Example sentences of "it be [pron] [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's nothing to be bothered about really you know it it 's a good thing to do . |
| 2 | When it does , the occasion is one to remember and the guidance emanating from it is something to be heeded . |
| 3 | ‘ It is something to be cherished and nurtured , adapted and improved , but in our country it is in mortal danger . ’ |
| 4 | It may , according to circumstances and the personalities involved , be best to fix a regular mutually agreeable day for visiting , so that it is something to be looked forward to and prepared for . |
| 5 | Either because its causal impact is outweighed by structural considerations ( a possibility that will be discussed in Chapter vi ) , or because it is itself to be explained as the effect of social wholes and their properties . |
| 6 | It was nothing to be sent for by the headmaster . |
| 7 | It was something to be done . |
| 8 | Otherwise it was something to be put across in demonstration-lectures to those wanting to keep up with what was going on , but not to bother with too much detail . |