Example sentences of "that it be [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 It is possible to attempt to justify poor practice by claiming that it 's response to parents wishes : silent classrooms brought about by severe discipline , numerous paper exercises completed to provide evidence of industry and antiquated forms of behaviour paraded as good manners are just some examples .
2 If a killer thinks , even if only for a split second , that it is face to face with an owl or an eagle , it is very likely to back away and this may give the harmless bluffer enough time to escape .
3 Today , however , there is a much greater realisation that the quality of the data is important to their precision and quantification and , in this regard , it is important to be able to assess the validity and the reliability of those data by understanding the nature of the collection instrument itself , the biases that it is heir to , and the kinds of instrumental corruptions that can affect the quality of the material it provides .
4 He had n't really understood that it was work to her .
5 Woodville had seized £10,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case .
6 Woodville had seized £1O,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case .
7 I think that it was advice to BT , rather than to me .
8 They all more or less agreed above undercurrents of mutual ill-will that it was time to be hit by the brutish cold again .
9 I remember thinking in ‘ 79 that it was time to really go for something , to finally try something different ; to be radical .
10 Robbie recognised that it was time to back down .
11 At the end of his campaign Ortega announced that it was time to " put away the olive green " ( the colour of the Sandinista Army uniform ) and expressed the hope that the electoral process would " open a new chapter in co-operation between the USA and Nicaragua " .
12 Melissa decided that it was time to be sensible and practical .
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