Example sentences of "it [vb -s] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong seems reluctant to take the pressure off China by letting the deadline slip unless it agrees to talks . |
| 2 | The success experienced among the eastern Angles with the conversion of Eorpwald may have been due in part at least to the influence of older patterns established by missionaries in the time of Raedwald , but nevertheless it testifies to Eadwine 's real influence in the East Anglian area at this time . |
| 3 | Travel : An offer you can refuse Mark Edmonds is all for haggling — but not when it turns to meanness |
| 4 | But it feels strange : when you look at it in the bowl , it looks too runny to be fun , but when you touch it , it 's the squelchiest , stickiest sensation ; it turns to spaghetti when you let it drip through your fingers and it 's stodgy enough to make into patterns , swirling in different colours and practising making faces , people , letters and numbers . |
| 5 | But when it turns to obscenity , their report contrasts the cruelty or violence depicted in Goya 's Disasters of War or King Lear , which appeal ‘ to our shared humanity ’ , with depictions of a more prurient kind which ‘ invite us to collude in degrading it ’ . |
| 6 | IBM AD/CYCLE STRATEGY IN DISARRAY AS IT TURNS TO AIX CASE |
| 7 | It refers to G M , G M B sponsored MPs and MEPs . |
| 8 | And it refers to Britain 's own advanced passenger train as carrying ‘ its first fare-paying passengers in a record-breaking run from London to Glasgow before being withdrawn from service for further trials ’ . |
| 9 | Either it refers to behaviour which does not have to be learned or it refers to behaviour which has been so thoroughly learned that it can be done ‘ naturally ’ , ie without conscious thought and application . |
| 10 | Either it refers to behaviour which does not have to be learned or it refers to behaviour which has been so thoroughly learned that it can be done ‘ naturally ’ , ie without conscious thought and application . |
| 11 | Birth spacing is sometimes used synonymously with birth timing ( see intervals ) , but usually it refers to efforts aiming to achieve the " proper " ( healthy , economic or convenient ) timing of births either consciously ( by planning and controlling the timing of births ) or in accordance with traditions ( by following customs relevant to breastfeeding and post-partum abstinence which assure the " proper " spacing ) , and the results of such efforts as they are manifested in the birth intervals . |
| 12 | Rather , it refers to Jesus 's membership in a specific group or sect with a specific religious and/or political orientation — the ‘ Nazarene Party ’ , as certain modern experts call it . |
| 13 | Now I 've heard about you know the question of definition of where the edge of the open countryside is and that 's a valid point but if we if we have in mind the open countryside , it seems to me that P P G seven does clearly differentiate between the countryside , the countryside , rural areas and the open countryside where it refers to development being strictly controlled . |
| 14 | Note : Where reference is made in this policy to ‘ the Company ’ or ‘ the Group ’ , it refers to Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Limited and its associated UK companies . |
| 15 | ‘ Private schools ’ has a narrow sense , now slightly archaic , in which it refers to schools run for profit by teacher-entrepreneurs ( a minority , especially at secondary level ) ; in this sense , the term ‘ private schools ’ is opposed to ‘ public schools ’ , which are not profit-making . |
| 16 | If we use the term ‘ schizoid ’ in its clinical sense we find it refers to people who have : |
| 17 | Defamatory comment may not be actionable if it refers to people by class rather than by name . |
| 18 | To be strictly accurate a species can be defined precisely only in living animals , where it refers to populations that can interbreed under natural conditions , and which produce offspring that are capable of further reproducing their kind . |
| 19 | excluded if it refers to arrangements between a body corporate and another body corporate within the same group or is in connection with a joint enterprise as noted above |
| 20 | If the foreigner made that transfer in the past before he became ordinarily resident here the clause would not apply to him because in its opening words it refers to individuals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 21 | In so far as we have evidence about regional comparisons , it points to continuities rather than differences . |
| 22 | Now you want to bring your cursor down till it points to March . |
| 23 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 24 | The main problem with nitrogen oxide is that it contributes to forms of photochemical pollution such as ozone , which in high levels can cause eye , nose and throat irritation and affect the respiratory system attacking the lungs . |
| 25 | This contrasts with , for instance , the soil scientist 's interest in weathering which stems from a concern for the way it contributes to differences in soil characteristics and the release and movement of nutrients . |
| 26 | Unlike lead , which the fuel companies eventually proved only too pleased to take out of petrol , sulphur does nothing for either the performance or longevity of diesel engines and it contributes to acid rain . |
| 27 | Autonomy on the part of employees is only tolerated to the extent that it contributes to productivity and profitability . |
| 28 | It contributes to theories of the role of the legal and other professions by clarifying what their services provide ; their creative techniques for subversion as well as routine servicing for compliance with the law . |
| 29 | It has been suggested that suffering may be appropriate when in some way it contributes to learning and personal growth . |
| 30 | I , I think it goes to Canonbury and think it goes to Bethnal Green . |