Example sentences of "to [be] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , publishing commitments have to be substantial and it does not take much to sap confidence when the risk is so high . |
| 2 | Total exclusion of liability for failure to perform a contract at all is unlikely to be reasonable where it occurs because of acts or omissions within the control of the party in default , which are caused by negligence , incompetence or inadvertence but not wilful default ( " inadvertent default " ) . |
| 3 | To be effective , an innovation has to be simple and it has to be focused . |
| 4 | A syllable will tend to be prominent if it contains a vowel that is different in quality from neighbouring vowels . |
| 5 | No doubt there will be an extensive scrutiny from those who expect everything to be perfect but it passes pretty well from my point of view . |
| 6 | No justification therefore exists for treating subfertile women with contraceptive drugs , and the endometriosis should be considered to be coincidental unless it has caused tubal and ovarian damage that requires repair . |
| 7 | It may however be deemed to be incorrect if it provides the wrong gear ratios . |
| 8 | Another counterexample proposed by Stoyanov ( 1979 ) has proved to be incorrect as it does not satisfy the required boundary conditions ( see Section 10.2 ) . |
| 9 | I consider this tendency to be dangerous because it undermines the great eighteenth-century idea of the unity of mankind , an idea that is so menaced anyway by racism and other movements of the same sort . |
| 10 | They may also prove to be useful when it comes to breeding , a point that will be covered later in the series . |
| 11 | It ought also to be useful because it provides a context which is meaningful to children , and in which a variety of reading skills can be learned . |
| 12 | It helps the illusion of expertise if you give precise measurements and proportions in recipes , but , alas , I do n't believe this to be possible when it comes to vinaigrette . |
| 13 | Later Macmillan was reputed to have defended his decision in a sentence which is likely to be authentic because it has the Macmillan ring : ‘ I thought we had had enough of Martha and it was time for some Mary. , |
| 14 | Its moisturising formula is ideal for natural curls or for permed hair as both hair types tend to be dry and it costs £1.19 for a 200ml bottle . |
| 15 | The person whose grass or corn is eaten down by the escaping cattle of his neighbour , or whose mine is flooded by the water from his neighbour 's reservoir , or whose cellar is invaded by the filth of his neighbour 's privy , or whose habitation is made unhealthy by the fumes and noisome vapours of his neighbour 's alkali works , is damnified without any fault of his own ; and it seems but reasonable and just that the neighbour , who has brought something on his own property which was not naturally there , harmless to others so long as it is confined to his own property , but which he knows to be mischievous if it gets on his neighbour 's , should be obliged to make good the damage which ensues if he does not succeed in confining it to his own property . |
| 16 | For all your alleged love for the poor and the oppressed , you seem to think that the public ought to be selfish when it votes . |
| 17 | As to business activities , a covenant is likely to be unreasonable if it covers activities which are not relevant to the business sold . |
| 18 | But the potency with which c-Myc induces apoptosis suggests that deregulated c-Myc expression by itself is likely to be lethal because it kills any cell that encounters growth-limiting conditions , an almost invariable outcome in vivo . |
| 19 | We consider database to be online because it has a number of distinct features functionality . |
| 20 | An algorithm is considered to be practical if it runs in polynomial time , i.e run-time O(nk) for some constant k . |
| 21 | Gravel tidies have been found to be invaluable when it comes to fish digging . |
| 22 | The whole tide of history seemed to be quickening as it moved remorselessly leftwards . |
| 23 | Grattan 's Parliament in Ireland , furthermore , can never have been sovereign or , if it was , then the Parliament of Great Britain itself ceased to be sovereign when it established it . |
| 24 | I could see he was going to be humble and it depressed me . |
| 25 | The development of industry within urban areas tends to be welcome as it provides employment for those who lose their jobs when older industries become redundant . |
| 26 | To such people the world abroad too often resembled a sewer down which credulous Americans were persuaded to pour money only to be surprised when it disappeared without trace . |
| 27 | When delivered , it was discovered to be poisonous because it had been contaminated with castor oil . |
| 28 | Indeed , he does not seem to be aware that it exists : ‘ All Darwinism has to say about such miracles is that they are due to chance . ’ |
| 29 | Not surprisingly , such policy was held to be invalid since it purported to override the express statutory duty , imposed by section 6(5) , to give effect to parental preference whether or not the child comes from the area of the local education authority . |
| 30 | It is that permanent element in human nature which causes the soul to be restless until it realizes itself to be at one with Truth or God . |