Example sentences of "[prep] it [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | about any of it to be quite honest . |
| 2 | Obviously , there are other pricing schemes a firm could employ , but none would seem on the face of it to be as compelling as the ones we have discussed here . |
| 3 | These five species constitute what may be called the typical owl pattern , and even though it encompasses a fair degree of variability it is consistent enough for departures from it to be instantly recognizable . |
| 4 | Of course , my attitude may stem from my having certain beliefs , but these beliefs are not part of what is actually expressed by the sentence , and do not pertain to that which someone else must share with me , in order for it to be logically proper for him to assent to my sentence . |
| 5 | It is always possible , though unlikely , that a random sample will , by chance , include a higher proportion of one group of people than there should be for it to be truly representative . |
| 6 | With regard to the former , Arnauld argued against Malebranche that ‘ objective presence ’ to a mind does not require ‘ local presence ’ , and that for something to be objectively present to a mind is not the same thing as for it to be causally active on it . |
| 7 | There must be a quietness and a space surrounding the act for it to be fully effective . |
| 8 | It is comparatively rare for it to be so long or so short as to cause difficulty in sexual intercourse — about 2½ in. is long enough — while satisfactory coitus does not demand complete intromission of a penis which is rather long . |
| 9 | They must have kicked him very hard for it to be so tender . |