Example sentences of "[that] it be [prep] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the many compliments that can be paid this finely produced book is that it is worth reading from cover to cover . |
| 2 | But if the importance of a facade to a street has been recognized once , the argument that it is worth retaining for its contribution to the townscape must be upheld . |
| 3 | This was only a small-scale study but the results are so striking that it is worth speculating on some of the possible causes of gender bias in the classroom . |
| 4 | I am certain that it is worth concentrating on a fishery for several seasons . |
| 5 | Indeed , manufacturing capability seems to have such a major impact on product development that it is worth examining in greater detail . |
| 6 | It may be because people are not aware that these benefits exist ; they do not wish to ask for help while they can manage on what they have ; or they may be too proud to claim , thinking that it is like asking for charity . |
| 7 | That evening , a consortium of dealers led the slightly worse for wear director to a riverside wine bar in an attempt to convince him that it was worth staying with the company . |
| 8 | What is clear is that it was by looking at these eastern arts , whose strict conventions embodied far more of nature than the near-abstract Geometric , that Greek artists were able to break from that and establish a comparable style of their own . |
| 9 | Jones has given talks about muon catalysed fusion all over the USA and in Europe , so it is ironic that it was after speaking at his new home institution , Brigham Young University , on 12 March 1986 that the seminal interaction occurred with Paul Palmer . |
| 10 | The other girl in contrast to both Jenny and Sheila was so heavily made up that it was like looking at someone behind a mask . |
| 11 | The sleepers had been taken up and the flat , stony top of the ridge was so overgrown with blackberries and wild rose and hazelnut bushes that it was like pushing through a forgotten forest in a fairy tale . |
| 12 | And the carpeting throughout so soft and thick that it was like walking on sheepskins … |
| 13 | The floor was so uneven that it was like running through the Crazy Cottage in a funfair ; the building itself seemed to pitch around him like a listing boat . |
| 14 | ‘ We were all so close , ’ Peter Rogers told me , ‘ that it was like talking about members of our own family , especially Ken . |
| 15 | A British undercover agent in one of David Cornwell 's [ John le Carré 's ] novels is so exasperated by platitudes by a superior that he exploded within himself that it was like working for a bloody clergyman . |