Example sentences of "it [is] [to-vb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's to stop such thefts that Horsewatch has been formed . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure it was that brilliant but ha , ha , and it 's to change that law |
| 3 | it 's to buy that picture a thou a thousand pounds ! |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's not a question of how good it is to recycle several tons , it would be better still not to produce it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The way to do it is to treat that murder in as formal a manner as you can . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is to spend more resources on social and community facilities and to employ community liaison officers . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ The only people who are are the politicians whose job it is to sort this crisis out . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 19 | Do you know know difficult it is to make this thing go slowly ? ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The point may be stressed , for experience has shown how important it is to have these volumes always on hand for cross-referencing with later works , or providing new ideas for lines of investigation . |
| 22 | Can I , at this point , reiterate how important it is to have this type of insurance cover if you are taking private classes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 25 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 26 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 27 | 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 ) . |
| 28 | The two were never in danger and were helped down the trail by the men whose job it is to protect all presidents and vice-presidents . |
| 29 | So clueless and misguided are these sorry types — so lacking in insight , intent and , bloody hell , a sense of humour — that if a great comedy show ever makes it to TV List magazine it can only be DESPITE the pony-tails whose job it is to shepherd these things to a laff-hungry public . |
| 30 | Therefore , will not there be a need for radical changes in the United Nations if it is to maintain any confidence and respect throughout the world ? |