Example sentences of "it [is] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I nearly always write with an acoustic , but if it 's tuned to an open chord you will obviously have to write something different ; if you stick a capo on it you 'll write something different ; if I use an amplifier and an electric guitar I 'll write something different again . |
| 2 | One theory is it 's linked to a Satanic cult . |
| 3 | He folded her into his arms ; she could feel the tension singing inside him , as iron sings when it 's brought to a white heat . |
| 4 | So I 'm particularly pleased this morning that the award is going to a young woman and I 'm equally more pleased that it 's going to a young woman from the Lancashire Region . |
| 5 | And I 'm more pleased that it 's going to a young member in the textiles section because that 's a very difficult section . |
| 6 | He 's looking for goals , not trouble , though , and said : ‘ I think it 's going to a good , open game . |
| 7 | The preventive duty is broader than Section I of the 1980 Child Care Act , but it is owed to a restricted group of children ( Masson , 1990 ) . |
| 8 | In various sizes and power outputs , from 1.7 litres normally aspirated to 2.1 litres turbocharged , and 60 bhp to 110 bhp , it is fitted to a wide range of Citroen and Peuegot cars , including the Citroen ZX , BX and XM , and the Peugeot 205 , 309 and 605 , as well as the Rovers . |
| 9 | He is able to decide what sort of programme is suitable for his patients and make sure that it is run to a suitable standard . |
| 10 | After all , it is flattering to a hard-working policeman to think that someone as glamorous , or glamorous-seeming , as an author wants to know about his dull daily life . |
| 11 | ‘ The recent change from Madam to Madame , ’ she said , ‘ though it has doubtless raised the tone and general tenor of proceedings in this low and benighted place , has not quite succeeded in erasing the traces of squalor and indeed sleaze which cling to that title in the popular or gutter imagination whenever it is applied to a hard-working woman . |
| 12 | A 92½° ( or 91½7degree ; ) bend ensures that a horizontal pipe falls away where it is connected to a vertical section of pipe |
| 13 | It is provided to a limited number of recipients who have entered into a confidentiality agreement and should enable potential acquirers to decide whether the business fits their acquisition criteria and whether to pursue their initial interest . |
| 14 | If the right of way is in terms a right to use it with vehicles it will be difficult , in the absence of express words , to show that it is restricted to a particular type or size of vehicle ( ibid ) . |
| 15 | It is attributed to an Indian woman whose two daughters had been raped . |
| 16 | The Labour party is not committed to any specific increase in health service expenditure , but it is committed to a specific cut in the proportion of NHS expenditure used for patient care . |
| 17 | It is committed to a high tax policy , high borrowing and high spending , which in the past have led to pain , suffering , misery and job losses . |
| 18 | We said it would be difficult , erm and that discussion has proved how difficult it is to come to a firm conclusion . |
| 19 | Above all , and most curiously of all , it is to come to a deeper knowledge of the inexplicable mercy of God , and of that fierce love that simply will not let his world go . |
| 20 | It is linked to a further project , supported by the Anglo-German Foundation , which is examining changes in the arrangements of the mortgage finance in West Germany . |
| 21 | It is attached to a Persian astrolabe of the early thirteenth century now in the Museum of the History of Science at Oxford . |
| 22 | To do this we consider the change in length of a small element dS of a line in the body as it is distorted to a new shape . |
| 23 | It is dedicated to an 18th century Swiss artist who lived and worked in England between 1766–81 , Angelica Kauffman ( 1741–1807 ) / It is really shocking how rare such exhibitions are , especially in Britain . |
| 24 | A g-g transition may be forbidden if considered as a purely electronic process , but it may become allowed if it is coupled to a vibrational process of u symmetry — if , for instance , a u vibrational mode is excited in the upper state . |
| 25 | It is leading to a slow but growing erosion of the very quality that makes Skye different . |
| 26 | That is a capital sum which is deemed to be paid to the settlor because it is paid to a third party at the settlor 's direction . |