Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] it is [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 2 | Therefore , will not there be a need for radical changes in the United Nations if it is to maintain any confidence and respect throughout the world ? |
| 3 | According to Spill , there are a number of checkpoints that SCO must negotiate over the coming months if it is to maintain its MIPS effort — each requiring a commitment of political will , as well as cash . |
| 4 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
| 5 | It 's less usual to enjambe stanzas than it is to enjambe lines and it creates this continuous flow . |
| 6 | It is far more painful and exhausting to suppress our emotions than it is to experience them . |
| 7 | It is just as desirable to schedule pits , tips and earthworks as it is to schedule buildings and artifacts before uncontrolled enthusiasm hides them from generations . |
| 8 | It is no more possible to pass between the dates which compose the different domains than it is to do so between natural and irrational numbers . |
| 9 | WHEN constituency boundaries have been re-arranged , Labour will probably need to gain an extra 75 seats if it is to win an overall majority at the next election . |
| 10 | I do n't agree that it 's as easy to have two dogs as it is to have one — it 's almost as easy . |
| 11 | In plain English it is more important , in an administrative context , to be seen to be doing something about a politically generated agenda of problems than it is to examine critically the agenda itself . |
| 12 | It is harder to explain why the government involved the public in its actions than it is to explain why the various parties involved in the preparation of the rescript thought it could be turned to their advantage . |
| 13 | We 're go entering proposing to enter into legal agreements as well as planning conditions if it is to go ahead . |
| 14 | A research programme must satisfy both conditions if it is to qualify as a scientific one . |
| 15 | Wagner concludes that managers should strive to increase market share , lower relative costs and/or achieve high product quality , and that any investment activity must be directed at at least one of these aims if it is to prove successful . |
| 16 | If , as its Members will , it seeks to bring about such change , it must rely upon other agencies if it is to shift the location of so much as a single molecule . |
| 17 | ‘ The Disabled ’ is a non-disabled construction , a representational framework no more real than a hologram but which has to contain two properties if it is to have any cathartic meaning for society . |
| 18 | Why should the Soviets remove their SS-20 missiles unless it is to influence our decision to deploy cruise and Pershing 11 in Europe essentially as a balance ? |
| 19 | It appears to be easier to categorize users than it is to assign levels to books . |
| 20 | I think it would be helpful for people who smoke erm , to think about just how very powerful a drug it is , because I know there have been studies done which show that it 's actually more difficult to stay off cigarettes than it is to stay off heroine . |
| 21 | It 's always easier to talk about warts and carbuncles than it is to focus on beauty spots , but I hope to get the balance right this morning . |
| 22 | Most important , the party knows it must improve the country 's living standards if it is to stay in power . |
| 23 | Living under the same roof permanently will need working at , and sacrifices will have to be made on both sides if it is to succeed . |
| 24 | According to both the coal industry and the National Wildlife Federation , the government will as a result be forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars if it is to prevent strip-mining on protected lands . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's always easier to hate others than it is to hate ourselves . ’ |
| 26 | Worse news for complacent Germans is that Chancellor Helmut Kohl told parliament yesterday that Germany must overhaul its social , economic and educational systems if it is to remain a leading industrial power : Germany has the shortest working week , the oldest students and the youngest pensioners among industrial countries , and that this undermines competitiveness — ‘ a successful industrial nation , a nation with a future , can not be organised like a collective amusement park . ’ |
| 27 | Now reduced to a shell with news that members are believed to have backed out of providing their $3.5m dues ( CI No 2,143 ) , the organisation must now offer its testing services on other chip architectures if it is to survive in any form . |
| 28 | Now reduced to a shell with news that members are believed to have backed out of providing their $3.5m dues — see front page — the organisation must now offer its testing services on other chip architectures if it is to survive in any form ( UX Nos 424 , 429 ) . |
| 29 | Previous decisions had held that a mistake must be based on reasonable grounds if it is to excuse , a doctrine which is illogical for the reason given by Lord Hailsham . |