Example sentences of "it be [prep] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not publishable as it stood , said Michael , but might it be of interest to me ? |
| 2 | The two things were entirely unconnected , but if it is of importance to you then you 'll be pleased to know that had there been a test you would have passed it with straight As . ’ |
| 3 | This is the best procedure , and it is without risk to your engine for descents of up to 3,000 feet . |
| 4 | As we saw earlier , in this and the first chapter , this theory holds that things are a combination of form and matter , and it is by appeal to their form that one would hope to explain why things have the properties they do . |
| 5 | Typically , it is in response to his self-righteous complaints about the failings of his local flock that the ancestors spring to his defence . |
| 6 | If there is to be any criticism of our play , it is in relation to our tactical awareness , to the fact that we sometimes made wrong choices which more experienced people would not have made ’ . |
| 7 | By a notice of appeal dated 20 July 1992 the Official Solicitor appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that since the judge had found as facts that ( a ) T. had been able properly and fully to form a balanced judgment and had not been acting under undue influence but had been acting voluntarily , and ( b ) her several expressions withholding consent were valid refusals which bound the hospital , ( 1 ) he had erred in finding himself entitled to make the declaration ; ( 2 ) it had been wrong for him to assess T. 's subsequent intentions and to make assumptions as to whether she would have qualified or changed her refusal in the later circumstances ; and ( 3 ) he had erred in finding that ( a ) there was no evidence that T. had wished to refuse a blood transfusion even though it was at risk to her life , ( b ) lack of understanding of the risks involved justified acting against her expressed refusal , ( c ) her withholding of consent did not embrace the emergency which had arisen and took no account of changed circumstances , ( d ) her expressed refusals did not evince a settled intention to persist in her refusal even if injurious to her health when her best interests required a transfusion ; and ( e ) he was not satisfied that her refusal was continuing . |
| 8 | ( e ) There is , to put it negatively , no evidence that she did wish to persist in a refusal of a blood transfusion even if it was at risk to her life . |
| 9 | the other point was obviously people that you may know which may be able to help me in my business , people you feel this information obviously it was of interest to you |
| 10 | Perhaps it was in deference to her sensibilities that he had slipped on a robe , but it did less to conceal the perfection of his body than to hint tantalisingly at it . |
| 11 | It was in response to what Lord Penzance called ‘ sensational cases of cruelty ’ that the first law giving working class wives an opportunity to sue for separation and maintenance was passed in 1878 . |