Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll put this to bed where it lives under the mattress . |
| 2 | Now correlation , in a similar way , measures something similar to association but it gives you a bit more detail . |
| 3 | Much of what has been discussed in this section applies as much to children as it does to teaching staff . |
| 4 | It is a language which has to be learned , and this applies just as much to audiences as it does to movie makers . |
| 5 | Risk is costly to individuals because it reduces their utility . |
| 6 | These are so ponderous and unwieldy and so vulnerable to obstruction that it seems remarkable that major decisions are ever made outside of crisis situations . |
| 7 | WE hear that there was a big attendance at the first meeting of the new Basingstoke branch of the League Against Cruel Sports , when the League 's information officer , Kevin Flack , told them : ‘ I believe that most people are opposed to hunting but it has been recent antics of the Quorn Hunt and publicity from the MacNamara Bill that has convinced them that something has to be done to put an end to their activities . ’ |
| 8 | It is depressing to see the predicted problems materialising one after another , and even more damaging to morale when it becomes apparent that the message we are trying to get across — that a so called free market is no way to ensure the satisfactory provision of health care to an aging population — has not been appreciated by those in a position to make a difference . |
| 9 | Is n't it , but you do n't you think that 's more so for females than it is for males , the fact that it is such a dirty thing that , that applies more to females than it does , to males ? |
| 10 | This tree is familiar to botanists because it has the largest seed known , as well as one of the largest leaves . |
| 11 | I like to put it on the table and hear the comments afterwards , and I 'm pleased to bits if it 's been all right … |
| 12 | It 's it 's they 're allergic to gluten and it makes the inner bowel inflamed so it gives him |
| 13 | This is particularly the case as the IMF has been open to criticism that it ignores the social impact of its prescriptions , which create hardship and the potential for popular unrest as its free-market measures begin to bite . |
| 14 | Spelt out slightly more fully ( and at the risk of oversimplification ) , this means that a decision is open to review where it has been arrived at as a result of a mistaken view of the law , or where the decision is one that could not reasonably have been arrived at , in the sense that the person deciding must have taken into account irrelevant considerations , or failed to take into account relevant ones , or where he has failed to observe the dictates of natural justice which require him to give the parties a hearing before arriving at his decision . |
| 15 | More pointedly , such analyses are concerned with measuring the effects of wage movements ; the causes have to be sought in the actual , real-world process of industrial relations — an environment as uncongenial to economists as it has been to many industrial managers . |
| 16 | Three year old Francesca Lobban is so sensitive to pain that it makes her heart stop and leaves her unconscious for up to ninety minutes . |