Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] it [verb] to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | As she returned kiss for kiss , sure of nothing but her need for him , she felt his hand free her hair where it clung to her hot damp skin , then glide lightly down . |
| 2 | An application is an application for a renewal where it relates to premises in respect of which the applicant has been granted a licence which is due to expire and is for the same type of licence as that previously granted . |
| 3 | Pragmatism might be less radical in practice than it appears to be in theory . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But Downing Street made it clear that it was the Cabinet which set the £244.5 billion spending target — and it can increase that figure if it wants to . |
| 6 | A couple of lousy articles a month , stuff I make up and toss off and get no feeling from doing , just a feeling of disgust because it seems to be all I 'm fit for ! " |
| 7 | Since I knew that I was to have the privilege of addressing this seminar , I have studied with great textual care the document issued by the federation under the title Dear Fellow Citizen because it appeared to me that it was ‘ the brief ’ for what I was to say to you . |
| 8 | is that traffic calming or is it town centre enhancement because it happens to be in the middle of the towns . |
| 9 | Military expenditure is dysfunctional for the domestic economy in the long term because it leads to low investment , lowers overall growth performance and encourages high unemployment and balance of payments problems . |
| 10 | The central irony of the courtroom crusade — what might be termed " the Spycatcher effect " — is always present : seek to suppress a book by legal action because it tends to corrupt , and the publicity attendant upon its trial will spread that assumed corruption far more effectively than its quiet distribution . |
| 11 | Furthermore , while linguistics has certainly been useful to the study of rhythm as it has to all aspects of poetry , there has been an unfortunate tendency to suppose that the language of verse is itself rhythmic . |
| 12 | And when the bud grew in me , and I knew her every cell as it pulsed to life ; when I felt the pliant fingernails and rip of flesh that is a mouth:then I knew this was my planet . |
| 13 | Not short of a pound when it came to putting clothes on her back , I can tell you … ’ |
| 14 | In other words , pre-exposure to the stimulus may both retard the acquisition of the CS-US association and act to interfere with the retrieval of the information embodied in this association when it comes to a test trial . |
| 15 | The first stanza of the poem concentrates on a small incident and is specific about the power of the sun to wake up the dead soldier as it used to when he slept in a field . |
| 16 | Then out of the blue he got a phone call asking if he was still interested in the car as it had to be sold to make space for the family . |
| 17 | This interest in national subjects could have led to cosiness as it tended to during Balcon 's time at Ealing Studios , but at this period he was under pressure from the Ostrer Brothers to maintain a diversity in his output and aim for the international market . |
| 18 | I suppose if you put all this together you would say I 'm not exactly the archetypal Mills & Boon tall dark stranger when it comes to courting girls . |
| 19 | Above all he turned his anger towards Kenamun , who , on grounds of security , had forbidden Huy to visit the scene of the third murder when it came to light , where he might have had a chance at last of studying the circumstances of death . |
| 20 | It seems if you 're a clown you can get away with murder when it comes to cars — forget about roadworthiness , do n't bother with tax discs , ignore MOTs . |
| 21 | In the past it was invariably the leading Americans who seemed to have more grit or nerve when it came to the closing stretch . |
| 22 | I wish shops would have more uniformity when it comes to sizing guides . |
| 23 | ‘ You see … you ca n't beat a veteran when it comes to the crunch . ’ |
| 24 | Because of the difficulties involved in searching out the true cause of an accident it is important to recruit highly qualified personnel , and it is no secret that AIB has sought — usually with success — to skim the cream off the aviation industry when it comes to personnel selection . |
| 25 | Leaving aside the fact that already under Dej the standing of a student 's relatives in the Party hierarchy already counted for a great deal when it came to handing out exam results , connections with the very summit of political power could offer useful patronage and protection to scientists and their institute . |
| 26 | ANNA FORD is quite right about women getting a raw deal when it comes to television presenting . |
| 27 | ‘ ALASTAIR MORTON is terrific at crisis management , but he is no good when it comes to running a settled organisation , ’ says one of those who has been left , somewhat bruised , along the wayside of Mr Morton 's whirlwind career . |
| 28 | For small cichlids it is possible , for example , to use nylon net curtains as gravel tidies , but these would be no good when it comes to large cichlids as they tend to get hold of the soft material and pull it out of place . |
| 29 | Plastics come to the aid of the kite-maker when it comes to assembly of the frame . |
| 30 | Incidentally , the Minister of State knows that he has got a real pressure group round his neck when it comes to disability and the disabled . |