Example sentences of "to [be] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How safe does a drug have to be before it receives a certificate ? |
| 2 | The question then arises as to how specific the Community legislation has to be before it precludes national legislation . |
| 3 | Forgetting the past is obviously not the positive action it ought to be if it results in waves of violence towards anyone perceived as not sufficiently ‘ German ’ . |
| 4 | Convert or sceptic , the philosphy seems to be if it works for you , it 's worth paying for the privilege . |
| 5 | But as the organisation has seen to be when it meets generally speaking , the council and the executive are one and the same dealing with exactly the same business , I 've considered it a meeting of the organisation , and the organisation now basically is going to be the seven sub-committee plus an Annual General Meeting of it 's full council . |
| 6 | Novell also has a problem in Rothstein 's eyes : ‘ what does it want to be when it grows up ? |
| 7 | It can be weekly , fortnightly , monthly , or just occasionally on request but quite often we are finding that a person who 's assessed as needing help weekly , but all that we have got is fortnightly , and all of the time there are clients waiting for us to up the amount of help that we 're giving to them and , very much , it needs to be when it benefits them , and when it fits in with their lives . |
| 8 | She wanted to be happy with him and for everything to be as it had been before but it did n't seem possible . |