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Example sentences of "'s nice [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I was never any good at lecturing so it 's nice to be good at something . ’
2	erm It keeps it going that way because you know , six games unbeaten , it 's nice , it 's nice to be unbeaten , but we just have n't won enough have we ?
3	I 'm still not keen on that side of it — it 's nice to be popular , it 's nice to be loved , but it 's not so nice to be chased round and to be on the front page of the paper every day of your life , with people climbing over the wall all day long .
4	Training alone has never bothered me at all , but it 's nice to be able to go down the pub for a good chinwag after a session . ’
5	But it 's nice to be able to get an unexpected comment .
6	‘ It 's nice to be able to say that I saw that big right coming but Ruddock did n't , in fact I do n't think he saw anything that came his way .
7	I came from a pretty poorish background and now it 's nice to be able to give my parents money , and let them do things like go on holiday .
8	It 's nice to be able to say that is n't it really ?
9	But it 's nice to be able to invent the stories as well .
10	ABBERLEY : It 's nice to be able to talk , is n't it ?
11	It 's nice to be able to walk by the river and walk through the buildings and greenhouses .
12	‘ I 've also got to know Whitby very well and it 's nice to be able to put that knowledge to good use . ’
13	It 's nice to be able to walk across the road but I find that people are complaining because they 're not able to park .
14	Oh I 'm sure it would mean an awful lot to them and the fact that you 're so successful coming out of Ireland would mean a lot to them as well you know and er er it 's nice to be able to er you know to do that for them if they 've been over here living for you know some of them have never been back maybe and some of them have never seen Ireland because maybe their their parents or their grandparents came from there .