Example sentences of "it [verb] [adj] [noun] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The creation of the autonomous region had been opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNFL ) , the largest of the separatist guerrilla organizations , on the grounds that it made insufficient concessions to Moslem autonomy and failed to meet the terms of the 1976 Tripoli Accord [ see p. 28440 ] . |
| 2 | Worse , they feel it has little relevance to everyday business decisions , where right and wrong are by no means always clear-cut . |
| 3 | As presently envisaged , it has little relevance to medical practice in hospitals . |
| 4 | The style of the building is that of the 14th century , and it holds many monuments to previous rectors and the Bethell family , including a reference to Christopher Bethell who was one of the first whites to be killed in the Mafeking riots in July 1884 . |
| 5 | The use of a common stack has one disadvantage ( if it is a disadvantage ) in that it forces stricter adherence to proper program structure . |
| 6 | It introduces major changes to financial reporting in the UK . |
| 7 | Although the church has traditionally been reluctant to expose those to whom it delivers this service to public attention , the general assembly ought to know of the scale of the kirk 's response . |
| 8 | Yet the Commission could only do what member states allowed it to do , and it lost real power to other institutions which protected national interests . |
| 9 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |
| 10 | ‘ I could see what he was thinking , so I started talking about love , how it means different things to different people , and that 's when he said it . ’ |
| 11 | It pays particular attention to internal strength . |
| 12 | It gave additional powers to local authorities with severe inner area problems and the provisions only applied to three types of designated districts . |
| 13 | It gives great gloss to wild wet looks and is great value at only £1.09 for a 125ml tube . |
| 14 | It gives certain answers to ultimate questions that modern philosophy or modern thought of whatever kind can not provide … to the degree that organised religion has decayed and the attachment to the Judeo-Christian tradition has become weaker , to that degree capitalism has become uglier and less justifiable . |
| 15 | ‘ The monument wo n't be finished till the millennium , but it gives another side to American his-story … this is our-story . |
| 16 | It therefore has major advantages for some application domains : it enables quick access to individual records ; it enables sequential access ; and modifications are made easily . |