Example sentences of "it [be] all [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And it 's all right to visit him now ? ’ |
| 2 | Sean said : ‘ It 's all right to sell off confiscated goods such as videos and TVs but not equipment for breaking into cars and houses . |
| 3 | The one journeyman pro it 's all right to like , John Daly , came third from last in the US PGA . |
| 4 | Always explain what you are doing , and if they can understand you , ask if it 's all right to do it . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's all right to ask for other people . |
| 6 | I mean it 's all right to say if you 're nice to them they 'll be nice to you erm it should come the other way round , that they should sort of respect other people 's property . |
| 7 | ‘ You mean it 's all right to sleep with you under your own roof with your mother there although it 's not quite the done thing here ? ’ |
| 8 | Right , no it it 's all right to stuff the elephant , but but we thought we 'd better not stop the human being as well . |
| 9 | If children witness a quarrel , but then see that you still love each other , they will realise that a row is not the end of the world and will learn that it 's all right to fight — as long as we make up later . |
| 10 | It 's all right to build bridges with South Africa , but if bridges are falling down in Wales something must be done about it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I suppose it is all right to talk ? ’ |
| 12 | Part of the task of the modern tobacco promoter is to make the smoking habit appear clean and healthy , and to imply that it is all right to smoke if we take plenty of exercise . |
| 13 | The Treasury Select Committee will have fun discussing the precise significance of that measure , which is another attempt to talk up the economy and persuade consumers that it is all right to spend now . |
| 14 | We must face the problem of possible rejection and realize it is all right to show our true feelings and that it is all right to be rejected . |
| 15 | Facing the realities of the background that has moulded their early life and finding forgiveness and understanding for those who , in the name of love , have moulded this type into submission , and learning that it is all right to show feeling and emotions will ultimately bring release and freedom to follow as their hearts dictate . |
| 16 | Perhaps the Minister could clarify the impression given by the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who believes that it is all right to buy from the public purse something for £2 million and then to sell off a fraction of it for £4 1 million a fortnight later as long as the proceeds of the sale go to buses . |
| 17 | Stay in your chair until you are told it is all right to get up — the camera may still be on you . |
| 18 | Caller : Well , I just wanted to ask the manager if it is all right to bring my poodle with me ? |
| 19 | They are going to give the children the idea that it is all right to change the facts to suit your way of thinking . |
| 20 | It is all right to tell a whopper on an answering machine ( ‘ We 're sorry that we can not answer your call right now ’ is either a lie or a statement of the obvious ) , but no one will forgive you for not ‘ getting back ’ to him later . |
| 21 | Taken in with his bottle of National Dried Milk and vitamin drops that it was all right to kill . |
| 22 | Apparently it was all right to receive money from the Treasury in neat health authority allocations , but not for cheques or , worse still , cash to appear over the hospital counter . |
| 23 | He told us that it was all right to study the evolution of the universe after the big bang , but we should not inquire into the big bang itself because that was the moment of Creation and therefore the work of God . |