Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb -s] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Since literature is a reflection of social life " , he argued , " the standard by which it should be gauged is precisely the attitude which it takes to such great facts of historical development as the war , the October Revolution and fascism . " |
| 2 | Helicobacter pylori infection increases the serum concentration of gastrin , and this may be one of the mechanisms by which it predisposes to duodenal ulceration . |
| 3 | If Veblen 's book continues to be read this is partly for its unconscious humour but partly for the comfort , however misplaced , which it offers to those still mesmerized by egalitarian ideas . |
| 4 | Often , indeed , students of social policy go further and explicitly analyse the extent to which it contributes to social equality . |
| 5 | The Ley eventually reverted to the Garnstone estate and has long been a farmhouse , which it remains to this day . |
| 6 | This is especially the case with the liberal democratic form of the state whose claim to legitimacy rests on the access to the political system which it grants to non-dominant interests . |
| 7 | An important indication ( although , as we shall see , not a sufficient one ) that a portion of a sentence is a semantic constituent is that its semantic contribution to the sentence is the same as that which it makes to other , different sentences ; in other words , it carries what is in some sense a constant meaning from context to context . |
| 8 | It 's for each person , that 's why like the playwright does n't specify what each thing 's supposed to mean because it can mean whatever it wants to each member of the audience . |
| 9 | To understand why damage to Broca 's area impairs speech we need to know both where it gets its input from and what it does to that input . |
| 10 | What it does to that input may not be susceptible to description in psychological terms . |
| 11 | If you do n't get rid of acid you know what it does to even metal , if it sits on metal it eats through it , so you imagine what it does to your bones when it sits on them . |
| 12 | The survey people stressed the importance of neutrality and objectivity in research , and the participant observation enthusiasts argued that the essential thing about social life is what it means to those involved , and that the only valid way of getting at these meanings is to participate in the lives of those who shared them . |