Example sentences of "[verb] it be [adv] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite their cute appearance , Red Pandas can be very viscious , so for fans who want a slightly closer encounter it is probably best to stick to the more approachable variety . |
| 2 | Now , few can afford to discard the eighties equivalent of disposable fashion , the market stall tat from East End sweat shops , but for those with the readies to spend on real flash ( these are the ones who know that LV means Louis Vuitton as well as Luncheon Voucher ) never has it been more important to make a clear and expensive statement about the level of personal well-being and survival . |
| 3 | John had claimed it was just possible to go backwards ( as it were ) , but you must talk to him about that . |
| 4 | The other problem which arose in modus was that ownership passed to A before he need even dream of performance , and by the time he was reminded it was relatively hard to get him , as owner , to think of his duties towards B. It is , however , a very intractable question how purposes were enforced in Roman law . |
| 5 | Have your detective say it is very important to tell whether something is or is not done in a certain way ; then show that thing being done in either of the ways mentioned ; but immediately before that happens put in , quite boldly , what it is you want to slip past your reader . |
| 6 | Most critics say it is too early to judge . |
| 7 | Though most merchants say it is too early to come up with a firm idea of the trade , the initial reports on quality suggest some low nitrogens and good bushel weights , at least for the Puffin that seems to predominate at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ But they say it 's very healthy to sleep on a hard surface . ’ |
| 9 | Doctors say it 's too early to tell if she 'll be able to see again . |
| 10 | Doctors say it 's too risky to try to operate , but they think Adrian 's sight wo n't be permanently damaged . |
| 11 | We tell them to be quiet because we want them to look at television , or say it 's too wet to go out for a walk when they are wanting to wear their new wellies . |
| 12 | Well , as Georgina Meinertzhagen 's father calls for the law to be tightened on under age drinking , landlords say it 's almost impossible to tell how old some of their customers are . |
| 13 | He accepts it 's extremely difficult to come up with conclusive evidence that violent films cause violent behaviour , but that a series of studies in America 20 years ago suggested it was a factor . |
| 14 | Breathing can be stimulated by gently squeezing the tail , and if the pup squeaks it is most likely to survive . |
| 15 | As he looked across the now peaceful Green , he found it was surprisingly easy to imagine it filled with men and women in uniform fighting for a cause they truly believed in . |
| 16 | But a doctor , one of the doctors in the same hospital saying , that the , during the First World War , when they were so desperate , you know , so many casualties , they had to cut short treatment , and they had to bandage men up and leave them bandaged up a long length of , they found it was often better to leave a wound bandaged up in it 's own |
| 17 | ‘ We found it was very easy to come up with agreements that said nothing , but would impress the folks back home and the media , ’ said Mr Goodwin . |
| 18 | Unless the failure has occurred below 50 feet or so , once the speed has been regained it is always best to apply full airbrake first to use up any excess height quickly . |
| 19 | In the context of user education in schools , however , where there is still some substantial funding and many of the projects have yet to be finally and fully reported , the impact will probably be somewhat different ; although because of the slowness of the dissemination process it is too early to say how much and in what way . |
| 20 | ‘ You realise it 's too late to return to Cairo tonight . ’ |
| 21 | When parents are presented with the blocks from which their children must select their GCSE subjects , they realise it is now impossible to avoid choosing one , or probably two , of the sciences . |
| 22 | Most fund managers believed it was too early to say when they would consider buying London shares again . |
| 23 | Lord Ridley , formerly in charge of water privatisation , says : ‘ I never believed it was really possible to do very much with the railways , because basically they are loss-making . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Many of our customers could not understand why we might have only one style of nightdress or long-sleeved blouse , but it was because Laura was trying to evolve the most perfect example of that particular item and believed it was more important to have one good example of each than several skirts and dresses , ’ Moira explains . |
| 25 | ‘ We have contingency plans for a major incident like this but when it happens it is very difficult to cope . |
| 26 | The eleventh hole of the new course has been put in the wrong place and the club says it 's too expensive to move . |
| 27 | She says it 's too far to travel , but I think it 's really because it costs too much . ’ |
| 28 | The company has also announced a real-time version of X Window , which it says it is perfectly happy to licence to other interested parties . |
| 29 | The company has also announced a real-time version of X-Windows , which it says it is perfectly happy to licence to other interested parties . |
| 30 | Asia Watch , however , makes the point that workers and intellectuals were the real target of the authorities ' retribution after the 1989 protests , and says it is too early to talk of a more liberal approach until many more of those prisoners are released . |