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

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1 Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate .
2 If the meme is a scientific idea , its spread will depend on how acceptable it is to the population of individual scientists ; a rough measure of its survival value could be obtained by counting the number of times it is referred to in successive years in scientific journals .
3 The efficiency of government could only be increased at the expense of its popularity ; the more corrupt and less efficient the government , the more acceptable it was to creole merchants and landowners .
4 We must allow and support the ethnic rights of local people to use their traditional resources , however distasteful it is to our urban and Western prejudices .
5 Okay to say how similar it is to one thing to another .
6 The important thing to note about this example is just how favourable it is to the general natural law case which Finnis , I take it , is at pains to defend .
7 ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone .
8 How easy it is to be expert in theory !
9 Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived .
10 Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof .
11 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 .
12 First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric .
13 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 .
14 She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive .
15 She was glad it was to be a businesslike parting .
16 Even the soldiers in the field must 've been thoroughly sick of all those whining pieces about Our Boys and Girls , and their mail , or the endlessly recycled nonsense about how hard it was to be a female soldier in Saudi Arabia .
17 How gorgeous it was to be alive !
18 speedy it is to .
19 The longer it stays in the air , the more likely it is to be oxidised acid , the process speeded up by pollutants such as ozone and hydrogen peroxide .
20 Nothing is impossible and the more unlikely the allegation the more likely it is to be true .
21 It is also probably true that the more specialized the catalogue the more likely it is to be used for selection — for instance , the catalogues of local publishers , those of specialized formats ( e. g. microforms , large print books ) , or those in subject fields which are dominated by the work of one or two publishers .
22 The more we do to our hair — whether it is blow-drying , heat-styling , perming or colouring — the more likely it is to be porous , dry and dull .
23 The deeper down a tunnel goes the more dangerous it is and the more likely it is to be inhabited by some terrible monster .
24 This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review .
25 The more organized the body of knowledge appears to be , the more distinct its academic identity , and the more likely it is to be called a ‘ discipline ’ .
26 Confirming instances are such if they give inductive support to a theory , and the greater the number of confirming instances established , the greater the support for the theory and the more likely it is to be true .
27 The more severe PMS , the more likely it is to be noticed — over 20% had their behaviour commented on by colleagues .
28 Where the breach is caused by inadvertent default the more serious the type of breach covered by the clause , the less likely it is to be reasonable .
29 The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective .
30 The further away from the making of the contract it was made the more likely it is to be considered as a misrepresentation .
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