Example sentences of "it be [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a terrible moment , something flared in his heart and he felt an insidious tug at his mind : how would it be to enter that Realm , and talk with the Dark Lords and learn their secrets … ? |
| 2 | But the first thing that 's the first thing to bear in mind , the first thing to bear in mind of course is had our previous proposals in other years been accepted Mr Mayor we would need it as it were to make these cuts from this year . |
| 3 | It 's to stop such thefts that Horsewatch has been formed . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose it 's to enable blasted Bertha to remain in it — just when you have the opportunity to get her out . |
| 5 | I 'm not sure it was that brilliant but ha , ha , and it 's to change that law |
| 6 | it 's to buy that picture a thou a thousand pounds ! |
| 7 | Now if they increase their output alright that will displace imports alright , so protectionism leads to self sufficiency and by and large self sufficiency is protectionism 's raison d'etre , that 's why it 's there right it 's to increase domestic output of this particular product . |
| 8 | Chair , it was one officer whom we 've got on staff at the moment Karen Wheeler who 's away nursing her new baby , and it 's to authorize that officer to carry out certain roles under the health and safety |
| 9 | A leading brewery in the Fox F M area has confirmed it 's to offer financial help to pub managers faced with high Poll Tax bills . |
| 10 | This is a training session for , life assurance , well it 's to pro , it 's to provide permanent health insurance benefits , and whilst I think there 's evidence at the moment to suggest that obviously your health is in by smoking , erm , insurance companies have n't got round yet to saying it 's enough of a risk that it will keep you off work , although quite clearly I think it will . |
| 11 | In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour . |
| 12 | And although Jesus himself remains to a significant degree elusive , it is as possible to deduce plausible information about him as it is to deduce such information about Arthur , or Robin Hood . |
| 13 | Certainly few people in the West , even the intelligence agencies whose job it is to monitor such dissidence , had much idea of the latent forces that this choice in the wilderness represented in Iran itself . |
| 14 | Even the Nato arms controllers meeting in Vienna , whose job it is to negotiate East-West reductions in conventional armed forces , can only pursue their objectives on the basis of confrontation between their alliance and the Warsaw Pact . |
| 15 | The Indian government has announced that it is to refuse further World Bank funding for the highly controversial Narmada Dam project [ see EDs 61 ; 64 ] . |
| 16 | RATNERS , the jewellery chain whose profits plunged after its boss branded one of its lines ‘ total crap ’ , announced yesterday it is to close 180 shops . |
| 17 | The nationalised industry announced that it is to close 31 pits , which will result in 30,000 job losses . |
| 18 | It 's not a question of how good it is to recycle several tons , it would be better still not to produce it . |
| 19 | The strength and potential of the modern concern for curriculum development lies in the fact that we now realise how important it is to undertake these processes , and in a logical sequence . |
| 20 | The way to do it is to treat that murder in as formal a manner as you can . |
| 21 | A case of gamekeeper turned poacher , given that she had been a fast-stream entrant to the Treasury , much of whose function it is to resist that sort of demand . ’ |
| 22 | It must sometimes puzzle the Russians how easy it is to plant such nonsense on British intelligence but what they do not appreciate is that if defectors did not invent such silly tales MI5 and MI6 would do so themselves anyway . |
| 23 | It is to spend more resources on social and community facilities and to employ community liaison officers . |
| 24 | The American government has recently announced that it is to spend some $18 million to wipe out the pig population of Haiti in an effort to control the virus . |
| 25 | Each team is composed of a group of people from a particular ‘ faulty ’ area , whose task it is to resolve any problems once and for all . |
| 26 | The controversy that has surrounded Brenner 's results illustrates how difficult it is to draw firm conclusions about the role of any one factor , such as unemployment , on a state as loosely defined as ‘ health ’ . |
| 27 | The size and price of Sharp 's range of pocket LCD TVs confirm what a nonsense it is to predict large panel screens to hang on the wall are ‘ just around the corner ’ . |
| 28 | ( 5 ) The more ducks a cat has to choose from the less likely it is to take one duck in particular . |
| 29 | ‘ The only people who are are the politicians whose job it is to sort this crisis out . ’ |
| 30 | This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available . |