Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be to [be] " in BNC.

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1 If the mind is so conceived that its relation to the world can only be a causal one , then to perceive something must be to be causally affected by it .
2 Whatever other reasons may have existed — and however unpleasant it may be to be reminded of it — this is the same reason used in Germany in the 1930s .
3 Oh how wonderful it must be to be an indie musician !
4 How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church .
5 I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was .
6 ‘ I was thinking how very unpleasant it must be to be shot . ’
7 But just for a moment she had felt the weight of emptiness , she had felt how it must be to be shut away down here , bereft of even human companionship , away from the light , losing count of the days .
8 He thought about how it might be to be , say , a fox confronted with an angry sheep .
9 How valuable it would be to be able to reconstruct what the site looked like while excavation was in progress .
10 What a deprivation it would be to be blind !
11 Yeah I mean obviously you 're not gon na instantly assume that every that says he fancies you is just joking , no obviously you 're not gon na assume that and I understand how easy it would be to be mislead but then on the other hand it makes me think , you know , you know with people like Ch you know
12 I know your mother scoffs at social life but I do n't think she realizes what pleasure she is missing , how delightful it can be to be among amusing people . ’
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