Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] to [be] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's going to be an affirmation of your life and your worth , just as was intended . |
| 2 | If these figures stand up it 's going to be an incredible night — an incredible night for all of America . ’ |
| 3 | Either way it 's going to be an awful |
| 4 | Five goes into itself once , and goes into that , erm , eight times , so it 's going to be an eighth . |
| 5 | ‘ I think it 's going to be an extremely dirty campaign , ’ said Coun Dixon and wondered if the Labour candidate Alan Milburn had received the letter . |
| 6 | . But they choose their own stories so you And if you , it looks like it 's going to be an exceedingly long story you can |
| 7 | It 's going to be an exciting end to the soccer season in the second division for Swindon Town and their fans . |
| 8 | It 's going to be an exciting game . |
| 9 | It is said to be an overcoat warmer in the valley , but shelter from the north is no compensation for the deep-freeze effect as the frosts drain down to the river . |
| 10 | From heavy use in earlier years ( it is said to be an old droving road ) , the path 's formation had sunk , so that in places there are banks on both sides , a perfect place for water to collect . |
| 11 | Publishers have been reluctant to comment on this proposed scheme at present , but it is believed to be an agreement whereby a publisher 's rep would be given authority to put into the store any title in any quantity , for example 500 copies of a new title , and after 60 days would take back any copies the manager no longer wanted . |
| 12 | Royal watcher Margaret Holder said : ‘ It looks like it is going to be an unhappy time for the Queen and everyone else . |
| 13 | Now , now you did mention it , it is going to be an enormous country now , what implications does that have for the European Community ? |
| 14 | It is thought to be an atmosphere similar to that on Earth before life began . |
| 15 | Such a star would probably have been close at hand — it is considered to be an early stage in the evolution of stars like the Sun . |
| 16 | It is considered to be an acquired condition , as it seems to be comparatively rare in children without a history of duodenal ulceration . |
| 17 | Whatever the book 's faults might be , it was seen to be an original contribution of power , and that a new force in Christian thinking had appeared among the Churches in England . |
| 18 | In clarifying our confidence in another 's consciousness , human or non-human , it was seen to be an error of Griffin 's to pose the problem in terms of putting ourselves into another 's ‘ skin' or to experience their ‘ subjective feelings ’ ( 1984 : 1 , above ) . |
| 19 | In the tenth century it was imagined to be an immemorial tradition that archbishops wishing to receive from the pope the ‘ pallium ’ , the scarf of lambs ' wool which set them apart as metropolitans and gave them their status over the rest of the bishops , should come to Rome in person to receive it . |
| 20 | In the version drawn in 1921 by Sir Arnold Plant ( then a student at the School ) , the beaver was selected to symbolize the School because ‘ it was understood to be an industrious animal with social habits ’ . |
| 21 | This stretch of canal holds a large head of fish but there are also a lot of carp and it was decided to be an unfair venue . |
| 22 | It was planned to be an important branch , conveying iron ore from the strata at Apley and Donington , but this traffic never materialised owing to the vast amount of iron ore deposits found at Santon , near Scunthorpe . |
| 23 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 24 | Frequently , a claim by an employer based on breach of confidence has failed as it was perceived to be an attempt to prevent the employee from working in the same field by offering his skill to another employer . |
| 25 | Primarily it was designed to be an animal fountain for the herds of beasts that sauntered around on market day . |
| 26 | First to er , Peter 's point about er Gillian Sheppard , on the er , on the er Direct , I must say to you , I got a bit of a surprise when I saw Gillian Sheppard in such brazen er fashion on er on Direct , but you know , you 've quickly got answers in this organization , and somebody said ah well , it was meant to be an obituary to her and they were a bit perceptive in that er respect . |
| 27 | It was going to be an important row . |
| 28 | I 'm , I 'm certainly as I was going to come on to explain and the way you will see ourselves working , is not people who sit in the Town Hall and just turn out reports , I mean the kind of work we do and the way we work means that were actually very much involved in the community groups , but I mean if it was , if it was thought to be an issue that we needed to have greater community involvement , i.e. to resurrecting that forum then that 's something that , you know , we may need to address , but I never saw it as operating like that anyway , I mean I saw it as it 's almost like in a cabinet of members mainly . . |
| 29 | In 1975 there were about 15,000 Breton cows and by 1980 , in spite of an intense conservation programme , it was considered to be an endangered breed numbering perhaps 2,500 cows . |
| 30 | The fact that it was proved to be an overestimate is blamed on various horrors which took place on the paper 's route to market . |