Example sentences of "it be [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 | Sun says it did and still is delivering the thing in volume — it 's just not enough to meet backorders . |
| 9 | Well , it 's just as well to find out now , I suppose . |
| 10 | I mean , I would have gone to London to look for you too , but it 's sometimes easier just to telephone , |
| 11 | ‘ It 's much too soon to provoke an affair of honour , ’ he remarked . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's too early yet to decide how we will act . |
| 16 | This is partly a technical and partly a practical question , and on the practical side it is rather too soon to give any judgement . |
| 17 | ‘ And under the law , it is simply not enough to design a kitchen with good equipment in it — you must now have the means to monitor and control operations , ’ he said . |
| 18 | It is simply not enough to accept , almost as if it were an understandable and reasonable attitude , that Mary preferred to remain in France , and dream of the English throne , rather than return to Scotland . |
| 19 | It is not simply enough to amass capital , military might or political support . |
| 20 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ MAFF exists to serve the interests of that industry although it is not simply there to look after farmers as too many commentators still assume . ’ |
| 22 | The world has changed greatly since 1967 and it is not easy merely to return to United Nations resolution 242 . |
| 23 | It is not enough just to have a common foreign policy . |
| 24 | It is not enough just to have that prioritised list . |
| 25 | When the public respond to your advertisements or because they have heard that you do personal injury work , it is not enough just to tell them that you do and expect them to come into the office . |
| 26 | It is not enough just to provide the equipment and the opportunities ; the relaxed and warm feeling must be created between adult and child that will help them both to enjoy making discoveries together . |
| 27 | In many cases when creating this effect , it is not enough just to tie a bow in a piece of ribbon , and you may have to actually create a bow from a piece of material in order to produce the right effect . |
| 28 | Not all the personal pronouns in the Sonnets , of course , are significant of personal relationships , and for this reason it is not enough just to tot up the figures in a computer-made concordance . |
| 29 | It is not enough simply to take into account the conditions at that particular time . |
| 30 | If reclaimed land is to be made part of a living landscape it is not enough simply to plant vegetation on it . |