Example sentences of "it [vb -s] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DC then changes state to ACTIVE , thus allowing the modules to which it refers to be updated , using the package through which the DC has been activated . |
| 2 | The leasor 's father " … in his life tyme , did say that the making of a quintall of Copper did then stand but in 17s or 18s , and but of late years 25s , and yet ( in the present time ) it seemeth to be rated sometimes at 32s a Quintall , and now very lately charged with an encrease of 1s of every Quintall … |
| 3 | While it needs to be emphasised that old age does not automatically mean ill health and dependency , nonetheless there are clear associations between advancing years and increasing ill health and disability . |
| 4 | It needs to be emphasised , however , that just as the clergy 's specialist knowledge of theology , spirituality , worship and pastoral care is to be respected , so too are the musician 's particular skills and qualifications . |
| 5 | It needs to be emphasised that in marking intonation , only stressed syllables are marked ; this implies that intonation is carried entirely by the stressed syllables of a tone-unit and that the pitch of unstressed syllables is either predictable from that of stressed syllables or is of so little importance that it is not worth marking . |
| 6 | It needs to be adjusted for any unpresented cheques or unrecorded deposits . |
| 7 | First , however , it needs to be ascertained whether this land is still owned by you , or has become the property of the airport authorities . |
| 8 | Now that you have ‘ taken the case ’ it needs to be analysed . |
| 9 | It needs to be recognized that it is the surface of any street or pavement that provides its essential character . |
| 10 | The problem is one which can not ultimately be resolved in pedagogy but it needs to be recognized , not in negative terms as a licence either for imposing fixed ideas or for random expediency , but as a positive incentive for continuing enquiry , which will be sensitive to the circumstances of different learning/teaching situations . |
| 11 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 12 | Another method of identification has recently become more widely accepted , in spite of the fact that it needs to be implanted surgically by a vet , although this is a relatively minor procedure . |
| 13 | ‘ We do n't know how , but it needs to be checked out . ’ |
| 14 | There 's a number in the er when I was Church Street so that 's a few years now so it needs to be checked . |
| 15 | Understandably , this has been a bone of contention with many of the staff of the polytechnics ever since , who maintain that for teaching at degree level to be lively and effective it needs to be supported within the institution by an active research programme . |
| 16 | Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent . |
| 17 | Once these ecumenical gestures have been graciously made , however , it needs to be repeated emphatically that the most valuable thing about social anthropology is its uniquely privileged relationship with exotic traditional societies . |
| 18 | He says that it needs to be tested . |
| 19 | The 693 quarto reissue was a belated attempt to catch up ; and since much of that ( 44 text pages out of 52 ) was carried over unchanged from 1692 , it needs to be tested critically too . |
| 20 | when it comes to the level of food production , it needs to be pointed out that food production rates for the region are not unimpressive . |
| 21 | Lastly , it needs to be pointed out that the rhetorical or argumentative dimensions are , from a theoretical point of view , universal ones . |
| 22 | Clearly , the structure and mode of operation of mixed professional — paraprofessional teams will vary from one setting to another and it needs to be acknowledged that in a variety of situations it would be an inappropriate social service practice model . |
| 23 | But it needs to be acknowledged here that the feminist concerns just mentioned have something in common with nonfeminist and even anti-feminist concerns in studying sex difference . |
| 24 | It needs to be acknowledged that Hoyle takes a very wide view of what constitutes a school 's ‘ organisational character ’ or ‘ deep structure ’ . |
| 25 | It needs to be planned ahead rather than squeezed . |
| 26 | If information is there it needs to be filtered and passed on — via senior management — into all areas of the operation . |
| 27 | The book is lent , it needs to be know when it 's gone out , when it 's due back , but the computer clock up one — that bit of information adds to other bits of information , all within the central store . |
| 28 | It needs to be done subtly , for flashing a TA card or immediately mentioning membership of the police reserve , for example , incenses some regular police . |
| 29 | Locally it needs to be done to as near a professional standard as possible . |
| 30 | ‘ But it needs to be done , even though it may give offence to the French . ’ |