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

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1 ‘ The party is for the day after tomorrow — that 's why it 's all hands to the pumps . ’
2 When it 's all hands to the deck in these craft , 2 often is n't enough !
3 Now it 's all hands to the deck for the close friends as they knuckle down to bring back the sparkle that has been missing down at Hamilton Park for the past few seasons .
4 Keegan said : ‘ It 's all hands to the pump now and that crowd will help keep us up .
5 Did a little bit for the radio this morning in , Radio and Radio , and it 's all grist to the mill .
6 It 's all thanks to you and your mother . ’
7 That 's more than flock to watch Madonna OR Jackson at Wembley — and it 's all thanks to you .
8 And it 's all thanks to your friend Mike . ’
9 " It 's all thanks to you really .
10 It 's all thanks to the efforts of two cinema buffs from Gloucester who for years dreamt of owning their own picture palace .
11 It 's all thanks to the 16 year old on the other end of the line ; Richard Mead .
12 It 's all thanks to the donor and the doctors .
13 And it 's all thanks to Raleigh International that the 26-year-old woman , from Glencregagh Park , was able to undertake the exciting project in South West Africa .
14 A £20,0000 playground opens in Toxteth today and it 's all thanks to parent power .
15 So it 's many inputs to one answer .
16 It 's this way to Moscow , Your Majesty
17 It 's this commitment to tradition which gives our handmade bricks their subtlety of colour , uniqueness of texture and sheer natural versatility .
18 I do n't know if it 's any help to you . ’
19 If it 's any consolation to you I needed to check up on a patient anyway .
20 If it 's any consolation to Gooch , Allan Border was in a very similar situation not so long ago , and he came through with flying colours .
21 Not that it 's any thanks to you ! ’
22 If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain .
23 FOOTNOTE : If it 's any comfort to Mel , his medic told us the toes of windscreen pirates get crushed at the rate of ONE A WEEK on the busy A4 London to Bath road .
24 It 's a bit of bad luck for you , getting entangled with a group of bastards , and if it 's any comfort to you , I 'll lay a pound to a penny that you 'll go free if there 's a trial . ’
25 She may not say a word but — it 's another base to be touched . ’
26 It 's another machine to be used , ’ says Ed .
27 It 's another thing to be a porter whose friend has A-I-D-S .
28 It 's another side to The Coal Porters ' sound and Griffin 's songwriting that shows they have more than one ace hidden up their sleeves .
29 It is all things to all men … and this is perhaps its number one axiom .
30 It is all grist to the mill of those who like to argue that Japan has succeeded because it works by different rules from those in the West .
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