Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 It 's not money to us , it 's a way of life .
2 It 's not quarter to three here — it 's quarter to three at Paddington !
3 1991 has been a marvellous year for Good Housekeeping and it 's largely thanks to you .
4 You you hear of tragedies , perhaps in , i in in the Far East where hundreds , thousands of people are killed in flooding and in the like , and it 's just numbers to us .
5 But it 's also testimony to something else .
6 Well it 's about quarter to seven so I suppose you 're soon going to be off .
7 No it 's about quarter to now .
8 On these traffic lights been down to that football match actually cos it 's absolutely nose to tail right the way there right the way down here
9 It 's , it 's no good we going tomorrow or Howard 'll be coming turn out late shift be coming out you know , might as well get ready and going out , now I 've had summat to eat , it 's only quarter to Really we 're starting into the second leaves , the frosts through to the second set of leaves these , that 's gon na be better plant and here when the wind blows
10 From all over Europe , it 's only hours to 1001 Nights .
11 It 's only thanks to the efforts of walkers that we 've got so far . ’
12 After all , it 's only thanks to him you have the chance . ’
13 It 's only thanks to Clark 's quick thinking that Richard did n't lose his sight and the pellet from the airrifle went into the back of his head rather than his eye .
14 " Maybe it 's now time to be wise virgins , and save . "
15 The worst thing about infidelity is that it 's usually death to a relationship .
16 They prefer to be unlocked but it is not prison to them . ’
17 It should be stressed that it is not nearness to industry per se which drew agricultural wages upwards , but proximity to the expanding newer industrial regions .
18 He was , see that they are saying , it is not theft to be theft
19 It is not material to any issue before the court , but I should record that on 26 March 1991 the board of Lautro considered whether intervention remained justified in the light of information that had come to their knowledge since 30 October 1990 .
20 It is largely thanks to this one moment of history that there currently exists an unbroken line of Spanish-speaking nations through 90° of latitude from Tijuana in northern Mexico to Punta Arenas in southern Chile .
21 It is largely thanks to the perseverance of a former CO of the RAF Institute of Aviation Pathology , Group Captain Mason ( now Professor of Forensic Pathology at Edinburgh University ) , that there is international recognition of the contribution of the aviation pathologist in aircraft accident investigation by way of a specification recommending their positive involvement in formal investigations written into Annex 13 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation .
22 It is also manna to lawyers looking for juicy briefs in civil litigation .
23 It is chiefly thanks to the Drunken Poet — another new arrival in the 1693 quarto — that the score , another of his haunts , has been dated 1693 with such conviction .
24 It is now time to flesh these remarks out a little more and begin to orient the discussion toward some of the themes we shall be discussing in succeeding chapters .
25 It is only reference to the gates being closed in the evening .
26 This interpretation makes it quite clear that the disposition in the will has failed , and that it is only thanks to the trust clause that the nurses do obtain this additional income .
27 It is only thanks to this close control that maximum use can be made of the water available to generate electricity .
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