Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm would it be an idea perhaps to put something up on notice boards that the conference people are going to see . |
| 2 | It 's a bit far to take her to near Berwick . |
| 3 | He says it 's a bit far to come but he thinks they pay expenses , so it 's nice . |
| 4 | It 's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills . |
| 5 | It 's a surprise then to find the Powerhaus pretty much packed to the gills . |
| 6 | It 's a shame just to waste it is n't it ? |
| 7 | It seems a great idea and it 's a shame only to have one of them . |
| 8 | It 's a shame though to let them die because th they 're I like to have a , a different I do n't want it all the same . |
| 9 | You make a thing as is gon na do the job and it 's no problem then to get castings off it and all that sort of thing . |
| 10 | It 's the way forward to attract and meet the needs of other unions and possible amalgamations and merges . |
| 11 | What 's happened it 's the world again to use J B Phillips translation this time the Romans twelve two , that , that the world the precious around us has pushed us here and is as dented at there and it squeezed us out of the mould , the purpose the pattern that God had for us , into its own mould , a warped mould , a distorted picture , that has what has happened . |
| 12 | ‘ They need to develop support networks which allow people to take these jobs without feeling it 's an achievement just to get through the day ’ . |
| 13 | For people experiencing impairment first-hand , it is a struggle both to maintain our bodies and get the struggle heard . |
| 14 | Given that the chasm referred to in the previous paragraph is now unbridgeable is there a more modest general principle that it is a tort intentionally to inflict economic harm on another by use of ‘ unlawful means ? ’ |
| 15 | If it is a tort wrongfully to procure a breach of contract is it also a tort to procure the commission of other legal wrongs ? |
| 16 | It is useful to recall Wittgenstein in this connection : ‘ It is a help here to remember that it is a primitive reaction to tend , to treat , the part that hurts when someone else is in pain ; and not merely when oneself is ’ ( Z 540 ) . |
| 17 | It is a mystery only to man and not to God . |
| 18 | We have spent so long fighting against a political tide which is pushing us ever backwards that it is a victory just to stand still . |
| 19 | It is no improvement merely to add a label , saying — taking an example at random — that left for Scotland yesterday morning is a verb phrase if by that we simply mean that it consists of a certain sequence of word classes recognized as frequently occurring . |
| 20 | It is an offence wilfully to obstruct them . |
| 21 | It was after midnight , with a biting wind swirling across the empty square , and I was so cold and bored that it was a relief even to slap the butt of my rifle in salute as a solitary officer went by . |
| 22 | It was a relief therefore to make for the frozen shore where the parson was protesting that his wife would be safer and more comfortable if she remained in the carriage . |
| 23 | It was a sign never to play again . |
| 24 | He raised a point , which had never occurred to me , like not a few of his aperçus , that , in the case of radio broadcasts , it was a mistake invariably to employ German refugees or perfect German speakers to warn the German public of the evils of Nazism . |
| 25 | Splendid buildings with grand entrances and such smart people going in and out that it was a pleasure just to stand and watch them . |
| 26 | It was the custom then to double the size of most infantry battalions and of many gunner and other units . |
| 27 | Within the last 20 years it was the practice here to pen the sheep for clipping and for the fleeces to be thrown up to a helper standing on the gallery , who put them at once into the barn for storage . |
| 28 | It was an adventure even to find a stone , a clock movement , a tram ticket , a pretty leg , an insect , the corner of one 's own room ; all these things could inspire pure and direct feeling . |
| 29 | It was n't a great interview but we knew it was an achievement actually to have spoken to them on film . |
| 30 | It was an effort even to fetch coal from outside , and a herculean struggle was called for each time I opened the garage doors which faced the prevailing gales . |