Example sentences of "[conj] it be [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to attempt to justify poor practice by claiming that it 's response to parents wishes : silent classrooms brought about by severe discipline , numerous paper exercises completed to provide evidence of industry and antiquated forms of behaviour paraded as good manners are just some examples . |
| 2 | If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape . |
| 3 | Today , however , there is a much greater realisation that the quality of the data is important to their precision and quantification and , in this regard , it is important to be able to assess the validity and the reliability of those data by understanding the nature of the collection instrument itself , the biases that it is heir to , and the kinds of instrumental corruptions that can affect the quality of the material it provides . |
| 4 | He had n't really understood that it was work to her . |
| 5 | Woodville had seized £10,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 6 | Woodville had seized £1O,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 7 | I think that it was advice to BT , rather than to me . |
| 8 | They all more or less agreed above undercurrents of mutual ill-will that it was time to be hit by the brutish cold again . |
| 9 | I remember thinking in ‘ 79 that it was time to really go for something , to finally try something different ; to be radical . |
| 10 | Robbie recognised that it was time to back down . |
| 11 | At the end of his campaign Ortega announced that it was time to " put away the olive green " ( the colour of the Sandinista Army uniform ) and expressed the hope that the electoral process would " open a new chapter in co-operation between the USA and Nicaragua " . |
| 12 | Melissa decided that it was time to be sensible and practical . |
| 13 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 14 | And it 's home to a wealth of wildlife . |
| 15 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 16 | And it 's sacrilege to even think of altering that lovely home . ’ |
| 17 | Here they have been positioned between the strings and it is attention to minor details like these which make companies like Ibanez worthy of the laurels heaped upon them . |
| 18 | And it was music to the drum major Gordon Parkes ' ears when the band was awarded the prestigious 30-year-old silver Drumming Trophy and Premium Championship shield . |
| 19 | Bodin raced in to smash it home … and it was time to party … |
| 20 | On that particular day I I was coming home from work and it were quarter to nine , I 'd just finished work . |
| 21 | She snoozes until it 's time to be fed , |
| 22 | The horse is kept locked up in a stable until it is time to be exhibited for the potential buyer or judge — or mare owner if the horse is a stallion standing at stud . |
| 23 | Right this minute now cos it 's quarter to nine already , we need to be getting going to school considering we were n't going five minutes ago and now we are ! |
| 24 | But it is Judit to whom the chess world most readily gives the title of genius : last year , aged 13 , she achieved a Grandmaster norm and became the world 's top-ranking woman player . |
| 25 | But it 's home to the Oxford School 's Sailing Association . |
| 26 | ) ‘ It is not a beauty , to be sure , ’ Coleridge wrote to Poole on 28 November ; ‘ but it 's vicinity to you shall overbalance it 's Defects . ’ |
| 27 | No need to be alarmist , but it 's time to be off . |
| 28 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 29 | He went on to say that another enduring reality lies in America 's interests across the Atlantic — expanding the definition of across-the-Atlantic to include the Middle East , both because of its considerable economic resources and because it was home to some of ‘ our closest friends ’ . |
| 30 | Doing things communicating with people verbally can mean a lot more now sometimes with a lot of bureaucracy you can get sucked in to putting everything down on paper but it does n't mean as much as it does when it 's face to face communication . |