Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [be] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a person is seeking employment , council membership and the demands it imposes are unlikely to recommend him or her to prospective employers . |
| 2 | During the progress of the bill so far ( not much and currently stalled ) it has been instructive to note the number of occasions on which the Government has not tried to force the pace beyond 10pm . |
| 3 | It has been iced to resemble the cover of the guide . |
| 4 | It has been encouraging to read of both parents and teachers objecting to this because of their belief in the Word of God . |
| 5 | It has been encouraging to read in your last two issues constructive recognition by Pilot readers and by you , the editor , that GA noise is an issue which needs to be addressed , both for the sake of those exposed to it , and for the long-term health of light aviation . |
| 6 | It makes sense for this alternative establishment to be pro-European , not only because it is in tune with the music Jacques Delors is making , but because it sees Brussels as a counterpoise to London.This is why it has been pointless to question the sincerity of Kinnock 's conversion to Europe . |
| 7 | However the decline in the extra-area balance since 1982 has been so great , that although still positive in 1987 , it has been insufficient to prevent the overall balance of trade in manufactured goods from moving into deficit . |
| 8 | ‘ But from time to time it has been right to reconsider its detailed application . |
| 9 | It has been essential to use light tackle and if he tries a hook any bigger than a size 22 , the fish wo n't even look at the bait . |
| 10 | Growing urban scepticism about the ecological wisdom of intensive farming is often paralleled by a lack of appreciation that it has been essential to meet consumer demand for cheap food . |
| 11 | we have had a few successes in spite of this uncaring government , and feel that it has been worthwhile to protest . |
| 12 | To fit Anselm 's action into this context it has been necessary to suppose that he was outraged by the slow progress of papal action against the king , and was determined to do something to strengthen the pope 's resolve . |
| 13 | That working-class wages would remain at subsistence level — the fact is that the real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten between 1900–70 in the UK and by a factor of fourteen in the U S over the same period ; that collective ownership of the means of production would result in an increase of wealth for the workers and so improve their lot — the fact is that in both Russia and Cuba it has been necessary to restore discipline in factories by introducing a military routine with the surplus value being siphoned off by the state ; that communist revolutions would start in such advanced industrial countries such as Britain , France , America and Germany — the fact is that a socialist revolution has taken place in none of these countries ; that conflicts between states are the results of capitalism and will cease under communism — the fact is that in the streets of Budapest and Prague , in Afghanistan and on the Soviet-Chinese border we have seen the power of the Red Army being used against fellow communists ; that the income difference between capitalists and workers will rise — the fact is that in all industrial countries the effective after-tax , after-benefits real income gap between rich and poor has diminished ; that capitalism will collapse because of its internal contradictions — the fact is that capitalism has not collapsed in any Western country , yet . |
| 14 | In the event , these comments have tended to be swamped by the large amount of mainly descriptive material it has been necessary to include . |
| 15 | As can be appreciated the use of these Falcons is stretched to the maximum , and it has been necessary to wet lease fifteen to eighteen aircraft ( DC-3s , Learjets and Beech 18s ) in order to fulfil commitments . |
| 16 | Due to this distorted coverage , it has been necessary to choose test data with some care , ensuring that they are adequately covered by the corpus . |
| 17 | Meanwhile it has been necessary to delay most new grant announcements , and to achieve immediate savings elsewhere in other activities such as seminars and workshops and to freeze recruitment to the Council 's laboratories and to the Swindon office . |
| 18 | Note that it has been necessary to enclose the camera behind a glass screen to cut down its noise . |
| 19 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 20 | Youth Club In the junior section there has been a steady attendance and it has been necessary to set up a waiting list . |
| 21 | Subject to making such searches as may be required to obtain such affidavits and documents as it has been necessary to bespeak , the Filing and Record Department will send the listed documents to the county named in the Order . |
| 22 | One of the things I want to argue is that in order to construct certain exemplary models of antiracist policy and practice it has been necessary to operate in terms of a reductive representation of racism , one which not only scales down its reality , but ignores its more complex features . |
| 23 | Though we have so far considered writing a melody phrase by phrase and sentence by sentence ( because it has been necessary to consider the small detail ) , a composer would be wise to avoid this step-by-step method . |
| 24 | Increasingly , it has been necessary to think in terms of creating our own learning environment in a separate Women 's Education Centre in which men as students , teachers or visiting authorities are unwelcome and in which women act independently for themselves . |
| 25 | So it has been necessary to fit a particularly long tiller in order to apply sufficient leverage . |
| 26 | It has been necessary to provide additional staff support for the Committee during the course of the year . |
| 27 | At some exceptional sites it has been necessary to reconstruct part of the site and the finds for display in order that they should be fully understood by visitors . |
| 28 | He says : ‘ Already , in order to achieve a balanced budget , it has been necessary to freeze recruitment during 1993 of all police officer posts as and when they come vacant . |
| 29 | In addition , since trade with the Soviet Union is intended to be bilaterally balanced , it has been necessary to find some Yugoslav products to supply to the Soviet Union in return for its petroleum and other raw materials . |
| 30 | It has been necessary to look with open eyes so we would not see 1700 as a pastoral idyll or an untroubled world . |