Example sentences of "it be to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can be more selfless , more public spirited , more erm idealistic than they would be on their own , because the super ego can presumably erm influence the ego in both directions , it can make the ego erm transcend itself as it were to higher ideals and like someone sometimes sees this in , in group behaviour , but equally of course it can erm debase the ego by setting lower standards than the ego would normally accepted itself . |
| 2 | It 's a graph of average household size in North Yorkshire , and it 's to that extent it 's an attempt to summarize into one figure , the headship rate effect as it affects average household size . |
| 3 | Depending on how close it is to successful neighbours and the risk of root disturbance , grub the rootstock out . |
| 4 | Blue larkspur against a table-slip of faded mauve velvet , oh ! how unutterably delicious it is to tired eyes For half-a-crown , one of those gigantic glazed brown earthenware jugs ( filled with cream ) and for 5 ½d. each half a dozen tiny ones to match . |
| 5 | When Austin 's views are challenged , Petrey almost always comes down on Austin 's side ( the one obvious exception is that Petrey , unlike Austin , believes that speech-act theory is as relevant to literature , and to written language in general , as it is to spoken language ) . |
| 6 | Unfortunately it is also true to say that suicide is very common among the elderly and it is to that subject that we now turn . |
| 7 | As I am satisfied that the judge applied an incorrect test to the foster mother 's application , and was also deprived of material necessary for the proper exercise of his discretion , it follows that we are free to exercise our own discretion and it is to that question that I now turn . |
| 8 | And it is to that aspect that we shall now turn . |
| 9 | In so far as such doctrines owe anything to economic theory , it is to that body of theorising now encompassed within the term ‘ public choice theory ’ , and particularly to economic models of bureaucracy . |
| 10 | Accordingly , in Clarence ( 1888 ) 22 QBD 23 , a woman 's agreement to sexual intercourse with her husband meant that , surprising as it is to modern ears , he was not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm when he infected her with VD . |
| 11 | Okay to say how similar it is to one thing to another . |
| 12 | Sometimes dismissed as a fringe activity ( ‘ an educational frill ’ ) , listening to music is clearly as important to as many children as it is to many adults . |
| 13 | In general , Highlander have found that it is unwise to place too much reliance on Government funding for support , subject as it is to political whim and shifts of policy of the administration . |
| 14 | It is considered that in the last resort it is to civil remedies that she should have recourse . |
| 15 | In short , if we are concerned about higher education , it is to higher education that we must turn , rather than research . |
| 16 | It is to such character string formats that we now turn . |
| 17 | Thus , it is to sectoral differences that we now turn , to illustrate how change has been occurring at different rates and with different implications for governments . |
| 18 | On this personal level he is aware that change happens all the time and what is important to him , as it is to any composer , are ‘ those moments when people come up to me and say , ‘ this work has changed my life ’ ’ . |
| 19 | It is to these chapters that we turn for biblical guidance on the fundamental questions concerning God , man and the world . |
| 20 | It is to these directors many of whom the industry forgot in their later years that I wish to pay tribute . |
| 21 | This is an important result because it is to these industries that regional policy has been primarily applied . |
| 22 | It is to these factors , rather than to artillery itself , that we should turn if we wish to see which arms were proving to be of the greatest significance in the war . |
| 23 | Segmented labour market theories help to explain the disadvantaged position of women and ethnic minorities in employment , and it is to these groups that we now turn . |
| 24 | It is to these questions that I now turn . |
| 25 | It is to these questions that we turn in the next section . |
| 26 | It is to these inflation theories that we now turn our attention . |
| 27 | It is to these experiences of unemployment and social security that we now turn . |
| 28 | It is to these aspects that we shall now turn . |
| 29 | It is to these triumphs , some of which could be made intelligible to laymen while others remained obscure , that we shall now turn , looking first at the discoveries rather than at their reception outside the scientific community . |
| 30 | It is to these ideas that we turn first . |