Example sentences of "it [is] [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think a lot of us want to be noticed — I know I do — and when we get dressed up , or put make-up on , it is n't to hide behind the make-up , like some people think , it 's to be noticed , to say : Look at me ! |
| 2 | It 's to be done A S A P . |
| 3 | If the police authority was invited to co-opt people to add to their numbers , making sure that the majority still stayed with the councillors , then I do n't think one should have too much objection to it , but if it 's to be done in this er this way of central er of central allocation er in the form of the answer to the question to my noble friend Lord Lyle from my noble friend the Minister on the 17th of January which the Noble Lord , Lord Carrigan made reference in which these people are to be er i i it staggers me my Lord , I have to stop for the moment , it staggers me the er the insolence , the insolence of the Home Office in writing down job descriptions and personal profiles for people that are going to function locally . |
| 4 | It 's to be formed , so far Mrs E Mrs have volunteered to be on it . |
| 5 | And the small things … that 's where it 's to be seen first . |
| 6 | It 's to be hoped you 've not come by your father 's headstrong ways , boy . ’ |
| 7 | it 's to be hoped it does n't er go right for travel all around , like , you know |
| 8 | I 'll call for a vote for quite clear I am going to stick to what I 've said that I consider that the amendment has been proposed it can be if it 's to be accepted it can then be accepted by the Committee as a whole |
| 9 | It it 's to be expanded beyond that , we need to find ways of storing power produced on blowy days to use when it 's calm . |
| 10 | But now , 90 years on , there 's no one left in the Oakes family to run the shop , so it 's to be sold . |
| 11 | It 's marvellous to see the wide variety of bird feeders , pond liners , wildflower seeds , nest-boxes , butterfly border plants and other merchandise marketed in this way , and , of course , it 's to be encouraged in an industry which has for too long simply serviced the chemical-warfare approach to gardening . |
| 12 | It 's to be surrounded by beauty , is n't it ? |
| 13 | Does the standing order form say what day of the month it 's to be taken out on ? |
| 14 | It 's to be found in From the Life ( 1944 ) : one hundred sheets of wartime austerity paper to which Phyllis Bottome commits ‘ six studies of my friends ’ — that 's to say , Alfred Adler , Max Beerbohm , Ivor Novello , Sara Delano Roosevelt , Ezra Pound , and Margaret MacDonald Bottome ( this last the writer 's American grandmother who in her forties became an influential evangelical orator ) . |
| 15 | Now it 's to be used in a sponsored ride from Lands End to John O'Groats.Ken Goodwin reports |
| 16 | It 's to be held in Manchester by local churches and YWAM . |
| 17 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
| 18 | It 's to be expected , it 's what men do . ’ |
| 19 | MAX : It 's to be expected . |
| 20 | HE 'S BLACK SO IT 'S TO BE EXPECTED |
| 21 | They tend to say , oh well , he 's black so it 's to be expected , they 're bound to do that , so when they give you that kind of attitude , you think oh well , blow them , if that 's what they think , why not act like that . |
| 22 | It 's to be expected really . |
| 23 | Still as I say , no , th it 's , it 's a fair comment to say it 's to be expected . |
| 24 | Instead of local taxation being based on property values , it is to be based on a flat rate per capita charge levied on all adults , with limited rebates for some groups . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) The statement of accounts shall comply with any directions given by the Secretary of State with the approval of the Treasury as to — ( a ) the information to be contained in it ; ( b ) the manner in which the information contained in it is to be presented ; or ( c ) the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared , and shall contain such additional information as the Secretary of State may with the approval of the Treasury require to be provided for the information of Parliament . |
| 26 | b ) the manner in which the information contained in it is to be presented , or |
| 27 | In the event that the annual value figure can not be agreed between the parties under s 837(3) , it is to be determined by the General Commissioners . |
| 28 | Thirdly , the Convention may be silent both as to the substance of a particular issue and as to the law by which it is to be determined , in which case it is a question of construction whether the Convention covers the point or merely leaves it to be dealt with under the law applicable under the conflicts rules of the forum . |
| 29 | It is to be hoped that Hermione Lee 's excellent new book will help to change that , for Cather is one of the most original and inventive of modern writers , a more powerful artist , for instance , than her contemporary Edith Wharton . |
| 30 | It is to be hoped that her business is now sufficiently stable to realise the opportunity , for she has clocked up three managing directors in the past few years . |