Example sentences of "be [to-vb] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The longer they had in order to establish this bit of coast as an aristocratic retreat , the easier it would be to turn it into a fashionable resort when time and money offered . |
| 2 | The best way to approach this contradiction is to see it as a genuine clash of radical theory and pragmatic experience . |
| 3 | An alternative way of looking at higher education is to see it as a continuing process in the reproduction of gender relations . |
| 4 | The best way to explain Message Queue Interface is to compare it with a standard remote procedure call , where a client sends a request to another machine and waits for the response . |
| 5 | The simplest way to do this is to plant it in a dark-coloured , bottomless bucket sunk into the ground . |
| 6 | There are two ways to make an application protocol-independent : the first is to re-write it , incorporating MPTN , the second is to connect it to a separate gateway that will do the conversion . |
| 7 | The traditional way to prevent corrosion is to suspend a ‘ sacrificial ’ magnesium anode in the cistern ; the best solution with a corroded cold water cistern is to replace it with a new plastic one . |
| 8 | The best thing to do when an old galvanised cistern has started to rust is to replace it with a modern plastic type . |
| 9 | The definitionalist might seek to save his position by arguing for a general principle of law to the effect that to intend an act is to intend it under a full description and that therefore in all crimes where the actus reus contains not only a conduct element but also circumstances and consequences , mens rea is to be taken as being ‘ coextensive with the actus reus . ’ |
| 10 | The simplest and cheapest way of photographing a slide or peel is to use it as a photographic negative . |
| 11 | The simplest way to destroy an ailing fish is to hold it in a damp cloth and dash it smartly against a hard surface such as a concrete path . |
| 12 | Once the basic script has been agreed , the next task for the agency is to develop it into a finalized pre-production script . |
| 13 | In those circumstances the only option open to a government , determined to return Rover to the private sector , was to sell it to a British company which was not involved in the car industry . |
| 14 | The plan , agreed in 1989 , was to replace it with a purpose-built dental hospital and postgraduate institute . |
| 15 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |
| 16 | Hence , the ‘ Bow-Wave Phenomenon ’ turned into the ‘ Barrack Square Syndrome ’ , in which the only way to mop up money was to spend it on a few quickly and easily let contracts , like refurbishing barrack squares and military roads ! |