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

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1 The question was , had it been to Romania and back ?
2 The BBC is worried that this is a veiled hint that parts of it are to be commercialised and that cuts will make investigative programmes such as Panorama — which has occasionally angered the Government — impossible to make .
3 The very first indications of it are to be seen in the helplessness of a baby .
4 When public opinion is central to the fortunes of a government , unscrupulous expedients to manipulate it are to be expected .
5 She was willing to be used by him and the outrageous request received the obedient , ‘ Let it be to me according to your word ’ ( Luke 1.38 ) .
6 Oh , what pleasure would it be to me were there a good understanding between my mother and myself , when I am assured if I know my own heart , that I am so far from having any ill against her that I have almost undone myself to serve her …
7 Of what interest could it be to the man where her father was born ?
8 ‘ If we are to go out of the Cup then let it be to a side packed with international stars .
9 Yet just how helpful will it be to us ?
10 well would it be to Mr ?
11 Increasing this angle increases the flair very sensitively , up to the maximum deflection of the curve of the rear leg , if it were to be ( impractically ! ) mounted in the plane or the rear seat rail .
12 He points out that petrol is now very cheap : if , in real terms , it were to be the equivalent price of a decade ago it would cost over £4 a gallon .
13 I wish it were to here .
14 ‘ I wish it were to here .
15 It is therefore possible to imagine two opposite reactions if it were to be shown conclusively that the creature was a whale .
16 Clearly , incapacity or wilful refusal to consummate a marriage as presently defined , if it were to be retained at all as part of the law , could only apply to those relationships presently regarded as marriages .
17 Should it be desired to alter this state of affairs , there would be many who would assert that the change could not be made without the consent of the part of the United Kingdom affected , however it were to be expressed .
18 This argument is strengthened by a body of evidence that suggests that these very small investors would be most unlikely to read , let alone interpret correctly , such information if it were to be provided in the audit report .
19 But even if it were to be brought in , there would still be a need for the factor 's services , says Alan Hughes , chairman of the ABFD and managing director of Griffin Factors , part of Midland Bank .
20 After all , if it were to be something to mark the beginning of a new stage in her life , then she could make it clear that this new life would n't involve any further outings with him .
21 Readership was still small relative to the whole population , but among it were to be found most of those active in the leadership of TANU and other areas of African advancement .
22 Must not theology , if it were to be possible at all , be established from the other side , by God himself — by the God who makes himself known to us in Jesus Christ rather than the God whom we choose to recognise in him , a God who comes from beyond ourselves to judge , redeem and save ?
23 So sealing , if it were to be done , would have to be done in strength ( by the eager-to-help Russians ? ) , along two borders , in the knowledge that frontier-patrolling might be the start of a bigger involvement .
24 If it were to be successful the mental health movement would have to move away from any strong association with welfare .
25 If it were to be stopped at all , then it could only be by means that fell entirely outside the constitution .
26 But if it were if it were to be slashed or erm you know and er on Monday evening we would have to get a screen we would have to replace that screen immediately .
27 It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit .
28 Indeed , if it were to be as firmly and clearly drawn as some of our mentors would wish , I can not help feeling that a number of leading cases in your Lordships ' House would never have been decided the way they were .
29 Affirmative evidence rebutting that implication would , I think , be needed if it were to be contended that paragraph ( b ) had not been satisfied .
30 If it were to be held that judicial review for error of law lay against the visitor I fear that , as in the present case , finality would be lost not only in cases raising pure questions of law but also in cases where it would be urged in accordance with the Wednesbury principle ( Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B .
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