Example sentences of "it [be] to have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't understand what it is to have real purpose , or peace . |
| 2 | If it is to have empirical consequences it must rule out many other ways of understanding the pattern of metaphors . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He explains how necessary it is to have these mental filters to exclude or devalue events which may be too disturbing . |
| 5 | I now realize what a great honour it is to have this Presidential Chain bestowed on me and I trust that I will be able to uphold and fulfil my obligations as President , particularly when I reflect upon the contributions made by my predecessors . |
| 6 | Can I , at this point , reiterate how important it is to have this type of insurance cover if you are taking private classes . |
| 7 | Applied linguistics in this sense must be practised by teachers too if it is to have any effective operational relevance at all . |
| 8 | If it is to have any practical value a recording system must be concerned with measuring observable behaviour . |
| 9 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 12 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 13 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 14 | Ramsey asked how valuable it was to have scholarly men as bishops . |
| 15 | ‘ Freesias ! ’ breathed Dimity with rapture , thinking how dreadfully extravagant dear Charles had been , and yet how delicious it was to have such treasures brought to her . |
| 16 | It was to have two large marshalling yards to hold 700 wagons . |
| 17 | By 1705 London already had 180 departing coach services ; by 1836 it was to have 342 . |
| 18 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |
| 19 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 20 | How terrible it was to have those easy phrases , trotted out so often in the course of gossip , or heart-to-hearts , or in magazine articles , or even court cases , become so real . |
| 21 | It was to have considerable effects upon the earlier stages of education . |
| 22 | The CNAA had already approved a dozen of Hatfield 's courses for honours degrees , and it was to have twenty degree courses by 1968 , establishing a pattern of honours degree , degree and sub-degree courses . |