Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 2 | In the strange light it appeared to be slightly tilted , with one edge standing proud of the slabs around it . |
| 3 | At that rent it has to be . ’ |
| 4 | Erm so that it would be in our view desirable that the level of provision for York was that which was realistic to er to accommodate , in this case it appears to be thirty three hectares and that the er the a additional element should be located in in or between the other districts in the Greater York area . |
| 5 | Amis 's admiring study of Fleming , The James Bond Dossier ( 1965 ) , acknowledged much of all that with a characteristic bluntness , and in ‘ a spiteful tangent ’ or side-swipe against Eliot and Modernism he remarked that ‘ a few mentions of ( say ) Nestlé 's condensed milk , Woodbines , Spinks 's plum-and-apple jam and Scotch-and-Apollinaris would have done The Waste Land a world of good ’ , the lack of a socio-temporal context having left Eliot 's poem ‘ just one more of the featureless , flavourless lumps of cultural lumber it purports to be superior to ’ . |
| 6 | In the schematic dating we apply to this period it seems to be around the last century of the second millennium that an upward turn becomes traceable , notably in pottery and specifically the pottery of Athens . |
| 7 | In order to understand Conductive Education it has to be seen in the context of the Hungarian State System . |
| 8 | He had an endearing habit at 10 o'clock of calling on each facet of his customers , starting with the lowest rank of airman , to " piss off " ; and worked through the ranks until he got to Kings ( and on this occasion it happened to be King Peter of Yugoslavia ) . |
| 9 | You seem to be going through everything this season it seems to be a nightmare for you at times . |
| 10 | Yes , in terms of this definition it has to be because that 's the only , that 's the bottom line of evolution , and it 's the only quantitative measure we can ever have , it 's the only When you 're ready , there 's no hurry . |
| 11 | In this sense it aspires to being context-free . |
| 12 | If there is a desire to go down this road it has to be said it may not be as easy as it might at first seem . |
| 13 | The software will be available direct from SMCC as well as from Sun Express and SunSelect , sending a clear message it wants to be a one-stop shop for corporate customers . |
| 14 | Now that cape , it would be raining on it all night , and we had no means of drying it so that cape was left on a hanger in the house and the next coat was taken and that was worn but for some reason it seemed to be always raining on nights and you had coat wet and you came to go out it was still damp . |
| 15 | In this situation it seems to be a natural reaction to pull in back cyclic which leads to the model reversing away from you . |
| 16 | that it came to make the amazing sounds , okay , and then after that , er , this is another thing it leads to is there 's going to be a break down in your sound machine , okay , there 's gon na be a break down in your , in your entire robotic machine , movement in our machine , and that break down could be due to some of the workers going off and getting some of them erm you know , one , er part of the machine breaking down on the whole , sound changes , the movement changes and we 're going to watch how this robotic machine changes as it breaks down , it could be sound shut down it could be it could be anything you choose , but I want it anyway , leave it to you so all you do is choose a profession , think of something that is , comes to life to you , in movement and in sound , okay , so let's get into groups of , see how many they are , one , two , three , four , five , six , seven , eight , nine , eighteen , nineteen , twenty , okay let's get into groups of four then , okay is that right , one , two , three , four , one , oh five , four , five , just get your group into a work in , I thank you if you do n't get |
| 17 | In fact the revised economic development strategy which Professor Lock probably does n't have a copy of , refers to inward inward investment as being desirable erm and is of critical importance but whilst it will be vigorously sort in this way it has to be said that the bulk of North Yorkshire suffers from a relative lack of financial incentives from Central Government in terms of whose regional policy does not have a priority . |
| 18 | This year it promises to be as big as ever , with 90% of stands space already booked . |
| 19 | In this generation it happens to be me . |
| 20 | Yet another multipart game , only this time it manages to be just a little more feeble than the others . |
| 21 | This time it proved to be the tunnel 's end , and as he drew nearer he saw the shadowy outline of a ladder etched against the concrete . |
| 22 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 23 | This question will be considered further in Chapter 6 on the law of confidence ; at this stage it needs to be noted that an ex-employee will be able to make use of his skills and what he remembers as long as these are not genuine trade secrets . |
| 24 | David Mellish , Northumbria Police Assistant Chief Constable said : ‘ At this stage it appears to be IRA activity , but no claim has been made . ’ |
| 25 | After independence 200,000 Europeans fled the city and for some time it appeared to be uninhabited , a city decimated by plague . |
| 26 | But if he had nothing to do with the kidnapping of that girl it seemed to be too much of a coincidence that he should have appeared just then . |
| 27 | The end of the bedstead was only a few inches away from the drawers , but in her new tiny condition it appeared to be miles . |
| 28 | Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place . |
| 29 | To become an acceptable philosophic theory it has to be extended in one of two different directions . |
| 30 | But if only for her own personal satisfaction it had to be worth a try . |