Example sentences of "it be [adj] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , this foal should of been worth , it were due to be worth two hundred and fifty thousand that 's what she said |
| 2 | yeah , so I think it 's better to be on the safe side than er , than rush it |
| 3 | It 's strange to be in Strathspeld , to be in the house and not have seen Mr and Mrs Gould . |
| 4 | She says do not worry , but it 's wiser to be on the safe side . |
| 5 | Yes , it 's sad to be on the point of reaching the summit . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's nice to be on friendly terms . |
| 7 | It 's nice to be with other people to fight the same frustrations . |
| 8 | Nothing much grows in winter , but it 's nice to be in the garden . |
| 9 | It 's nice to be among other mothers . |
| 10 | ‘ She 's always welcome here , as you know , ’ George earnestly told his wife , ‘ but it 's grand to be on our own . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Gloves , cane and collar astonish these artists in shirt-sleeves — they have always looked on them as the insignia of feeble-mindedness … still , it 's great to be in the thick of the dog-fights of great art . ’ |
| 12 | We would n't have been able to skate in Britain , so it 's great to be in Milton Keynes . |
| 13 | I think it 's safer to be on the bottom . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's safer to be in the centre , ’ he said . |
| 15 | " It 's humiliating to be worth more dead than alive . " |
| 16 | And , of course , you and Mr Sheldrake are so close to each other that it 's ridiculous to be in opposition . |
| 17 | I would therefore think it 's appropriate to be in this sort of format er so that if any other issues other than questions of in migration appear to be relevant to this situation , then it can be taken on the move . |
| 18 | It 's really ironic that suddenly people from The Independent are really into it because it 's safe to be behind something that 's been and gone and proved its worth . |
| 19 | To prefer solitude with a book or a record-player is after all to have a case to answer — ‘ It 's wrong to be by yourself ’ — though not , as some would say , an unanswerable case . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's wrong to be by yourself ’ is an American song , after all , and it is not on the whole a British sentiment . |
| 21 | But marriage , well , after all it 's supposed to be for life , is n't it ? ’ |
| 22 | Well it 's supposed to be on the mat but er you 've moved it . |
| 23 | That 's interesting , there 's a little there 's a little thing in either end of this microphone er I wonder which erm perhaps it 's supposed to be on the directional ? |
| 24 | Oh , that flowerpot , well it 's no good putting it under that one , it 's supposed to be under the one with the camellia in it … |
| 25 | It 's supposed to be in there , and th , that 'll keep the pasta apart . |
| 26 | The cafe idea was more down-to-earth , which is what the song 's all about — it 's supposed to be against arrogance and affluence and snobbery . ’ |
| 27 | Well it , it 's likely to be of charged under one of the loose clauses of anti-government er activities which really could mean anything , and so there , it 's more likely to be that , and if so , we have to look at the evidence then that was used to back up this claim . |
| 28 | and it 's likely to be at half a million a year , and the production will start in nineteen |
| 29 | Not that I care , but it 's handy to be near him , 'cos he 's always got something you can knock off and it 's useful to be able to pinch something of his when the teacher finds you have n't got a pen for the third day running . |
| 30 | But I think it 's permissible to be in love with Doris Day when you 're twelve . |