mixed reviews when it came to the standard of play . |
| 16 | Well you 're not gon na get , be able to get marks if it comes to that son ! |
| 17 | But at the level of implementation such as totalizing conception of social disciplining often lacked precision when it came to dealing with specific problems . |
| 18 | Sub-editors loved the Eastern excursion and imaginations ran riot when it came to headlines . |
| 19 | When Christopher Steffen , reportedly a slash and burn merchant when it comes to cutting costs and staff , quit Eastman Kodak Co on Wednesday after just seven weeks in the job of chief financial officer of Eastman Kodak Co , saying that the team was agreed on the objectives , but had irreconcilable differences on how to get from here to there , IBM Corp shares jumped for joy in anticipation that he was about to be named finance chief — but the joy subsided and so did the share price , off 87.5 cents at $49 when nothing happened yesterday ; word out of IBM is that there is an appointment already to be announced , but unless the fact that Steffen is now at a loose end causes a last-minute re-think , he is not the man that IBM has in mind . |
| 20 | At church follow road as it bends to right but immediately take enclosed path on left , signposted Knightley Way . |
| 21 | If the right hon. Gentleman does not accept what I say about industrial matters , he will perhaps listen to the head of the Swedish employers federation , who said that the Community should learn from Sweden : ’ It could above all avoid mistakes when it comes to regulations based on the social charter . |
| 22 | Ramsay and Fraser reckoned that perhaps one-third might desert Dunbar when it came to the crunch . |
| 23 | The full caboodle is magnificent , but it does cause problems when it comes to transportation . |