Example sentences of "be [adj] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the absence of other voices making the same moral argument sufficiently loudly , we should perhaps be grateful to hear it from the very heart of the establishment . |
| 2 | But , if you can isolate the component , it might be possible to swap it for a new one at minimum cost . |
| 3 | Where the value of the intangible asset is at an all-time low , it may be possible to sell it to an IOFC operation and realise a capital loss in the selling location . |
| 4 | However since the Convention does not specify that the acceptance be directed towards the treaty parties it might not be possible to regard it as a collateral agreement . |
| 5 | If there was no shot in or among the human remains , in the cavities of the skull for instance , would it be possible to find it in the soil , among the sand and gravel and pine needles ? |
| 6 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 7 | The discount system has the potential to run us into a substantial amount of trouble and I believe that very few people will be prepared to defend it in a year or two . |
| 8 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 9 | Negotiations continue but no clear way forward has yet presented itself , the Cooking Centre is zoned for housing and there is little prospect that the Region would be prepared to acquire it at the residential land value — £150,000 . |
| 10 | If you had £100 000 of savings , would you be prepared to lend it to a friend to buy a house if the friend was going to take 25 years to pay it back ? |
| 11 | It may be easier to implement it in a raster environment , but much would depend on the size of the rasters chosen to represent the areas . |
| 12 | The desiderata for a good background at this point were that it must be perceived by the measuring instrument as significantly darker than the subject , it must be cheap and readily available , and it must be easy to mould it to the growth boxes , fix it to the wall , etc . |
| 13 | He should understand that ‘ the story of Christ is simply a true myth : a myth working on us in the same way as the others , but with this tremendous difference that it really happened : and one must be content to accept it in the same way . ’ |
| 14 | Her mum says we 'd be welcome to rent it for a couple of weeks . |
| 15 | It may , in fact , be better to organise it for the day after you move , because being certain that everything will run according to plan on the day of the move is almost impossible , so it is better to do without your cooker overnight and schedule this for the next morning when you know you are definitely going to be there . |
| 16 | I think it was Michel who said , ‘ It might be cheaper to connect it to a flight simulator ’ . |
| 17 | Kate thinks it might be good to turn it into a sort of commune . ’ |
| 18 | That 's why we knew it would be good to bring it to a close . ’ |
| 19 | However , administration of the scheme is costly in terms of time and it seems unlikely that it would be feasible to operate it on a large scale . |
| 20 | It might be prudent to put it to the test . |
| 21 | If it is not , and the root ball crumbles , you are not going to be able to plant it in the ground without disturbing the roots . |
| 22 | Local education and information campaigns , though well-meaning , have proved of dubious value in prevention terms , although it is sensible to educate local youth workers , school teachers , probation officers and the primary care team to recognize the problem and be able to tackle it in an informed way . |
| 23 | The Director has stated a seemingly modest goal : that someone who is assessed as requiring residential or nursing home care on 1 April should be able to receive it with no greater difficulty than s/he would have experienced on 31 March . |
| 24 | ‘ someone who is assessed as requiring residential or nursing home care on 1 April should be able to receive it with no greater difficulty than s/he would have experienced on 31 March . |
| 25 | Er and to be able to pick it off the machine at the end of the day you know , as a first class , simple object at , at a competitive price . |
| 26 | And might be able to do it before the weekend perhaps |
| 27 | If you watch we can do some actions to this , you watch what I do then you 'll be able to do it in a minute , are you ready I am going to be a bear , you help me sing |
| 28 | You 'll be able to borrow it from the office downstairs and view it in the library . |
| 29 | It hoped that the involvement of neutral states like Austria , Sweden and Switzerland — all of whom obviously did not see membership as compromising their neutrality — would persuade the Soviet Union that the new association was sufficiently politically innocuous for Finland to be able to join it in the not too distant future . |
| 30 | Schofield has already had cause to caution Montgomerie — in 1991 — and yesterday he said : ‘ He is a fine golfer and is clearly going to be a major figure in the game for as long as he remains active in it , but he has to be able to take it on the chin . |