Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] it [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not , then , when I claim that the existence of God does not need to be proved , denying that we must show it to be reasonable to believe in God . |
| 2 | ‘ I should like it to be true . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as you hear the dog barking though , you must tell it to be quiet , and make it sit away from the door . |
| 4 | You might want it to be different again in six months ' time , or even next week — but do you love it as it is right now ? |
| 5 | As we understand more about a text 's specific historicity , how it emerged from a distinctive social embedment , we might expect it to be unavailable sometimes for current employment . |
| 6 | Thus granted institution of a rule against murder is in general felicific , we should abide by it even when individual calculation of the results of a particular murder might show it to be beneficent . |
| 7 | But I might not wish to do so because I might believe it to be wrong to buy an Italian car for one reason or another . |
| 8 | Oh no I think I 'd want it to be comfortable , but I 'd also want it to look well what I considered to be nice . |
| 9 | Now that would be the minimum vale , but what we mean by that is the th maximum negative correlation cos if there was not correlation you 'd expect it to be zero . |
| 10 | The only sensation he could equate it with was that remoteness that comes during a long run , when the lines of the play get delivered every night , but the actor 's mind is miles away , thinking about anything but the performance he is giving . |
| 11 | The Ocean is calm , so calm you could believe it to be lacquered wood rather than water and that if you were in a hurry you could leave the boat and walk to shore . |
| 12 | I 'd like it to be natural , spontaneous , not something that requires a special outfit . |
| 13 | " I 'd like it to be quiet a swell , but I 'm beginning to feel nervous . |
| 14 | you would need it to be nine o'clock . |
| 15 | that 's one place you would need it to be washable . |
| 16 | A cost-benefit analysis would show it to be uneconomical . |
| 17 | They want space and they would expect it to be one of the bigger cars . |
| 18 | Objections were raised to Lotze 's candidate for the position of ‘ local sign ’ on such grounds as that localisation was prompt and certain just where , according to Lotze 's theory , one would expect it to be difficult if not impossible . |
| 19 | I would like it to be equal . |
| 20 | He can see it as blue ( that is , it can be the case that , on looking at it , he would take it to be blue if he had no reason to think otherwise ) only if he can discriminate between objects in respect of their being or not being blue . |
| 21 | 75% stated they would recommend it to be available from general practitioners surgeries . |
| 22 | Even if the Treaty had been signed , the Court would hold it to be unreviewable . |
| 23 | We will teach it to be pure as we count pure , not the vile purity of the world . |
| 24 | Find out if the venue will be noisy and whether you can expect it to be hot or cold . |
| 25 | With a carrying capacity of 160 litres , you 'll find the list of things you can sue it for is endless . |