Example sentences of "it [prep] [det] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor was it of much use to youth workers , as what it boiled down to was a couple of blocking techniques , a punch and a bite : a self-appointed , self-defence expert showing off . |
| 2 | Those who seek to repair the damage caused by the creation of more wealth are only locking us more deeply into the source of the evil ; and Labour 's submission to this cruel belief robs it of any claim to significant opposition to the existing order . |
| 3 | He opened the camera , took out the film and handed it with another smile to the man with the spoonbill nose . |
| 4 | Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive , but to be a full member of the Exchange Rate Mechanism was very Heaven . |
| 5 | She scrubbed the old lino floor until it revealed a pleasant geometric pattern of tan , brown and yellow diamonds ; poured bleach , then caustic soda , and then her own physical energy into the stained hideous bath , succeeding in restoring it in several places to snowy whiteness . |
| 6 | And the need for audience contact I found particularly important because if you get feedback from the audience looking them in the eye involving them then you 're able to know how your talk is progressing and whether you need to modify it in any way to be able to maintain the audience 's interest . |
| 7 | You can use paper of similar thickness but unless you stick it in some way to the faces it is difficult to keep it in position when assembling the cores into the bobbin and bolting it down to the board . |
| 8 | So it was minuted in a sort of staff student consultative group last year , so I have been requested to confine it in some measure to a single text . |
| 9 | This book is a primer , and I recommend it to any newcomer to the field , because of its overview of concepts and applied practical aspects . |
| 10 | The more nearly contemporary Mancini shares this view of Hastings ' removal as an unprovoked attack , but presents it without any reference to the Woodvilles . |
| 11 | The more nearly contemporary Mancini shares this view of Hastings ' removal as an unprovoked attack , but presents it without any reference to the Woodvilles . |