Example sentences of "it is [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we need to say more about this , because while it is related to secularisation and is partly a direct result of laicisation , there is more to it than that . |
| 2 | The story makes some very profound points about the role of ritual in religion , the development of conceptual understanding , the meaning of the word " spiritual " and how it is related to religion . |
| 3 | In its lower aspect it is related to fertility and regeneration . |
| 4 | Zoologists term it the Patagonian cavy for it is related to guinea pigs or cavies of the Andes . |
| 5 | The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending . |
| 6 | Every time an ATP molecule is used to provide energy , a phosphate bond is broken , and it is converted to ADP , or adenosine diphosphate . |
| 7 | From the top of the drums , water is pumped to Tank 1 via the spray bar down through the foam and spar , from where it is transferred to Tank 2 up through more spar . |
| 8 | Does Labour pledge that , if it is elected to government , no one will wait any length of time for an operation ? |
| 9 | There are at least three kinds of validity : construct validity which refers to the degree to which the test seems to be based on psychological theory , content validity which describes how well the test measures what it is intended to measure and criterion validity which indicates its value as a predictor using as criteria other measures of relevant performance . |
| 10 | Firstly , the topping up mechanism while it is geared to ability to pay is the only own resource precisely defined in this way . |
| 11 | HIV is a very weak virus and can only survive for a very short time when it is exposed to air outside the human body . |
| 12 | Timed to keep in step with commemorations of wartime anniversaries , it is hoped to tie-in flying activities with each of the events throughout the year . |
| 13 | The design process must be managed so that it is completed to quality within cost and time targets and with all necessary decisions having been taken and expressed fully and clearly in specifications and drawings . |
| 14 | It collapses onto the ground , which happens to be a deep pile of manure , and it lies there until it is trampled to death by the other cows which are milling continually around it . |
| 15 | In short , linguistics may provide literary theory with the broad outlines of a model , but it can not determine either its detail or the manner in which it is applied to literature . |
| 16 | Is n't the truth of Canguilhem 's claim that philosophy is on ‘ the side of the people and of the born non-specialists ’ ( 1980 : 49 ) , even more debatable , when it is applied to psychoanalysis of any kind ? |
| 17 | European funding can be lavish but it is tied to cooperation with public bodies . |
| 18 | Thus it is sought to subject public power to the Rule of Law . |
| 19 | Full discussion of it is left to Section 5 , where the main points it raises are more relevant . |
| 20 | It is restricted to Premiership players , and has various rules on transfers , squad sizes , positions etc |
| 21 | I can say unequivocally and without a shadow of doubt that the Conservative party has no intention whatever , when it is returned to office , to means test the basic retirement pension . |
| 22 | As the critic Ernest Newman wrote : ‘ Music can become dance when it is subjected to repetition , multiplication and abstraction using steps , poses and gestures with pattern and expression to appeal to both the eye and the intellect ’ ( see also page 47 ) . |
| 23 | However , some calculations on the visual input have already been performed in the retina , before it is passed to area 17 . |
| 24 | If Anna were to tell Constable Aplin all she knows he 'd make certain that whoever did it is brought to justice and sent to prison . ’ |
| 25 | As Geoffrey le Bel said in the preamble to one of his charters , ‘ whatever happens at one point of time will scarcely ever reach the next generation in a reliable and true account unless it is committed to writing . ’ |
| 26 | Because silicone is positively charged it is attracted to hair , while the shampoo is negative and so is washed away . |
| 27 | Since X is closest to W then it is allocated to class ‘ water ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ We do nothing , except make sure that it is drawn to friend Cawthorne 's attention . ’ |
| 29 | While you are experimenting with the zoom , note how much easier it is to hold the picture in the viewfinder steady when it is set to wide-angle . |
| 30 | The third problem with the existing legislation is that it is confined to gold and silver only , giving archaeologists no control over accompanying objects in other materials which are often of equal archaeological importance . |