Example sentences of "it [verb] [det] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fits perfectly the charm and naivety of the early to mid-fifties ; it has little to do with the self conscious posturings of the later period that Scobie wishes to impute to it ; most of all that of the ‘ Beat generation ’ , for most of the book had been written before Howl howled and junkie commenced the near-universal junketings . |
| 2 | It has little to do with the quality of his jokes or the televisual cut of his suiting , although adequate performance here is important . |
| 3 | It has little to do with local regional architecture . |
| 4 | However , there is plenty of evidence that many of the teachers whose working lives will be transformed by the introduction of LMS still think it has little to do with them . |
| 5 | This sliding-scale approach might still have relevance to the Post Office Act , on which that case turned , but it has little to do with obscenity as defined in the 1959 Act . |
| 6 | Western society places the highest value on the most abstract , thus creating an elitism which means many people feel alienated from mathematics , and , apart from small groups , feel it has little to do with their lives . |
| 7 | As a thrilling spectacle it has little to offer , but as a powerful totem it is almost unique in its place in European and western culture . |
| 8 | It sometimes happens that a business is well disposed to the idea of partnership but it feels it has little to offer ; just to offer time may be very helpful and can bring dividends for both the partners . |
| 9 | Apart from this it has little to recommend it , as it consists of a chain of dim stars extending from near the head of Cetus into the region south of the Square of Pegasus . |
| 10 | As a theory , it has little to contribute to our reflective self-understanding of ourselves as agents of inquiry . |
| 11 | The many criticisms that have been made of this body of work will be recognised , but again we will be arguing that it has much to teach us , especially as regards incorporating an understanding of instinctive behaviour into an understanding of social relations and moral careers . |
| 12 | So of his falling in love with Mrs Moore we are merely informed that ‘ even if I were free to tell the story , I doubt if it has much to do with the subject of this book , ’ and of his father 's death in the late summer of 1929 that this ‘ does not really come into the story I am telling ’ . |
| 13 | It is clear that reading is a dynamic activity in which the reader is actively involved — that it has much to do with the reader 's thought processes . |
| 14 | Referring to ‘ active citizenship ’ as defined by Douglas Hurd , he wrote : ‘ As a platitude it has much to commend it . |
| 15 | Despite my reservations about some aspects of the book , I do believe that it has much to commend it . |
| 16 | It has much to commend it . |
| 17 | On paper this hardly looks a version competitive with those listed above ; in the event it has much to offer , which only shows how dangerous preconceptions can be . |
| 18 | In its more specific uses it has much to contribute by way of correction to generalizing uses of culture' . |
| 19 | It has much to tell us of how the local landscape has developed , and we can read the clues , if we know how to examine the building and its surroundings . |
| 20 | It has this to say : |
| 21 | When sexual response in older people is reduced it has more to do with social factors such as the absence of a partner ; health problems , particularly relating to cardiovascular disease , diabetes , multiple sclerosis and prostrate troubles ; drug side-effects ( many drugs prescribed to older people can have adverse effects on sexual functioning ) ; and the intolerance of social attitudes towards sexual activity in older people , which consider sex to be the province of younger people and that older people make rather ridiculous lovers . |
| 22 | It has more to do with geography . |
| 23 | The fact that his form has been positively Bradmanesque may have something to do with this , but one suspects it has more to do with the ‘ Get Out of Jail Free ’ card he appears to be clutching . |
| 24 | Rather than being selected for our speciality , which also extends to French naturalism and British art generally at the turn of the century , I believe it has more to do with our publishing scholarly catalogues over the years and with our track record as dealers . |
| 25 | Which brings in Japan 's besetting sin : its reluctance to lead on multilateral free trade , even though it has more to lose than most from GATT 's demise . |
| 26 | By recognising that it has more to learn from Hanson than to fear . |
| 27 | If , as the Department of Health survey reveals , most Brits are monogamous , it has less to do with morality than the fact that they believe a sexual partner is someone who helps you change the duvet . |
| 28 | The report of this inquiry found that some ill-treatment of patients had indeed taken place but also it found much to criticize in general : lax standards of nursing , inadequate medical care , poor conditions and bad management . |
| 29 | The sun made it warm enough to sit outside and , although swimming in the pool was out of the question so early in the year , Jenna managed to get an even golden tan . |
| 30 | There is another huge difference between pop and film , in that it costs little to set up a band , play in community venues , make a record and get it on local radio , whereas film remains largely the preserve of big business . |