Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ? |
| 2 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 3 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 4 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |
| 5 | ‘ This has always been my favourite room , ’ says Mary Jane , ‘ and it 's turned out to be a perfect playroom for Emily and her friends . |
| 6 | It 's shaping up to be an exciting climax to the group and I know Billy Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note . ’ |
| 7 | The caravanning life is n't all it 's painted up to be . |
| 8 | It 's trying not to be seen in fact . |
| 9 | We feel it 's bound eventually to be open for 24 hours . ’ |
| 10 | The DPP will face one of 4 choices , not to proceed because of lack of evidence , not to proceed because it 's deemed not to be in the public interest , to issue a caution , or to sanction a prosecution . |
| 11 | He found The Rake 's Progress ‘ perspicacious , witty in spite of its stark drama , and thorough as regards research into the period ’ , but he added that ‘ I 'm afraid it 's not half what it 's cracked up to be . ’ |
| 12 | The movie also has a strong message : that wealth is n't all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 13 | Each room has a colour TV — ideal for checking out if Italian football is as good as it 's cracked up to be . |
| 14 | That 's because the Premier League is not what it 's cracked up to be . |
| 15 | Personally , I do n't believe it is all it 's cracked up to be . |
| 16 | Sun Microsystems Inc took exception to the story we wrote saying the new SparcClassic is n't all it 's cracked up to be because it ca n't hack it as a standalone thanks to Solaris eating up all its disk and internal memory ( UX No 416 ) . |
| 17 | Instead of the MIPS R4000-killer it 's cracked up to be , he thinks it may be only a 30% performance improvement over the 80486 . |
| 18 | " Well , it 's not everything it 's cracked up to be . " |
| 19 | ‘ Do you think AZT is all it 's cracked up to be ? ’ |
| 20 | Or would that be the final admission that everything in Paradise is not what it 's cracked up to be ? |
| 21 | You know , it 's turning out to be a brilliant story to do . |
| 22 | There was a deal of euphoria after the first night , the success of the missions , a certain element of surprise , but I did say at that time that we 'd be foolish to lower our guard , because erm there was still a lot of work to do , and that is exactly what it 's turning out to be , and we 're going for his military installations , and he 's got a lot of them , and it 's a wearing down process . |
| 23 | But once the difference between one 's body qua sensitive and one 's body qua sensible , is realised , it is seen not to be relevant . |
| 24 | All guitars , from the cheapest acoustics to the top-of-the-range electrics are buzz-checked in soundproofed rooms ; their playing actions are measured and if any guitar falls below the proscribed tolerences it is sent off to be readjusted , perhaps even fret-dressed , before rechecking , packing and shipping . |
| 25 | The common dolphin has a total of 180 teeth , which it uses to hold the captured meal fast while it is turned around to be swallowed head first . |
| 26 | The fact that there is no right time , he wrote , the fact that it is bound always to be too early or too late , that fact is little consolation . |
| 27 | But this does not mean that it is fitted only to be used on matters at the extreme end of the spectrum of abstraction — that it can , for instance , discuss people only in so far as they are rational beings , or sets of behaviour-patterns , or immortal souls . |
| 28 | It is hard to verify whether or not this is the dreadful fish it is made out to be or whether the tales are apocryphal , but what is certain is that the species itself does exist . |
| 29 | It is believed moreover to be the case that , as God , Jesus had what may be called a trans-historical knowledge . |
| 30 | Gordon Woodroffe , a zoologist who has studied the water voles of the North York Moors , does not consider that the mink is the total rogue it is held out to be in some quarters , but it certainly appears to have caused the vole 's extinction on the Moors . |