Example sentences of "it is [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather to be traced to the survival of feudal notions of lordship . |
| 2 | you 're , you 're not saying that it , it , it , it is simply to be struck down without reference to any under lying |
| 3 | Nor does it seem likely that the idea of causal power is not open to analysis , or , what comes to much the same , that it is somehow to be acquired without noticeable effort by thinking on what is common to such verbs as " push " and " pull " , as has sometimes been supposed . |
| 4 | This word universal is never the name of anything existent in nature , nor of any idea or phantasm found in the mind [ my italics ] , but always the name of some word or name ; so that when a living creature , a stone , a spirit , or any other thing , is said to be universal , it is not to be understood that any man , stone etc. , ever was or can be universal , but only that the words , living creature , stone , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things ; and the conceptions answering them in the mind are the images and phantasms of several living creatures or other things . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , declining confidence in the pound , and perhaps in the ‘ Thatcher Revolution , ’ is severely constraining ministers at a time when — as a formidable faction in the Cabinet has recognised — the Government needs to give a higher priority to the quality of life if it is not to be swept aside in the 1990s . |
| 6 | Instead , we 're willing to take the risk and give Birmingham the retail centre it deserves and needs if it is not to be completely undermined by rival out-of-town attractions . ’ |
| 7 | So with humanism more generally and more radically : it is not to be imitated , not modified , not simply borrowed from or differently applied ; rather , its appropriation and transformation is conditional upon its negation , the using of it destructively against itself . |
| 8 | I have also made a very rich soup from smoked salmon pieces , but be very cautious about your fish stock if it is not to be spoiled by excessive salt . |
| 9 | It is not to be imagined that logic assumes whites do not also welcome the political changes in South Africa . |
| 10 | Before the ark disappears from the narrative for the time being ( it does not play a major role again until its triumphal entry into Jerusalem in 2 Samuel 6 , though it does feature in another battle with the Philistines in 1 Samuel 14 ) , it leaves behind one more reminder that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 11 | But anything of a bigger scale that involves attracting the public or rallying the faithful or listening to a guest speaker does need forethought and care if it is not to be a shambles . |
| 12 | If it is not to be a positively charged convex curve , the intermediate rods need to be trimmed to form a straight edge . |
| 13 | It is not to be confused with various autobiographies but those expecting warts to be exposed will be disappointed . |
| 14 | Alum Pot is a fitting end to this chapter on Ingleborough , but it is not to be inferred that the words and photographs adequately describe the manifold attractions of this wonderful mountain ; literally they only touch the surface and do not probe the dark secrets beneath . |
| 15 | It is not to be wondered at if , when a request is made of one person , another is obliged by a trust : for if the following is written in a will ‘ I ask you , Titius , having received a hundred to manumit that slave ’ or ‘ to give something to Sempronius ’ , certainly it is not adequately expressed , but a trust must all the same be understood to be charged on the heir to pay the money to Titius : and so Titius himself will sue the heir , and will be compelled to give freedom to the slave or to Sempronius what he was asked to . |
| 16 | Third , an animal may be brightly coloured as a warning to its enemies that it is not to be trifled with . |
| 17 | It is not to be abused ; it has to be exercised by well-qualified , well-prepared people , who are devoted to truth , non-violence , and the welfare of all , and who are capable of exercising great patience and forbearance . |
| 18 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |
| 19 | ‘ But it seems it is not to be , alas ! |
| 20 | For God intended his word for ordinary people ; it is not to be regarded as the preserve of scholars ; the central truths of salvation are plain for all to see ; Scripture is ‘ useful for teaching the truth , rebuking error , correcting faults , and giving instruction for right living ’ ( 2 Tim . |
| 21 | That may be the way the world does its business , but it is not to be the way the Lord 's people should do theirs . |
| 22 | Obviously it is not to be encouraged when you 're walking along with a bird on your glove , because the first thing that happens is the bird takes off . |
| 23 | But it has to be formulated more precisely if it is not to be confused with other crimes which have the dubious distinction of sharing these aphorismic characteristics . |
| 24 | But it is not to be ’ , said a disappointed Don Watson , chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union . |
| 25 | At first you may well have to put the puppy on its leash and keep it close to you if it is not to be an annoyance when visitors call . |
| 26 | ‘ The sign is not in the bread and wine which , of themselves , have no privileged signification ; it is not in the fact of eating bread and drinking it ; it is not to be found in sitting at table together ; it is in the gesture of sharing bread and wine . |
| 27 | In saying this , of course , we are simply restating the fundamental question of psycholinguistics and it is not to be expected that there is some answer to the problem of explanation or even a commonly agreed way of investigating the issues involved . |
| 28 | To quote Bentham , ‘ The liberty of the press has its inconveniences , but the evil which may result from it is not to be compared to the evil of censorship ’ . |
| 29 | You will need to have your stake ready well before planting begins because it will have to be prepared properly if it is not to be a waste of time . |
| 30 | It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . |