Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that ‘ civilised ’ society realised that science creates problems as well as solving them , it gladly turned to space-gods and their companions . |
| 2 | From what you said about reconnaissance equipment it rather sounds to me as if the tornado D R one A is likely to be replaced by in this reconnaissance role . |
| 3 | It rather appeared to be a slight but inconsistent preference for mucosal IgG1 production also in Crohn 's disease . |
| 4 | Such ambivalence often figures within transgressive reinscription , and is one reason why it rarely approximates to a straightforwardly ‘ correct ’ political attitude . |
| 5 | A better version of reality is that although the quality of ‘ capture ’ has tremendous semantic significance for both uniform policeman and detective , it rarely leads to large numbers of detections for the monthly , quarterly , or annual reports . |
| 6 | Ed 's comment : While I agree with your comments in principle , Mr Huyton , it has to be said that Audrey Reid 's article in PFK also recommended shop or scrap glass but suggested getting it professionally cut to size . |
| 7 | ‘ A bit , but it mostly seems to be with rats and hedgehogs and seaweed . ’ |
| 8 | I thought it right to refer to this decision with which again I entirely agree . |
| 9 | I presume that the hon. Gentleman thought it right to return to the matter in the House having notably failed to achieve the result for which he hoped by an overheated press release to the same effect which he issued at the end of last week . |
| 10 | Nor was it properly explained to the modern British public , any more than it was in 1925 , why the ‘ discipline ’ could not be imposed direct on the economy without it being necessary to cling to another country 's shirt tails to do so . |
| 11 | But the fact that an error can be explained , even an unavoidable error , does not mean that it thereby ceases to be an error . |
| 12 | Rather than entering into these services too late , we want to anticipate the shift and the implications it thereby brings to our business by offering services tailored to specific client needs ’ . |
| 13 | Despite valiant attempts to mount a large multi-media show to mark Robert Adam 's bicentenary in London and Edinburgh this year , it eventually fell to the latter city to honour the great designer with a group of exhibitions during its recent Festival . |
| 14 | It eventually led to Civil War . |
| 15 | As it approached the boundary of the hole , it slowed down , until it eventually came to a halt ! |
| 16 | Er ploughmen and horsemen were the elite of farm workers and the sons would could only aspire to do what they did and And er eventually I suspect it got to be a little more organized and er they had these little games of of ploughing matches , maybe in a rudimentary farm to begin with , but it eventually came to be as we see it today , over a long period of time . |
| 17 | In Out the proliferation of various permutations of the same material is a reaction against the coercive use of metaphor , but it eventually leads to psycho-discursive disintegration as the central consciousness loses control over his own faculties of thought and reason . |
| 18 | An hour later , the kitchen volunteers go back into action again to finish the Christmas meal for the evening , as it all has to be reheated and served . |
| 19 | Approximately £20M of the business margin is invested in this way but , whereas in the past such research was judged by its technical excellence and general relevance to the nuclear programmes , today it all has to be justified in terms of market requirements and the likely return on investment . |
| 20 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 21 | In the late 1960s it only applied to the clearing banks . |
| 22 | When Kitty said ‘ Oh , she wo n't really do that , ’ in an exasperated voice , it only added to his mystification . |
| 23 | Mike Nichols stated that one of his ambitions behind the movie was ‘ to stop the Los Angelesisation of America ’ , although it only added to the Los Angelesisation of American movies . |
| 24 | It only added to the team Renault-Williams ' total embarrassment at carelessly letting him go at the peak of his box office appeal and pulling power . |
| 25 | There was no way they could avoid touching , and it only added to her torment of mind and spirit . |
| 26 | He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell . |
| 27 | We papered the walls white and put up a border : with curtains and a lampshade to match , it only came to around £50 . |
| 28 | It only came to light today . ’ |
| 29 | Usually , it only happens to grown-ups . |
| 30 | CIP complicates matters of selection considerably because it only relates to some BNB entries , and therefore requires that CIP and non-CIP entries must be treated differently . |