Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb -s] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A bit , but it mostly seems to be with rats and hedgehogs and seaweed . ’ |
| 2 | But the fact that an error can be explained , even an unavoidable error , does not mean that it thereby ceases to be an error . |
| 3 | An hour later , the kitchen volunteers go back into action again to finish the Christmas meal for the evening , as it all has to be reheated and served . |
| 4 | Approximately £20M of the business margin is invested in this way but , whereas in the past such research was judged by its technical excellence and general relevance to the nuclear programmes , today it all has to be justified in terms of market requirements and the likely return on investment . |
| 5 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 6 | It only remains to be seen whether the customers will buy it . |
| 7 | It only seems to be things I know already … . |
| 8 | We used to sell it but now it only seems to be Boots — I know it is still popular . ’ |
| 9 | It only wants to be played on . |
| 10 | Only in the most narrow sense is dramatic experience direct : one way of putting it is that drama is not itself direct , it only appears to be . |
| 11 | It only needs to be a couple of shelves but think of all the thrills , spills and adventures you can pack into that space . |
| 12 | To capture the ways in which the play points forward , it obviously needs to be set firmly in its period . |
| 13 | So really when he well it obviously wants to be in the place where you want it . |
| 14 | er one that occurs to me , no , no speaking on it myself , the jury might be interested , sometime I just like to get a feel of what a brochure looks like , not divided as it obviously has to be here , could , could we see a couple sometime , not , not now |
| 15 | You and your PP take it in turns to be the ‘ explainer ’ and the ‘ explained to ’ . |
| 16 | A person who requests legal advice should be given an opportunity to consult a named solicitor or a duty solicitor [ solicitors in private practice who take it in turns to be available to give advice , particularly overnight and at weekends ] . |
| 17 | Similarly , there is nothing intrinsically right about Farmer and Parker 's typology of children affected ; it merely seems to be a revealing distinction . |
| 18 | To see that there is a take up of the car contract hire scheme , it constantly has to be held , or kept unde , the scheme has to be kept under review , to make sure that it is attractive and it is what er , the employees want to see , and would prefer rather than an alternate means of transport . |
| 19 | You go for these people and ask for a board and this sort of thing it 's just , it just gets to be demeaning , the practice manager should have , should have |
| 20 | This house was indeed built for a gentleman — it just happens to be on an almost miniature scale . |
| 21 | I know that 's very boring of me , but it just happens to be true , my dear . |
| 22 | It just happens to be legal . ’ |
| 23 | Unless , of course , it just happens to be a Japanese burglar . |
| 24 | ‘ I happen to believe variety is the spice of life , it just happens to be that women end up victimising themselves a lot , or subjecting themselves to a lot of bullshit to get some sort of coverage . |
| 25 | When you do this what you will see in the cell is either a 0 ( meaning False ) if what is actually in B10 is n't Bach or 1 ( meaning True ) if it just happens to be Bach . |
| 26 | it just happens to be the same amount at exactly the same time but how nice of him to explain and how silly of us to be taken in by this string of coincidences . |
| 27 | j it just happens to be one that I know about . |
| 28 | In this case it just happens to be true . ’ |
| 29 | Mine is not an isolated instance , it just happens to be the most famous , because it 's the first time such persecution has been exported to a western country . |
| 30 | But that 's , but that 's what I mean , they 're making , they 're saying let's make , when the white people make films black and white people watch them , they 're not specifically made for white people , not specifically made for black people , it just happens to be white actors . |