Example sentences of "as it be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bad as it is to be poor in Indian it 's worse to be as destitute as the street-children . |
| 2 | I say nuclear catastrophe rather than nuclear war also because the episode which ends civilisation is as likely to be an accident as it is to be a monstrous design ; the result of human error or foolishness rather than of deliberate choice , an ultimate irony to mock the rational pretensions of the human race . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's as silly to laugh as it is to be scared . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , although it is an extra extravagance from the point of view of fuel , the chicken will be very much nicer cooked the same day as it is to be eaten , before it has had time to harden up . |
| 5 | It is as important to be ruthlessly clear about the underlying causes of success as it is to be analytical about the basic faults which have led to failure . |
| 6 | The move to Longmore House , as it is to be called , will provide greatly improved public access to Historic Scotland services , expertise and information . |
| 7 | The North Atlantic Marine Mammals Commission , as it is to be known , groups together Norway , Iceland , Greenland and the Faroe Islands . |
| 8 | Motorists can expect to see the decoy on any motorway in the region as it is to be moved frequently . |
| 9 | Helen never intended her As It Was to be an accurate account of their young lives , and there are no letters because they met often . |
| 10 | In many ways , these additional protocols reinforced the impression that for France the EDC was designed as a guarantee for itself against possible German aggression as much as it was to be an anti-Soviet organisation . |
| 11 | In a sense I suppose , er what DeKlerk 's government has demonstrated is that they are trying as it were to be impartial and not allow political considerations to influence their judgement about whether Mrs Mandela should go on trial . |