Example sentences of "it [is] [adj] to begin [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is instructive to begin with to compare the stones listed by the Greek naturalist and philosopher Theophrastus ( 373/ 368–c.287 B.C. ) , in so far as these can be certainly identified , with those used for the stamp seals of the Aegean world during the second millennium B.C. and the cylinder seals of Mesopotamia as far back as the fourth . |
| 2 | It is useful to begin with examining one piece of negative evidence , for the conviction that judgments could not consist in performance depends in good part on a text of Celsus . |
| 3 | It is useful to begin by considering in what circumstances there would be no significant difference between legacy and trust . |
| 4 | I think it is well to begin by admitting that the Austrian people , as a whole , have more potential artistic ability than have we the English . |
| 5 | At the outset of any petrographic analysis , it is wise to begin by planning the kinds of sample preparation which will be required , and what information is to be sought from them . |
| 6 | It is important to begin by recognizing that assessment is a process which involves much more than the collection of information and data . |
| 7 | It is unavoidable to begin by referring to Young and Willmott 's ( 1957 ) study of Bethnal Green , and to the much quoted chapter in which they itemize how mothers and daughters and sisters constantly seem to be doing each other 's shopping , drying each other 's washing and looking after each other 's children for the afternoon . |