Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iraqi possession of the islands would afford it greatly increased access to the Gulf . |
| 2 | It just added fuel to the fire . |
| 3 | If this policy was genuine , it soon gave way to a much wider attack which meant that no religious order survived in England after 1540 . |
| 4 | After the sinking of HMS Sheffield , the Ministry of Defence asked MEL ( which makes the Abbey Hill equipment ) to come up with a modification to ensure that it rapidly alerted crews to further Exocet attacks . |
| 5 | For reasons to be explained , the original legislation was found to be defective , and was amended in 1976 ( and placed into the legislative context of the Public Order Act 1936 ) , but even after amendment it still gave rise to complaints that it fell short of the aspirations of its promoters in its effects . |
| 6 | Not only a trade union , it also offered protection to those released from bonded labour , to the slumdwellers of Raipur , child labourers , farmers , women deserted or abused for the sake of dowry . |
| 7 | It also brought cheer to the giant Decca record company , which had set up Deram precisely to capture back from the new independent companies some of the money pumping into what there was of Britain 's counter culture . |
| 8 | It also facilitated access to the minority of Catholic policemen and women in the force , and , perhaps , was important in obtaining permission for the research from the police management , for it asserts their commitment to professionalism , an important part of which in Northern Ireland is religious impartiality . |
| 9 | Not only did it make it possible to conceive of the settlement , a succession of trusts , where a trust was set up in favour of a beneficiary who was himself charged with a trust in favour of a further beneficiary , but it also allowed trusts to be set up on intestacy , which led to the growth of an advanced system of property disposition on death which had absolutely no connection with a will . |
| 10 | Unfortunately for Rory Finegan it also allowed costs to An Bord Pleanala , the IDA and Raybestos Manhattan , estimated at £10,000 . |
| 11 | The July 1979 package of reforms cleared several obstacles to ‘ direct relations ’ amongst enterprises ; it also gave teeth to a 1974 decree making delivery contracts binding . |
| 12 | The last time he called on us after his exhibition at Keighley he seemed a new man , with a delight in having found himself in his painting and amazement that it also gave pleasure to so many others . |
| 13 | It originally provided ducks to be eaten by the aristocracy at Berkeley Castle . |
| 14 | It inevitably gave rise to speculation amongst his companions . |
| 15 | It therefore governed access to all fishing at sea , including fishing for stocks not subject to quotas . |