Example sentences of "to be [adj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be honest it did n't do much to encourage me to live for Jesus and I do n't think it did anything at all for my non-Christian friends . |
| 2 | ‘ But to be honest it has broken my heart to leave Bangor . |
| 3 | To be honest it 's been seven months of hell . |
| 4 | To be successful it has to be the " product of continuing negotiation between those planning and delivering the course and those for whom it is intended " ( Polytechnic South West 1989:13 ) . |
| 5 | Juniors come to recognize that the local , situation-specific knowledge they are expected to acquire is important , that it will be called upon , and that it is their responsibility to develop and communicate it , to be sure it gets into the decision process . |
| 6 | The wing fracture is a bad one , and he 'll have to be certain it has healed properly before the bird is released . |
| 7 | In other words , for an action to be deviant it has to cause some form of critical reaction and disapproval from others in the particular society . |
| 8 | In order to be authentic it has to be lived in the wider context of the real world in which religious women make their vows , informed both by the relationship they enjoy with the God who calls them and the real live people God gives them to love . |
| 9 | It seemed to her that if love was to be great it had to be paid for with a terrible price . |
| 10 | For a melody to be memorable it does not need to be complex or extremely ‘ different ’ . |
| 11 | For used money to be viable it has to be seen to make new money . |
| 12 | Oh , oh this is going to be lovely it 's got a magic button |
| 13 | To be safe it has to be rationed . |
| 14 | With a calm she knew to be unnatural it struck her that her life was probably at an end . |
| 15 | Well , to be fair it has . |
| 16 | In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life . |
| 17 | Have to be careful it has n't gone off . |