Example sentences of "how [adj] [pers pn] is to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't I do the first half and you have an early night , and I 'll wake you at two o'clock ? ’ , knowing full well how awful it is to be woken out of a deep sleep at 2am to start work . |
| 2 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 3 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 4 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 5 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 6 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 7 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 8 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 9 | ‘ Think how terrible it is to be blind ! |
| 10 | I thought I should let you know how valuable I think the analysis is to the conservation movement , and how helpful it is to be able to lend weight to a fresh strategy , such as that proposed in the paper . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is to be caught in flagrante with my boss ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We hope this information pack will show how important it is to be a good owner . ’ |
| 13 | So far in this chapter I have tried to spell out how important it is to be clear where one starts from , where present trends are taking one to , and to be ruthlessly honest about the threats from the competition and from the external environment . |
| 14 | Nowadays everybody is aware of how important it is to be fit . |
| 15 | I just wondered , colleagues if Azil Nadir of Polly Peck fame currently I understand sunbathing in Northern Cyprus would be prepared to say how proud he is to be associated with the Tories of course in saying that I do include Michael Mates , and I just wondered whether or not this watch he sent was in fact a Timex watch . |
| 16 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |
| 17 | One , a punk , talked about the village in Wales where she lives and how difficult it is to be different , so that dyeing her hair blue becomes an extremely powerful statement about herself , saying all the things she wants to about her rejection of the values of the people in her village . |
| 18 | You have no idea how boring it is to be a computer . |
| 19 | But how eager he is to be rid of you , she thought , how desperate to have you out from under his roof . |