Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This generous depth , combined with a full-scale neck , a heavily arched back and a lightly-strutted belly , means that the guitar packs a lot more punch than it has any right to — more than a Martin 0–16 New Yorker , I 'd say , although that 's only from memory . |
| 2 | On a modern system this may have been replaced by a safety device called a residual current device ( RCD ) , which turns off the supply if it detects current leaking to earth , and so protects the system and its users against the twin risks of fire and electric shock . |
| 3 | As she hesitated , she glanced at the loose page to see if it offered any clue to its rightful position in the book . |
| 4 | I think if it makes any difference to you we 've got a thingy whirring away there . |
| 5 | Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way . |
| 6 | Now that allowance would be nice if it bore some relationship to what was allowed in the estimated er , figures . |
| 7 | Representatives of the NAC met the Guild Council on 21 October and made it quite clear that the NAC could not continue to recognize the Guild as the youth section of the Party if it retained sympathetic affiliation to the Young Communist International . |
| 8 | The court office can not refuse to issue proceedings by the process requested by the plaintiff/applicant merely because it considers such process to be inappropriate ( Baker v Thatcher ( 1984 ) 134 NLJ 863 ) . |
| 9 | It is also a particularly useful structure because it allows further information to be stored at the nodes . |
| 10 | Throughout the Communist world , the videotape recorder was the greatest status symbol because it implied ready access to a constant supply of Western videotapes . |
| 11 | The rule that costs follow the event is important in negotiations because it adds another factor to the equation . |
| 12 | The Great Storm was a setback to woodland conservation because it drew public attention to trees and woods without adding to public understanding . |
| 13 | the situa , perhaps it 's worth outlining how Litchfield came to look at the new settlement option , because it has some relevance to York |
| 14 | Part of the problem with encouraging girls to take ‘ useful ’ subjects is that we do not know whether it makes any difference to the kinds of jobs they eventually do ; and whether , indeed , these jobs would still be highly rated if women did them . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , of course , ’ said Holly , as though it made any sense to her . |
| 16 | Last month Rainbow Warrior II was seized by the French navy as it led another protest to the atoll . |
| 17 | This victory was to delight the masses just as it brought little pleasure to the newly energized forces of the political left , but , just as significantly , it was now also an occasional delight to a growing audience drawn from amongst critics , intellectuals , and the more respectable classes generally . |
| 18 | On the clean sound , reverb really does make a difference , adding as it does greater depth to any guitar 's tone . |
| 19 | This is easier for us , for it presents less challenge to the habits of our mental and emotional processes . |
| 20 | Oil Mill was particularly well placed for transport , for it had easy access to the road , canal and railway , a special branch line running from the latter across a substantial iron bridge to the rear of the mill , allowing direct loading and unloading . |