Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder if you are familiar with this type of thing and could it be applied to computer video outputs . |
| 2 | Can it be converted to gif ? |
| 3 | In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III . |
| 4 | His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be . |
| 5 | Given Labour 's stormy internal debates on foreign and defence issues since 1951 and despite the recent defeat of the unilateralists on nuclear disarmament , Washington was understandably anxious to gain some advance impressions of Labour 's likely behaviour if it were returned to power . |
| 6 | erm For instance we know that , that erm in this country you ca n't get a mortgage without taking out fire insurance , and the reason why it 's mandatory in a mortgage is because if it were left to people 's whim they would n't do it , they 'd say , ‘ Well it wo n't happen to me , ’ and mortgage companies do n't like that very much . |
| 7 | The Paris-based Office Internationale d'Epizooties ( OIE ) , which represents 120 countries , has accepted the principle that live trading could be resumed provided it were restricted to animals born after the feed ban — and that cattle born from BSE infected dams were excluded . |
| 8 | Each Dobson unit is a hundredth of a millimetre and refers to the thickness of the stratospheric ozone layer that would result if it were brought to sea level pressure and temperature . |
| 9 | ( There was also the trifling matter of it being discounted to £650 ! ) |
| 10 | By and large it 's according to people 's occupations and you start with A which will be professional people , surgeons solicitors etcetera . |
| 11 | It 's given to people in the last years of this century who will make a difference to the plant in the next century . |
| 12 | David has a theory that the crop grows better when it 's exposed to music . |
| 13 | Just 2 months later , Lucas has announced it 's moving to Birmingham . |
| 14 | This so-called ‘ one law for all ’ means one thing when it 's applied to gorgios and something else when Romanies are involved . |
| 15 | It 's led to calls for immediate action to protect workers'interests . |
| 16 | It 's go to Burbridge |
| 17 | It 's degrading to Edinburgh . |
| 18 | It 's went to Australia . |
| 19 | I do n't know if it 's linked to Chris 's work either . ’ |
| 20 | Specifically , it 's linked to names such as La Mère Saguet — who fed Balzac , Dumas , Delacroix and half the literary and artistic establishment of the early 19th century . |
| 21 | Picking it up , Louisa said , ‘ But it 's addressed to Maudie . ’ |
| 22 | We 've all been trucking along for so long on the back of the post-war consensus ( more growth , more production , more consumption , more jobs , more energy , more roads , more hospitals , more rubbish , etc ) , that most people are understandably reluctant to get off the treadmill — even though they can see it 's falling to pieces . |
| 23 | It 's hacked to ribbons . |
| 24 | And this an argument that 's often put forward by the National Farmers Union , and other agricultural lobby groups , essentially erm , er , , it 's saying to sort of er , the European Community when they 're price setting , look there 's no point in you er , reducing agricultural product prices , cos all that 's going to do is increase supply . |
| 25 | Mostly it 's left to family carers . |
| 26 | It 's left to practitioners to deal with ’ . |
| 27 | It 's left to Nicky Henson ( who also does a mean pirate impersonation ) and Mark Tandy to have their moments as the unlucky actors attempting to portray the fictional brothers in the stage play . |
| 28 | It 's left to people working in education to discover those applications in their own disciplines . |
| 29 | I suppose cos it 's coming to Christmas they do n't bother . |
| 30 | It 's going round so it 's turning to night . |