Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] it be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was fortunate that he had no inkling of how trying it was going to be . |
| 2 | I can remember doing Bartholomew Fair at the Royal Court Theatre with the NYT and seeing all the scenery and lighting down on the stage at the end of the last performance and thinking how exciting it was to belong to the world of make-believe . |
| 3 | They went into the living-room and Lee turned off the television and they ate scrambled eggs in silence , Lee sitting on her resentment and Philippa thinking how impossible it was to talk to someone who had a blind spot , a crazy gap , a fatal flaw . |
| 4 | On pages 206 — 211 we give some sample ready-planned daily menus made up from these meals , to show you how easy it is to keep to your preferred eating pattern and daily dieting calorie allowance . |
| 5 | Then the next night , it 's back to waking twice or three times , and you wo n't know how easy it 's going to be to settle him . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Lilley should go to any city in this country and try to live with nothing … find how degrading it is to go to those places and ask for blankets and ask for food . ’ |
| 7 | And he admitted : ‘ I know it is going to be a hard slog for me to get back , but after what I have been through I 'm not bothered how hard it is going to be . |
| 8 | It makes harder reading but really shows how hard it is to get to the start line and get people interested in the project . |
| 9 | They both knew what they had to do , and how hard it was going to be to escape ; they knew they needed each other . |
| 10 | It had been far from the capital week he had come to expect from Cowes , what with Willie winning everything in sight , having to make diplomatic speeches to his own nephew about how jolly it was to lose to him , and then just as he got time to drown his sorrows at the Yacht Club he had to come to Broadstairs . |
| 11 | Well I ca n't predict how long it 's going to be now and y and you may find , |
| 12 | but you do n't know just how long it 's going to be going on . |
| 13 | Our national office must help by better media coverage , bringing to non- members attention what we have to offer and how useful it is to belong to a trade union . |
| 14 | If you have a tank that always seems to be disease prone , or the fish die , often for no apparent reason , I would suggest that any decoration that is in or going in your tank be checked and double checked no matter how long it takes and how safe it is said to be . |
| 15 | David Coulthard says that after fifteen laps in an enclosed cockpit compared to an open single seater he realise just how tough it 's going to be … it 's going to be hot … deyhrdation is a problem along with getting sleepy in the night … physically he says this is going to be the hardest race of his life … but he loves the challenge … |
| 16 | I 've seen them three times this season so I know how tough it 's going to be . ’ |
| 17 | Look at the bottom of the table and you can see how tough it is going to be . |
| 18 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 19 | Sister stressed how important it is to speak to the troubled , to have time for listening and not to evade the issue . |
| 20 | I think people perhaps are n't aware how important it 's going to be . |
| 21 | Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time . |
| 22 | on the road to Damascus and saved him , but he did , it was a tremendous surprise to the Apostle Paul that the Lord had saved him at all , he never got over it , he called himself the chief of sinners , but God 's grace , God 's mercy had been revealed to him , you and I when we get to heaven are in for a few surprises , the grace , the mercy of God is far broader and wider than our imagination , we 'll meet a lot of folk there that we did n't expect to see that leads me to a fourth proposition , not only will some be saved that we did not expect to be saved , but it 's clear that others will not be saved who expected to be saved there 's a passage in Luke thirteen , verses twenty five , let me read them again one the head of the house gets up and shuts the door you begin to stand outside and knock on the door saying Lord open up to us and then he will answer and say to you I do not know where you 're from , then you 'll begin to say we ate and drank in your presence , you taught in our streets , we know you Lord , we rubbed shoulders with you , we went to church , we experience those things , we knew the answers to the re to the questions but he will say I tell you I did not know where you are from , depart from me all you evil doers those words make it quite clear , here , there 's words of Jesus , there 's references to those who profess , to know the Lord Jesus Christ , but who do not in fact know him at all , they know bits and pieces about him , they 've seen him , you know it 's in its immediate context , they had seen him in the street , they had heard his teaching , there maybe those who had been fed by the , by the miraculous er multiplying of the loafs and the fishes , they had seen the miracle , some of them may have been healed by Jesus , they knew lots about him but they did not know him and he says I do not know you how many folk there are like this , they expect to be saved , perhaps because they go to church , perhaps because they 've got Christian parents , perhaps because they read their bible , perhaps because occasionally when they 're in trouble they prayer , they 've been confirmed , they 've been baptized , that , that they 're good , they 're honest , they 're not rogues , they would n't do a , a , a bad turn to somebody , not deliberately , they 're nice people but they , they do n't know the truth of what it says in God 's word , they do n't know the truth of Romans three and verse twenty because by the works of the Lord no flesh will be justified in his sight for through the law comes the knowledge of sin , does n't come the forgiveness of it , they do n't know the truth of Ephesians chapter two verses eight and nine for by grace you 've been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it 's the gift of God , not as a result of works that no one should boast , for we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared before hand that we should walk in them , they do n't know the truth of er , er of Titus , chapter three and , and verse five where , where the apostle Paul says there , he saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness , but according to his mercy , how tragic it is to expect to be saved , to think you 're going to heaven and in the end to find that you 're not saved and Jesus says they 'll be many like that in that day . |
| 23 | ‘ It suddenly struck me how difficult it 's going to be to explain everything to Elise . ’ |
| 24 | How difficult it is to listen to others ! |
| 25 | We said it would be difficult , erm and that discussion has proved how difficult it is to come to a firm conclusion . |
| 26 | No-one , though , should be under any illusions as to how difficult it is going to be . |
| 27 | Be realistic about how difficult it is going to be . |
| 28 | The externalist can point out how difficult it is going to be for the internalist to provide a satisfying account of knowledge . |
| 29 | The prospect of environmental catastrophe has shown us how fragile life is , how inter-dependent we all are , how difficult it is going to be to find our way out — and how important ideas are going to be to finding it . |
| 30 | She had told him something good would come out of that missing jewellery , but she had had no idea of just how wonderful it was going to be . |