Example sentences of "it [verb] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong seems reluctant to take the pressure off China by letting the deadline slip unless it agrees to talks . |
| 2 | ( At the same time , the government reformed the rating system as it applied to companies by introducing a uniform business rate — set at the same rate throughout the country . ) |
| 3 | In Plowman 's case it was argued that on its true construction the restrictive covenant was too wide as it applied to goods of all kinds and would prevent canvassing by the employee in articles of trade of any kind . |
| 4 | The BA has organised a meeting of trade representatives to look at the wording of the Legalities of Price Marking documentation to ensure that the advice it passed to members in September 1989 , which was approved by trading standards officers at that time , still covers all eventualities . |
| 5 | Birth spacing is sometimes used synonymously with birth timing ( see intervals ) , but usually it refers to efforts aiming to achieve the " proper " ( healthy , economic or convenient ) timing of births either consciously ( by planning and controlling the timing of births ) or in accordance with traditions ( by following customs relevant to breastfeeding and post-partum abstinence which assure the " proper " spacing ) , and the results of such efforts as they are manifested in the birth intervals . |
| 6 | ‘ Private schools ’ has a narrow sense , now slightly archaic , in which it refers to schools run for profit by teacher-entrepreneurs ( a minority , especially at secondary level ) ; in this sense , the term ‘ private schools ’ is opposed to ‘ public schools ’ , which are not profit-making . |
| 7 | To be strictly accurate a species can be defined precisely only in living animals , where it refers to populations that can interbreed under natural conditions , and which produce offspring that are capable of further reproducing their kind . |
| 8 | excluded if it refers to arrangements between a body corporate and another body corporate within the same group or is in connection with a joint enterprise as noted above |
| 9 | If the foreigner made that transfer in the past before he became ordinarily resident here the clause would not apply to him because in its opening words it refers to individuals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | In so far as we have evidence about regional comparisons , it points to continuities rather than differences . |
| 11 | The main problem with nitrogen oxide is that it contributes to forms of photochemical pollution such as ozone , which in high levels can cause eye , nose and throat irritation and affect the respiratory system attacking the lungs . |
| 12 | This contrasts with , for instance , the soil scientist 's interest in weathering which stems from a concern for the way it contributes to differences in soil characteristics and the release and movement of nutrients . |
| 13 | It contributes to theories of the role of the legal and other professions by clarifying what their services provide ; their creative techniques for subversion as well as routine servicing for compliance with the law . |
| 14 | It goes to pieces like quicksilver under my touch . ’ |
| 15 | If you ever try to do a ha a demonstration for anybody erm or a group of people involving a sort of manual skill , you find that it goes to pieces if it 's not a very well rehearsed skill , whereas you find you can actually get very your performance is a lot better when you 've got an audience if you know the skill very well . |
| 16 | The IPG constantly strives to improve the information service that it offers to bureaux , and bureaux silence on issues surrounding information would seem to indicate satisfaction . |
| 17 | East and South restores the balance of exhibitions in terms of gender , the type of work it displays , the cities it takes place in and the opportunities it offers to artists . |
| 18 | Over the last thirty years advertising , that most powerful publicity weapon , has discovered how lucrative it can be to add a " new dimension " to the service it offers to clients . |
| 19 | A working party under has produced a report reviewing the ACE fee collection system , as a result of which ACE is being encouraged to extend and deepen the support service which it offers to chambers . |
| 20 | It led to employers spending time in filling up forms and trying to ensure that every conceivable expense was lumped together under the heading of training instead of concentrating on the training itself . |
| 21 | If the former , it belongs to bodies such as UNCITRAL and Unidroit ; if the latter , to the ICC . |
| 22 | In the autumn It moved to offices in Endell Street , still in Covent Garden . |
| 23 | The Court found that the government could legitimately return assets which were now in state ownership ; however , it objected to proposals to accompany the return of confiscated lands with payment of only partial compensation to present private owners ( principally farm co-operatives ) . |
| 24 | As he imposed his geometrical grid of drainage ditches across the newly filled-in estuary of the Traeth , it occurred to Madocks for a brief , but anxious , moment that the whole project resembled ‘ Dutch gardening ’ ; but in no time the poet Shelley arrived to help him with his endeavours , declaiming on the ‘ poetry of engineering ’ . |
| 25 | Some might be worrying about their dancing and how it looks to onlookers , others might be worried about their partner 's nervous shuffling from foot to foot — what will people be thinking ? |
| 26 | ‘ I know but that feckless lot up at Claro had that grand , old house given an' they 've let it fall to pieces round 'em . ’ |
| 27 | Contrary to rumour , hair loss is n't simply a hereditary condition nor is it confined to men . |
| 28 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |
| 29 | Essentially it adds to measures in various statutes , notably in the Highways Act 1980 — covering England and Wales — and the Roads ( Scotland ) Act 1984 , so that traffic-calming techniques of the sort that I outlined can be constructed by highway and road authorities . |
| 30 | " If you mean are they worth it compared to contributions made by surgeons and musicians , then of course the answer is " No " , " he said . |