Example sentences of "it be [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The term used was ‘ suspended ’ in order to remind the British Government that it could be resumed if it were to give cause . ) |
| 2 | And if it were to invade Saudi Arabia , it would control 44% of the world 's oil reserves . |
| 3 | Even if it were to acquire Palatine , its North Western tied house stock would only increase to some 330 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There 's also the herb garden , newly opened it 's to sell herb plants and seeds — and behind it something rather more exotic is growing — in the butterfly house … which houses 20 kinds of butterflies and moths in a temperature of eighty degrees . |
| 7 | It 's to relieve congestion like this that an Aylesbury by-pass is planned . |
| 8 | I suppose it 's to stop cars parking up now is it ? |
| 9 | It 's to stop people abusing the system . |
| 10 | whether it 's to do archaeology heritage graduate which I 'm also interested |
| 11 | Yes and I 'm gon na give you this sheet which it 's to save time for drawing it . |
| 12 | It 's to save people going in and out . |
| 13 | Now it 's to take part in a feasibility study . |
| 14 | It 's to take place at 7pm in the Everyman Theatre foyer . |
| 15 | and in the summer when they were thirty nine P it 's to get people to go in the shop really |
| 16 | We know the reason local bargaining is being encouraged , it 's to lower wages and conditions and give rich financial benefits to the few . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's to alter purpose , to change from one thing to another . ’ |
| 18 | It 's to show children of all ages just how ingenious you CAN be with wood , paper , string and a lot of imagination . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's to match Gisela 's nose , ’ he explains ( Gisela is one of Karl 's new model discoveries ) . |
| 20 | The organisers say it 's to help politicians guage public feeling … but the MP says he does n't want to know . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's to raise money for Dressage at the Olympics — you 'll love it . ’ |
| 22 | Gossip that Next Computer Inc might abandon its hardware business to focus on its NextStep object-oriented operating environment UX No 419 ) has proved all too valid and last week the company confirmed that it is to abandon manufacture of its workstations . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | How easy it is to allow life to be swallowed up by the daily round and so to miss that pause to reflect and to take one 's bearings . |
| 25 | For example , he took comfort from the deflationary economic measures of July 1966 , which he opposed , as it gave him the chance ‘ to reassert collective Cabinet authority because I see how disastrous it is to allow Cabinet government to decline into mere Prime Ministerial government … if I achieved anything it was by asserting the right of Cabinet to take part in the making of economic strategy so that Harold conceded we must be given that right ’ . |
| 26 | How easy it is to give children the wrong idea ! |
| 27 | It is to anticipate eternity , when death will be no more , and when God will wipe away all our tears , allowing us to behold his glory . |
| 28 | One successful way of going about it is to invite parents into school one class at a time to hear of the plans that the school has made . |
| 29 | The convention is organized by eminent literary critics and support staff include ‘ interpreters ’ whose job it is to facilitate relations between the characters as well as ensuring the smooth running of the convention generally . |
| 30 | " The NIF [ the fundamentalist National Islamic Front , officially banned but regarded as strongly influencing the RCC ] meaning of federalism is very clear : it is to promote Arabism and Islam in the south . " |