Example sentences of "it [is] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not sure it was that brilliant but ha , ha , and it 's to change that law |
| 2 | it 's to buy that picture a thou a thousand pounds ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the last chapter , I discussed the kinds of things the brain must be doing if it is to generate observed behaviour . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ] . |
| 11 | The way to do it is to treat that murder in as formal a manner as you can . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ The only people who are are the politicians whose job it is to sort this crisis out . ’ |
| 16 | To attribute this to the ageing process per se is as foolish as it is to describe physical disease as ‘ your age , my dear ’ . |
| 17 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children |
| 18 | The initial trials quickly revealed how difficult it is to develop one set of forms which can be used to assess the progress of all children . |
| 19 | The Pratt Green Trust seeks to represent the interests of the churches in this area , but needs wider support from the Church if it is to make much progress . |
| 20 | Below a certain height it may be a hopeless situation , but even where there is enough height for a recovery , you can imagine how hard it is to make that movement forward unless you have practised stalls and incipient spins until the movements are well drilled . |
| 21 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 22 | Do you know know difficult it is to make this thing go slowly ? ’ |
| 23 | This recognition of the more than local effects of major retail development confirms how crucial it is to place such development within a strategic context . |
| 24 | He does n't understand what it is to have real purpose , or peace . |
| 25 | Can I , at this point , reiterate how important it is to have this type of insurance cover if you are taking private classes . |
| 26 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 27 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 28 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 29 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 30 | It is to capture this function that Althusser defined the state to include almost all non-economic organizations , except the revolutionary party of the working class , in the process definitionally obliterating the difference between input politics and state organization , or between the state and society ( Polan , 1984 , pp. 34 — 5 ) . |