Example sentences of "[subord] it [is] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is , undoubtedly , an important precursor of rational service-level planning , although it is not to say that the service infrastructure will necessarily develop from individual service plans . |
| 2 | IRPC 's Personal Legal Assistance Plan costs £70 a year , although it is shortly to rise to £80 . |
| 3 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 4 | It is far more important to be at one 's office desk on time in the morning , to leave late at night , to process the endless paperwork which characterizes such organizations , to attend the endless meetings , and never to complain if they appear to achieve little , than it is actually to achieve the business objective of making more profit . |
| 5 | If it is n't to do with your feelings about me , what other issue can you be trying to evade ? |
| 6 | What then is the function of the student in the lecture period , if it is not to fill a notebook with what is written on the blackboard ? |
| 7 | Already programs are being written that will automatically define the amount of white space each character of a new type-face needs in which to breathe , if it is not to look cramped ( at the moment this time-consuming procedure is done by eye ) . |
| 8 | However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull . |
| 9 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 10 | ‘ must be kept within narrow limits if it is not to shake the confidence of those who habitually and rightly rely on signatures when there is no obvious reason to doubt their validity . |
| 11 | Management say Caldaire would need at least £3.7m if it is not to end up out of pocket . |
| 12 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 13 | As with any other policy the insurers will commonly require exclusions against the following : ( 1 ) The adequacy of insurance arrangements The view of the insurers is that it should be for the purchaser to determine whether existing insurance cover for the business is adequate and if it is not to increase the level of cover with effect from completion . |
| 14 | Such protection must not be excessive if it is not to infringe Article 85 . |
| 15 | Even if the new President had entered his official residence , he would have no standing in his own community , and what , after all , is the point of a Maronite President if it is not to integrate the Maronites within the traditional confessional system which — readjusted in the Muslims ' favour — the Tayif agreement perpetuates ? |
| 16 | But unless you want to spend your time and money on litigation against surveyors , building societies , estate agents and solicitors , with no guarantee of success in the end , you need to become as competent as you possibly can in carrying out your own surveys , even if it is simply to check that the ‘ expert ’ has n't missed anything . |
| 17 | One of the great bonuses of The Third Age is time — time to spare for other people , even if it is only to listen to what they have to say . |
| 18 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 19 | Woman-centred psychology , like egalitarian feminist psychology , needs to address theory if it is really to change psychological discourses of gender . |
| 20 | The training of nurses to prescribe will be vital if the service is to be as widely available as we want it to be and if it is genuinely to benefit patients . |
| 21 | The company has not attempted to sell its products abroad , but feels that if it is ever to expand again , then overseas markets are the only feasible method . |
| 22 | ‘ If it 's just to stop her from clinging round your neck … ’ |
| 23 | Yes , even if it 's just to say hello . |
| 24 | Your stringer should be able to explain these terms and more — and understanding some of the stringers ' buzz words can be useful , even if it 's just to impress your friends . |
| 25 | Why are they doing it , if it 's not to do ? |
| 26 | I 'd just like to ask er if it 's not to start on the er phase three before the spring of ninety five , it seems a long time two and half years time before they a , they make a start ! |
| 27 | You recognise the anger you feel against your parents , but at this stage there 's little point in contacting them if it 's only to unload your bitterness . |
| 28 | Even if it 's only to give you the confidence you know |
| 29 | Er , certainly I 'm sure Rachel shares her information , even if it 's only to say , you ca n't watch that because something else is on Channel Four at the same time . |
| 30 | They 've liaised with other organisations to make sure I 've got somebody coming in , even if it 's only to make me something to eat . |