Example sentences of "it 's [adv] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 He is quick to point out that it 's not just enough to turn up in any of these activities : ‘ You have to prove to the examiners — and to yourself — that you can are willing to put in the effort to improve and better your standards .
2 If an architecture fails to take over the mainstream computer market in its first ten years , it 's not likely ever to do so .
3 But it 's not enough just to show that you 're incompatible sexually .
4 For most established museums and picture-galleries , simple representation does not suffice : it 's not enough just to have a very good Raphael in the collection ; it 's how many Raphaels you have .
5 As with any catalogue , it 's not enough just to add new items to attract new customers — the items already there have to be reviewed and updated to make sure that they continue to meet today 's needs and standards .
6 To be a fashion writer , you must have good writing skills — it 's not enough simply to like clothes .
7 ‘ To be a successful teacher it 's not enough simply to know .
8 Well , it 's just as well to find out now , I suppose .
9 I mean , I would have gone to London to look for you too , but it 's sometimes easier just to telephone ,
10 It 's much too soon to provoke an affair of honour , ’ he remarked .
11 ‘ I was standing by the graveside and one of the Kavanagh sisters had said to Helen Moloney , Katherine 's sister : ‘ It 's perfectly all right to use Patrick 's grave .
12 But you think it 's perfectly all right to talk about women 's tits and bums and stick pictures of them up all over the place .
13 I phone Andy and confirm it 's still all right to visit , then I ring Eddie and get the next three days off , tell the cops — they 're based at Fettes , though the DI has gone back down to London , and no they 're still not giving me back my new portable yet — and ( after I 've cleaned the car up a bit ) head out of the city and across the grey bridge in a day of squally , buffeting rain that has the bridge 's 40-limit signs on , high-sided vehicles banned and the 205 dancing its Dunlops sideways as the gusts hit .
14 It 's too early yet to decide how we will act .
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