Example sentences of "it be [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | it 's ju it 's just to get a look at the other side so that you can see that erm |
| 2 | No you know it 's just to have a point if anyone had thought anything about it but of course |
| 3 | It 's very very occasionally , it 's normally to see a one-off . |
| 4 | I myself know only too well what it 's like to have a car stolen , so as a car is one of our most valuable possessions , it pays to take care of it at all times . |
| 5 | It 's only to create an impression when you 're doing it in the day time . |
| 6 | But I suppose the real thing about Neighbourhood Watch as I see it is it 's there to create a , a neighbourly spirit . |
| 7 | Well if the definition of salinity is the amount of salt dissolved in a particular volume of water , perhaps the logical way to do it is simply to take a volume of water and evaporate it and weigh the amount of salt that 's left so that might be the simplest approach . |
| 8 | It is simply to make a comment about their style of doing things . |
| 9 | It is also to proclaim a message about Jesus — and therein for a feminist lie all the problems . |
| 10 | It is also to assert an ethnically , or nationality-based citizenship to the exclusion of those who do not share that particular cultural tendency . |
| 11 | The air-filled Parafoil has long been established as a stable single line kite so its development as a steerable stunter for two ( or more as we shall see ) lines came initially as a surprise knowing only too well how difficult it is sometimes to get a Parafoil started . |
| 12 | The presumption of innocence is also concerned with victims ' rights : it is there to prevent an innocent suspect from becoming the second victim of a crime . |
| 13 | Try and think , work out how heavy that tree would be and how difficult it is actually to get a large tree into a lounge , living room , dining room , call it what you will ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And at the more maths you know , I think , the easier it is perhaps to get a job , and perhaps to be able to choose an interesting field . |
| 16 | Last night I visited the Queen Mary and Westfield college in the Mile End road and I was told that it was soon to have a level of computers of almost one work station for every six students . |
| 17 | ( The concept of invariance was definitely the " in " subject at the time and it was later to provide a central idea in the theory of relativity . ) |
| 18 | It was mainly to make a good impression on the new tribe . |
| 19 | This two-fold method of invasion , combined with the almost legendary speed of the Frankish forces , tended to keep Charlemagne 's opponents confused and uncertain , and when the two forces of the Frankish army reunited , it was usually to deliver a crushing attack upon the targeted opposition . |
| 20 | It was never to become a place of palaces and princes . |
| 21 | It was never to make a living , because there was no living to be made . |
| 22 | If he wanted her , even if it was only to satiate a temporary need , even if she was only a substitute for the woman he really wanted , then she would oblige , because he had reduced her will-power to nothing . |