Example sentences of "it be [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Would it be any help to tell me ? ’ |
| 2 | But well it 's one way to do it you can use a calculator or you could say what would , could you work out a tenth of three sixty ? |
| 3 | It 's one thing to leave your children with a couple you know and trust , but quite another to have a man you only know through a babysitting circle look after your children for an evening . |
| 4 | It 's all money to spend you see . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's absolute rubbish to suggest I 've been even a confidante while his marriage has been breaking up . ’ |
| 6 | Well it 's dangerous stuff to handle I suppose |
| 7 | It 's ridiculous place to put it is n't it ? |
| 8 | Erm you know people know the answers questions or they 've got an idea material of your own experience you know a lot more than they do , but it 's good technique to throw it back to the group . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's good manners to tell me yours . ’ |
| 10 | It 's good business to upgrade our people 's skills . |
| 11 | I would simply love to try some of the splendid designs available and often feel very thwarted as a designer as I always feel that I must use my own designs — so make the most of not being me as it 's such fun to use someone else 's designs ! |
| 12 | It 's such fun to feel her passion as she destroys them . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's bad luck to say its true name . |
| 14 | " It 's bad practice to keep your woodstore above deck , " said Richard . |
| 15 | Well I do n't know what it does , but the only reason you ca n't get it off is you 're not working it , it 's hard work to get it off Dawn . |
| 16 | The Conservative Group do indeed congratulate the Government for it 's far-sighted legislation to make our schools more accountable to the people they serve . |
| 17 | in the audience , be careful cos you 're going do n't be under any illusion when your region , your job , or your elected position is under threat , it 's human nature to protect your back and when this happens , it 's the members who end up being the casualties . |
| 18 | In South-east Asia , it 's common practice to leave them . |
| 19 | It is one thing to draw money from the public in terms of council tax and it 's another thing to spend it in the way you intend to do it . |
| 20 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on taking action against death riders — I agree with those who have already said that that is a much better way to describe these offenders who are not joyriders — and others who think that it is good fun to take somebody 's car and drive it dangerously , thereby damaging property and sometimes killing people , thus causing appalling misery to those whose lives may be wrecked in the process . |
| 21 | Needs and wants are often similar , but it is good practice to assume there may be a distinction . |
| 22 | [ In a competitive proposal situation it is good practice to market our track record . |
| 23 | While cladding can be fixed directly to existing masonry walls , it is good practice to cover them with waterproof building paper first to prevent any moisture that gets behind the cladding from penetrating the wall itself . |
| 24 | If a mistake is made , it is best policy to admit it quickly and to work with the client and one 's colleagues to resolve it as soon as possible . |
| 25 | But it is one thing to thumb your nose at Mr Gorbachev over the Kremlin wall , as many thousands did in a demonstration in Moscow last weekend . |
| 26 | It is one thing to mistake and misrepresent Jesus , clothed in all his humility as Son of Man ; it is one thing to misread his parabolic teaching , coming as it does in riddles . |
| 27 | It is one thing to say we have a goal ; it is another to actually act on it . |
| 28 | It is this willingness to buy anything , and our increasing ability to go into debt to do it , which is helping to power the so-called North American recovery . |
| 29 | Tradition demands that the cowls should be painted white and it is common practice to spray their surfaces with glass-fibre to improve durability . |
| 30 | Although it is common practice to distinguish what Henry Sweet called ‘ form-words ’ as distinct from ‘ full words ’ and to locate the former in grammar rather than lexis , it has to be noted that these ‘ form-words ’ have emerged over time from full-blown lexical sources , and for the most part still have recognizable kin which show clear signs of the relationship . |