Example sentences of "it [vb -s] to [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Skin itching worse ( < ) for heat , scratching ameliorates ( > ) but it turns to burning . |
| 2 | An adult 's constant blaming of another can also be heard as the angry protest of the deprived internal infant within that adult body , and when it turns to whining , may also serve to express the yearning and become an attempt to control the whereabouts of the other . |
| 3 | In the area of the language skills , it refers to speaking and writing . |
| 4 | It refers to exploring the scope for reducing , or eliminating , duplication of efforts and resources . |
| 5 | I think that it is n't a general skill it at needs to be commented on , I think that it needs to commented on I think that it ought to be commented on in the comment box . |
| 6 | If it 's half less than half a mile away then it 's it 's fine but if not it starts to becoming problematical . |
| 7 | It plans to fell some of the older trees alongside the lakes to open up the views down the valley . |
| 8 | Less formally it amounts to providing trained and experienced adults with the opportunity professionally to expand ( G.E . |
| 9 | It amounts to telling the reader that if he has a bet today , he might win , which remains true whether he bets or not , and if he does , whether he wins or not . |
| 10 | We all made much of the coincidence , though not as much as the police , for whom it amounts to damning evidence of collusion , malice aforethought , cold-blooded premeditation and goodness knows what else . |
| 11 | It amounts to assuming that any theory will obtain the maximum possible scores in the regions not yet covered . |
| 12 | It amounts to saying that people who have sex more regularly somehow deserve the disease ’ |
| 13 | Pushed to the limit it leads to splitting the world into a racialized opposition between goodies and baddies . |
| 14 | It leads to SOLVING PROBLEMS If you listen long enough you will find things or ideas that you share . |
| 15 | This view has come under criticism from some commentators ( Navarro , 1976 ; Doyal 1979 ) since , they claim , it leads to treating the causes of ill-health as being individual , requiring individually orientated therapeutic responses or prevention through individuals changing their own way of life . |
| 16 | The way in which the finance ministry is handling the banks ' bad-debt problems shows clearly how low a priority it attaches to fostering a competitive banking industry . |
| 17 | Having obtained a fairly comprehensive view of the farm situation in Great Britain as it relates to training an attempt was made to compare it with the position in Europe . |
| 18 | Much of what has been discussed in this section applies as much to children as it does to teaching staff . |
| 19 | It is an eye-catching portrait of twisted repression , but to my mind it fails to conveys the essentially diabolic nature of Iago 's negativity . |
| 20 | The usefulness of any ideal type should be gauged from the contribution it makes to simplifying complex realities , allowing social scientists to derive more precise and testable hypotheses , which can then be checked empirically . |
| 21 | He is likely to knock you off your feet just being led across the yard if he can find anything to spook at , and when it comes to removing rugs he is something of a Houdini . |
| 22 | But when it comes to removing old steel pipe from a galvanised hot water tank , the largest pair of Stillsons you can get your hands on may be needed . |
| 23 | The cinema can show us eyes being gouged out , heads blown off , and aliens bursting from John Hurt 's entrails : when it comes to counterfeiting the mechanics of sexual congress , however , it admits defeat ; nor , in general , are performers willing or able to remedy this deficiency . |
| 24 | When it comes to enjoying yourself in Ontario , there 's just one problem . |
| 25 | The British , it seems , are n't easily put off when it comes to enjoying a picnic . |
| 26 | When it comes to sharing development and production with our European partners , we have the common aims of all middle powers : protecting our own national armament industries ; and preserving the greatest practicable measure of military independence . |
| 27 | KEEP it under your hat is the golden rule for top chefs when it comes to sharing culinary secrets . |
| 28 | When it comes to abusing parliamentary procedure , I fail to see what point of order the hon. Gentleman was seeking to make . |
| 29 | The fact that mothers are usually the first object of love for their offspring creates real differences between boys and girls when it comes to relinquishing that tie . |
| 30 | For both sides , utmost care and modesty is required when it comes to intercepting the results , and speculating on the closeness between the species . |