Example sentences of "it [vb -s] to [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For very distant objects these stars themselves are too faint to be visible , but if you look at clusters of galaxies , we find that the very brightest galaxy in a cluster is the same brightness in all clusters and so the fainter it looks to us the further away the cluster of galaxies must be . |
| 2 | It happens to me every day when people come upto me and ask me whether I 'm Clint Eastwood or not . |
| 3 | Erm , my fear of this report is that we are actually erm , it shows to me a certain level of complacency . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know about reincarnation , ’ said Lydia , ‘ except it sounds to me a bit of a dirty trick . |
| 5 | It is the work of a novelist and Journalist , not an academic , and notwithstanding the sometimes excessive brightness of the prose and the shortwindedness of the articles it seems to me a brilliant late embodiment of the Anglo-American tradition of literary and social criticism . |
| 6 | With three gearboxes making the same noise it seems to me a design fault , but is there a cure ? |
| 7 | A typical instance of late medieval anxiety about time occurs in a letter of 1399 written by the wife of the ‘ Merchant of Prato ’ , Francesco di Marco Datini , to her ageing husband : ‘ In view of all you have to do , when you waste an hour , it seems to me a thousand … . |
| 8 | This is of course a perfectly defensible approach , but it seems to me a limited one : inevitably one comes up against the micro-macro conundrum . |
| 9 | It seems to me a definite kind of immortality both to be remembered with great affection and to give that feeling ( which I and so many friends have ) that we ca n't believe he has died . |
| 10 | The statues in question are inseparable from the archaic series ; their freshness of surface suggest that they did not stand long above ground ; and it seems to me a reasonable conclusion that they were dedicated in the years immediately before the invasion . |
| 11 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 12 | It seems to me a perfectly simple procedure . |
| 13 | In this , continental European researchers have generally been more broad-minded than those in Britain , and it seems to me a view that should be adopted more widely . |
| 14 | well I have n't discussed this with my learned friend , but it seems to me a date sometime next term would be appropriate , er which would give another term , or so for the plaintiff side to investigate these matters |
| 15 | Erm , and therefore you 're thrown back at er finding something else , this sort of vague compromise of director of this that or this that and the other , er , er , appeared , and er it seems to me A long winded , er but also , it indicates something against what you 've already tried to do , which is to merge the two together . |
| 16 | Now I 've not seen this suggested , but it seems to me a fair way of doing it . |
| 17 | Right it seems to me a lot of people are sitting down , there 's five weeks to go , you 've got to get it made in that time , assembled , so come on let's get some more cutting lists please . |
| 18 | It seems to me a very reasonable conclusion . |
| 19 | Now this use of a formula , making the , the formula as pliable as possible to take in all these different themes , seems to me very interesting , because it seems to me a point at which popular literature , erm or the so-called easy dividing line between popular literature and high art , becomes very difficult to judge , very fuzzy . |
| 20 | Obviously it seems to me a good grounding for the younger horses ? |
| 21 | It seems to me no more — and no less — obscene than the new Ministry of War headquarters just built on our satellite . |
| 22 | It seems to me the only people who do persist in that phase and make something tenable out of an unsatisfied , unsettled life , are rock musicians , and rock critics . |
| 23 | ‘ It seems to me the whole set-up is racist , ’ said Robyn . |
| 24 | He also said : ‘ It seems to me the Press have a powerfully destructive herd instinct , which I believe will be their undoing . |
| 25 | When a mother 's face does not reflect a meaningful world of which the baby is a part — as it seems to me the face of a woman in pain can not — then what results is ‘ a threat of chaos and the baby will organise withdrawal , or will not look except to perceive as a defence . |
| 26 | It seems to me the only thing to do . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It seems to me the law is reasonably plain . |
| 28 | It seems to me the thing can go back if it 's going to give that much trouble . |
| 29 | It seems to me the Freudian view takes both into account . |
| 30 | So it seems to me the exercise not only must be done , for the purpose of calculating where we stand in supply terms , but actually has been done by the County Council in respect of Greater York . |