Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [is] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the monarchy are non political and therefore , when they choose to speak it 's usually out of a genuine concern for that problem , it 's not for popularity or personal gain because they are there already and , I think that is quite important when po politicians tend to do good it 's usually to get votes . |
| 2 | In effect it is merely to restate the fact that the intuitions that sustain the case for individualism in explanation are largely our intuitions . |
| 3 | I mean Halloween is it 's a pagan ritual it 's there to worship the devil it 's the most poignant date in the calendar if you want to get into black magic if you want to dance naked round er a sheep 's heart with sticks stuck through it . |
| 4 | The word TO tells the machine it is about to get an instruction . |
| 5 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 6 | The council tax helpline is not a figment of Agnes 's imagination it 's there to help you get the benefits you 're entitled to . |
| 7 | A school which is seen to be supporting its clients is much more likely to be supported in turn , by the community it is there to serve . |
| 8 | I have heard it said that when bream break surface it is simply to obtain the extra oxygen available there . |
| 9 | She could n't find her handkerchief and said what a nuisance it is not to have pockets in frocks . |
| 10 | I mention that not in any boastful sense it 's only to reassure you that if I can do that then I , I ca n't be very much out of giving the wrong gen . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , in my case it 's usually to get information out of people , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Moreover when he does refer to ideology it is not to develop the concept or incorporate it into his analysis of capitalism but to refer back to the tyranny of ideas and the emptiness of idealism ( e.g. in the Grundrisse , Marx 1973 : 164 ) . |
| 13 | Take the money it 's just to get our two and a half million . |
| 14 | As a result , the panel actually gets in the way of discovering the very information it is there to find out . |
| 15 | What a temptation it is then to prolong an interruption , to ask precisely where a lost teddy was last seen before leading the child slowly through every room of this vast house until the creature is found . |
| 16 | Now , the boar is back and this time it 's here to stay . |