Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [prep] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Calls made from it were traced by police to the homes of witnesses due to give evidence in trials on Tyneside . |
| 2 | As the body is laid bare of garments so it is covered with barriers to nudity such as ‘ exoticism ’ in the form of furs , fans , feathers , etc . |
| 3 | YOUNG Group , the Durham-based opencast coal miner , is losing its stock market quotation because it is pushing through changes to its share capital which benefit majority holders and are in breach of the Stock Exchange 's investor protection rules . |
| 4 | Their job is no longer to control and command ; it is to act as counsellors to the newly-empowered front-line employees . |
| 5 | Springfield Farm is always a pleasure to look at and I 'm sure it is appreciated by visitors to the village . |
| 6 | Water from other sources , such as streams or shallow wells , should be regarded with suspicion unless it is proved by tests to be free from organic and bacterial contamination . |
| 7 | It is pressing for companies to be required by law to disclose details of trade effluents . |
| 8 | It was defeated by votes to 17 . |
| 9 | But even where it was extended from churches to houses , a spiritual asceticism seems to be its distinguishing characteristic . |
| 10 | Usually , this is granted to publications written by the clergy and approved by the church — in our case , it was awarded for services to the lesbian and gay community , and for generally being a good magazine . |
| 11 | My feelings about the book were positive rather than the reverse , but I complained in my review that it was studded with references to fashionable French gurus that were purely cosmetic , adding nothing to the author 's argument . |