Example sentences of "[noun] it be [verb] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having relatives in England was not always the bonus it was made out to be . |
| 2 | From a paper selling to dissident literati and the children of CND It was extending out to a new rock culture , and this accelerated the departure of the old American influences . |
| 3 | In winter it is given over to turnstones , purple sandpiper , oystercatchers and other shellfish-eating birds . |
| 4 | The three-year appointment is a breakthrough for Brig Ramsey , 49 , who has landed the job at the very moment it is opened up to women . |
| 5 | It is hard to verify whether or not this is the dreadful fish it is made out to be or whether the tales are apocryphal , but what is certain is that the species itself does exist . |
| 6 | At places it was sinking up to eighteen inches . |
| 7 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 8 | Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ? |
| 9 | You 're listening to B B C Radio Nottingham news it 's coming up to five past one . |
| 10 | For the rest of the week it is given over to a different selection : good second-hand clothes , useful but redundant household articles , outgrown children 's toys plus almost anything that someone no longer needs and someone else might use . |
| 11 | Rayne started the bidding at a guinea and after some brisk competition among the gentlemen at the foot of the stairs it was knocked down to one of them for five guineas . |
| 12 | After the Merlin was inspected by Aviation Jersey it was shipped back to the USA for rebuild by Vintage V12 , returning to the UK later in the year . |
| 13 | In a sense it was crying out to be hijacked . |
| 14 | Gordon Woodroffe , a zoologist who has studied the water voles of the North York Moors , does not consider that the mink is the total rogue it is held out to be in some quarters , but it certainly appears to have caused the vole 's extinction on the Moors . |
| 15 | All guitars , from the cheapest acoustics to the top-of-the-range electrics are buzz-checked in soundproofed rooms ; their playing actions are measured and if any guitar falls below the proscribed tolerences it is sent off to be readjusted , perhaps even fret-dressed , before rechecking , packing and shipping . |
| 16 | I noticed that the Barwick men took no chances this time ; as the pole lay in the field it was wired up to an electronic burglar alarm system , but they still took it in turns to sit up and keep an eye on it . |
| 17 | In the end it was towed back to Chester as an out of gauge load . |
| 18 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 19 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 20 | As the proposal document took shape it was taken back to faculties in draft form for verification . |
| 21 | Discs Look is the allegation that the label is not quite the independent it is cracked up to be , thanks to a distribution deal with Phonogram . |