Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] to [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | David has a theory that the crop grows better when it 's exposed to music . |
| 7 | Mostly it 's left to family carers . |
| 8 | Not because it 's the most versatile on the market , or necessarily the best-sounding , but it 's set to work perfectly with the Marshall tone on all channels and that makes it a winner . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In its lower aspect it is related to fertility and regeneration . |
| 12 | Zoologists term it the Patagonian cavy for it is related to guinea pigs or cavies of the Andes . |
| 13 | Every time an ATP molecule is used to provide energy , a phosphate bond is broken , and it is converted to ADP , or adenosine diphosphate . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Does Labour pledge that , if it is elected to government , no one will wait any length of time for an operation ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Firstly , the topping up mechanism while it is geared to ability to pay is the only own resource precisely defined in this way . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | European funding can be lavish but it is tied to cooperation with public bodies . |
| 25 | Thus it is sought to subject public power to the Rule of Law . |
| 26 | Full discussion of it is left to Section 5 , where the main points it raises are more relevant . |
| 27 | It is restricted to Premiership players , and has various rules on transfers , squad sizes , positions etc |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | However , some calculations on the visual input have already been performed in the retina , before it is passed to area 17 . |