Example sentences of "[subord] it [be] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | According to both the coal industry and the National Wildlife Federation , the government will as a result be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars if it is to prevent strip-mining on protected lands . |
| 32 | This is probably the most difficult material to handle because the many characters and nationalities involved in the various available libretti must express themselves as distinctively as they do in real life and the choreographer must try and ensure his design has some semblance of reality if it is to communicate meaning . |
| 33 | They had approached a GLC body , the Greater London Enterprise Board ( GLEB ) , for money and been told that if it was to put money in , an established business person had to be involved . |
| 34 | However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order . |
| 35 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 36 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 37 | ( The term used was ‘ suspended ’ in order to remind the British Government that it could be resumed if it were to give cause . ) |
| 38 | And if it were to invade Saudi Arabia , it would control 44% of the world 's oil reserves . |
| 39 | Even if it were to acquire Palatine , its North Western tied house stock would only increase to some 330 . |
| 40 | Now that Moscow 's hopes for fruitful negotiation with the United States had been shattered , it was necessary for the Soviet Union to adopt a more aggressive stance if it were to maintain credibility as a rival to Washington . |
| 41 | Assume now that the group can not sell all it can make at the normal price of £120 but division B sees that it could win a large order if it were to offer goods at £80 each . |
| 42 | As a consequence the business must be conscious of this double perspective , whether it be to minimise exposure to EC competition rules or in order to decide how best to invoke the rules against competitors . |
| 43 | The targets will affect staff development plans , whether it be to increase knowledge and expertise in the area in question , or simply to provide time to consider issues in a way which will lead the school forward . |
| 44 | whether it 's to do archaeology heritage graduate which I 'm also interested |
| 45 | She put up her hand but whether it was to catch hold of the reins or to protect herself I do not know . |
| 46 | But , delightful though it was to see Wendy Tunnell herself join the quartet and harpsichordist Clifford Benson for Albinoni 's A major Sonata a Cinque , the string pieces worked less well , as though the timbres of such distinguished winds prompted over projection — and the Brindisis , of all musicianly young ensembles , have no need to oversell their wares . |
| 47 | It is just as desirable to schedule pits , tips and earthworks as it is to schedule buildings and artifacts before uncontrolled enthusiasm hides them from generations . |
| 48 | However , it is as naive to regard religious divisions as self-explanatory as it is to see nationalisms so . |
| 49 | And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian . |
| 50 | It is just as easy — and as pointless — to criticize the American press for misunderstanding the Piggott style as it is to criticize Piggott for flirting so dangerously with defeat . |
| 51 | However , it is obviously as much a waste of funds to give money to privatisation of the coal industry as it was to give money for the poll tax . |
| 52 | And then afterwards came the disco , where it was about as difficult to score as it was to hunt chickens with a machete . |