Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [vb -s] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devise your method and then tell your story , which inevitably will make the mystery seem rather better than it has to be , because all locked rooms are variants of a small number of simple devices , most of which are ways of making such rooms unlocked all along . |
| 2 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 3 | Separately , US PC Week highlights Intel 's unhappiness with the cavalier way in which IBM has been offering to all and sundry the iAPX-86 chip variants it has designed under its second source agreement with IBM , and suggests that the agreement is being renegotiated , and that IBM may get the right to make enhanced versions of the Pentium only if it agrees to strict limits on how many it can make for itself or sale . |
| 4 | He believes that Uralmash has a future only if it shrinks to a fraction of its present size and concentrates on making machinery that is likely to be in big demand , such as small bulldozers . |
| 5 | Yes , you 'll go to the bottom do n't you , alright , so if it goes to the bottom it 's sinking OK ? |
| 6 | Anything 'll cut down if it has to . |
| 7 | Thus free enterprise — the pursuit of fair profit , the generator of wealth and employment , the backbone on which social welfare is possible — can be viewed , at least by corporate officials , as the primary ethic for and of an industrial society , and conformity to this neutralizes any obedience to the law merely because it happens to be the law . |
| 8 | Justification by faith , similarly , is important only because it goes to the heart of what it is to be a follower of Christ . |
| 9 | " A point has now been reached , " it declared , " where the continued dynamic development of the Community has become an imperative not only because it corresponds to the direct interests of the 12 member states but also because it has become a crucial element in the progress that is being made in establishing a reliable framework for peace and security in Europe . " |
| 10 | Now you want to bring your cursor down till it points to March . |
| 11 | The Brundtland Commission may have made sustainable development the end-of-century watchword , defining it as ‘ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs ’ , but even Tolba has wondered aloud whether it amounts to much more than a shibboleth . |
| 12 | But how long before it starts to … ’ |
| 13 | They continue to fall away alarmingly when it comes to formal examinations and so decrease their own chances of gaining stimulating and challenging employment . |
| 14 | I mean the management are quite prepared to stick together when it comes to getting grants as the Ffestiniog Slate Company . |
| 15 | Even though there is n't much space for plot or characters in between the authorial wisecracks , at 435 ill-written pages Gridlock is about four times as long as it needs to be . |
| 16 | The Act requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress on numerous aspects of drift-net fishing in the North Pacific , especially as it relates to the marine resources of the US . |
| 17 | Byron took up the above theme regarding the relationship between the communities we study and the wider world they inhabit , especially as it relates to complex societies . |
| 18 | Their view that the less the state interferes with the market , the better for everyone is a totally different argument , especially as it applies to the developing countries . |
| 19 | The humble raisin has been around for at least 2,000 years , but it has n't always been very popular — particularly in the US where novelty is all when it comes to food . |
| 20 | Only when it comes to the nuclear deterrent or matters of top intelligence-gathering is the short-term commercial approach deliberately shelved . |
| 21 | And not only when it comes to promotions . " |
| 22 | A water meter operated softner regenerates after a predetermined volume of water has been softened , the benefit of this method being that it is very salt efficient since the unit regenerates only when it needs to . |
| 23 | To be fair , the diagram turned up on page 45 and , anyway , the Alpha 2.0 proves straightforward enough when it comes to hooking up to a power amp , combo or mixer . |
| 24 | We know looks are n't everything , but there 's no doubt that a well-groomed image will win hands down when it comes to first impressions . |
| 25 | THE MEDITERRANEAN still wins hands down when it comes to providing cheap family holidays abroad offering plenty of sunshine , sea and sand . |
| 26 | Unattributed assertions in news stories and headlines are likely to be received as factual , while criticism expressed in personlised columns is more likely to be regarded as opinion , especially when it appears to be an inference drawn by the columnist from facts to which reference has been made . |
| 27 | One was about to start work in the engineering department of Rover and was already cute enough to know what you should and should n't say to a journalist , especially when it comes to forthcoming developments of the K-series engine . |
| 28 | We desperately need to avoid making hasty judgements , especially when it comes to the most basic question of all : whose ! rifts are they ? |
| 29 | People are just too serious — especially when it comes to children . |
| 30 | Speed is of the essence , especially when it comes to losing weight . |