Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't adjust your set ’ , say the know-alls , ‘ It 's due to abnormal weather conditions . ’ |
| 2 | Its format has changed over that time , quite a bit , because like any quality system , it 's subject to constant review . |
| 3 | Yes , I creative accountancy obviously is a word that it 's easy to bandy about . |
| 4 | ‘ In principle , it 's similar to old-fashioned organic irrigation — where you can go with that , you can go with this . |
| 5 | We do n't need it for the expansion of our race ; indeed , it 's inimical to orderly civilization . |
| 6 | The academic , intellectual types also have a cultural background and are interested in aspects of the arts , and erm we are very fortunate , I think , also in that people are able to give more time than perhaps business people , and so a number of the members of the committee are university people and we are able to use the Gardner Arts Centre , which has become quite an exciting area , in that it 's open to experimental production , so therefore we attract a lot of the London critics . |
| 7 | The Levitation It 's OK To Like are back with their third single . |
| 8 | The firm says it 's providing peace of mind for a growing number of women — opponents say it 's unfair to male taxi drivers . |
| 9 | It 's complementary to orthodox medicine . |
| 10 | It is resistant to black sigatoka and Panama disease and is less palatable to insects and to the root-eating nematodes that afflict plantations . |
| 11 | It is crucial to good self-concepts and for the healthy integration of the child 's personality . |
| 12 | It is similar to Castilian examples in the strength and solidity of its exterior brick walls and towers . |
| 13 | It is similar to other schemes in allowing customers to reduce their monthly repayments in comparison to outright purchase or choosing a higher specification car than they could normally afford . |
| 14 | It is an indication of the anachronism of Chesney Wold that , until the final pages of the novel , it is accessible to casual visitors — sometimes very casual , for they seem to form a category much less exclusive than Jane Austen 's . |
| 15 | Why does a sloth leave the relatively safe canopy to defecate on the hostile forest floor where it is vulnerable to terrestrial carnivores ? |
| 16 | At its worst , the life of faith is portrayed in a way that it is tantamount to spiritual repression . |
| 17 | In other words , while Tillich maintains that when finite particulars are given the status of ultimacy it is detrimental to true religion and a form of demonization , Gandhi insists that symbols which become fetishes are idolatrous and fit only to be discarded . |
| 18 | This pattern of behaviour , typical of so many dieters , is not just bad for physical health , it is detrimental to psychological and social well-being too . |
| 19 | First we should ask whether it is necessary to popular participation that all should be gathered together at one time in one place . |
| 20 | It is offensive to professional dignity to use the specialised knowledge as some mysterious source of horrific callousness , by which nightmarish practices are conveyed by hint or by implication . |
| 21 | ‘ It is close to other prestige schemes which should make it attractive to developers . |
| 22 | It is close to other prestige schemes which should make it attractive to developers . |
| 23 | It is close to high cliffs where leopards live and it is surrounded by trees , which make cattle-ambush easy . |
| 24 | it is amenable to editorial inspection and amendment |
| 25 | Thus , it is contrary to natural justice to inform an individual of only one complaint against him if there are two , or to find him guilty of a different offence from the one he was actually charged with . |
| 26 | ‘ It is contrary to natural justice to launch a witch-hunt against the members of staff who made these allegations , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ It is contrary to natural justice to launch a witch-hunt against the members of staff who made these allegations , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Next there is the instinct that it is contrary to fair play to put the accused in a position where he is exposed to punishment whatever he does . |
| 29 | ‘ the instinct that it is contrary to fair play to put the accused in a position where he is exposed to punishment whatever he does . |
| 30 | But in the present case it is contrary to fair play for Mr. Tully to prevent the plaintiffs from recovering damages caused by wrongdoing inflicted on Abbey . |