Example sentences of "[that] it [is] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least I admit that it 's all to boost my ego , restore my pride and give me pleasure , not to save the country or uphold justice or honour the dead . |
| 2 | The Monopolies and Mergers Commission announced last week that it 's about to investigate claims that CDs are overpriced . |
| 3 | Some Irish nationalists hold that it is just to unite the nation by force — a typical view of secular nationalism throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Europe . |
| 4 | Once one of these grounds has been established , the party seeking the setting aside , which can be the adjudication officer or the claimant , must show that it is just to set the decision aside . |
| 5 | It is the Government 's hope that the non A level student , wishing to continue in full-time general education will increasingly come to consider the opportunity offered by C.P.V.E. Whilst this exam has yet to establish itself with either students or employers , there can be little doubt that it is here to stay . |
| 6 | As for Egypt , I do not think that the hon. and learned Gentleman is seriously suggesting that it is about to launch an attack on Israel , or is to be feared in that connection . |
| 7 | The first is more intense , with the buck putting up a spirited resistance ; in the second its lolling tongue and gentler stance suggest that it is about to succumb . |
| 8 | By curving up its abdomen it gives the false impression that it is about to strike with its tail . |