Example sentences of "it [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the end of the road at Bracorina , a track continues along the lochside to South Tarbet Bay where it crosses a narrow isthmus to Tarbet on Loch Nevis . |
| 2 | Achmore is entered and from it goes a narrow road to Plockton and Kyle of Lochalsh on a journey of sustained delight . |
| 3 | I am not sure how accurately that can be measured , but it represents a substantial cost to the NHS , which the hon. Member for Eccles compared , in my view rightly , with the large sums of money that the European Community still commits to subsidising tobacco production , against which we have argued vehemently in Brussels . |
| 4 | We want to lay emphasis on the concept of community education : it represents a whole attitude to education which makes science , maths and all the other subjects students learn , meaningful by relating them to the real experiences of life outside school . |
| 5 | It represents an important contribution to the ongoing debate between non-disabled feminists and the disabled people 's movement about the construction of community care . |
| 6 | Moreover , it displays a political sensitivity to local authority and community plans . |
| 7 | It offers a simple introduction to many subjects |
| 8 | At Felixstowe it offers a 24-hour service to some of the world 's biggest ships , handling around 6,000 vessel movements a year . |
| 9 | The supplier of a new fuel , emerging as a competitor to coal in power stations , has refuted claims that it constitutes a new threat to the environment [ see ED51 ] . |
| 10 | What would be the effect of changing the public policy insofar as it constitutes a social guide to the conditions in which individuals or groups chose from the possible adjustments ? |
| 11 | A rejection of an ideal or principle is involved only if , when considering the relation of a man to his acts , his principle or ideal is regarded as absolute in the sense that it constitutes an infallible guide to human conduct , or if it is conceived of as a maxim in the Kantian sense and provides the reason a man might have for thinking it worthwhile for him to act morally . |
| 12 | There is some doubt as to whether a health authority is primarily liable , i.e. that it owes a non-delegable duty to its patients . |
| 13 | A female usually very , but , I do n't know , it looks a young bird to me . |
| 14 | It has a similar shape to its smaller cousin , the Scissortail , but is otherwise quite different . |
| 15 | In this sense it has a similar role to that of the Office of Fair Trading in relation to UK competition rules such as the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Fair Trading Act 1973 and the Competition Act 1980 , although in a number of respects and in particular in so far as the Commission has the power to take binding decisions , its powers are more extensive than the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 16 | Northern Telecom Ltd — itself a large Microsoft user — says it has a prior claim to the initials and has told Microsoft it ca n't use the term . |
| 17 | Northern Telecom — itself a large Microsoft user — says it has a prior claim to the initials and has told Microsoft it cant use the moniker . |
| 18 | Fundamentally it is entirely conservative , and it has a deep aversion to all innovations and advances and an unbounded respect for tradition . |
| 19 | Top management must devote time to communications and also show that it has a real commitment to improving communications |
| 20 | As the setting for a love-scene it has a great deal to be desired , do n't you think ? ’ |
| 21 | He used the complete gamut of his voice , from a growl like a dog warning its master that it has a sore foot to a high , exalted monotone which he kept for perorations ; and when he was using the words of an Old Testament lament , Isaiah or Zephaniah , to make a piteous effect , he had been known to put his head back and yowl like a tom-cat . |
| 22 | He may think also that it has a basic appeal to human nature , which means most others will accept it too once their minds are cleared of confusion and superstition . |
| 23 | While the new book can be viewed as a hypertext because it has a semantic net to which paragraphs are attached , print on paper remains the dominant medium for the delivery of books , and Hypertext has also been generated in paper , linear form . |
| 24 | It has a paternalistic approach to local authority tenants . |
| 25 | but it is primary evidence and I think as primary evidence it has an extra value to the child 's records , and to the school 's records , over and beyond what |
| 26 | The idea is that he 's using them as , as a way of communicating the idea of the forest being er landscaped ; the whole environment of being polluted and it has an ecological background to it . |
| 27 | When the light descends on the individual and the voice within speaks it has an equal right to be heard . |
| 28 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 29 | It contains a general index to magazine features , a recipe index and an index to recipes in our popular , step-by-step cookery series , Secrets of Success . |
| 30 | It adds a macabre touch to the bones from the hospital . |