Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It may be to them , but it is n't to me ; it 's still just a pile of bricks . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't think Hank realizes how devastating it may be to his mother when his book comes out , ’ Isobel went on . |
| 3 | For example , if you have the situation where you want to put two occasionally-used machines quite close to one another , it may be to your advantage that their heights are exactly the same so the job can run across both tables . |
| 4 | I think there 's one advantage in letting the Paymaster know because he deducts tax at source , whereas your second employer may not , and it may be to your advantage to be paying tax |
| 5 | While it might be to your advantage to do so at the earliest opportunity , there is nevertheless no legal urgency for you to make the journey other than at your convenience . |
| 6 | But we 'll manage something — he 's going to write — I 've given him your address , Bina — when you get a letter from Spain it 'll be to me from him — you will hide them from your parents , wo n't you ? |
| 7 | And she capitalized on this , she saw where it could be to her advantage to be perceived as a celluloid creation . |
| 8 | And every time the Sun shall display His Rising Light , It shall be to them a new Wedding-Day ; And when he sets , a new Nuptial-Night , |
| 9 | The Israelis must , in their hearts , know this , and it would be to their everlasting credit to acknowledge it . |
| 10 | Yet they can only survive in warm or temperate climes , and it would be to their advantage to grow bigger . |
| 11 | The colleges themselves , of course , took part in these processes often with some trepidation and nervousness , not knowing how well the CNAA would understand them as institutions or how sympathetic it would be to their approach to teacher education . |
| 12 | " How flattering it would be to one 's pride if at the moment of leaving you were sure that you left a memory behind , that she would think of you more than the others . " |
| 13 | So when my parent is handing out the parental investment , I will be selected to want the parent to give the investment to my sibling if the benefit is twice as great as it would be to myself . |
| 14 | No I , I just wondered what use it would be to me . |
| 15 | And the fact that he 's a left-hand drive he 's erm perhaps not got quite the view out of his offside mirror , or our offside mirror it would be to us , that perhaps somebody like yourselves have with er a right-hand drive vehicle . |
| 16 | Belief , in this sense , facilitates a more abstract acceptance of conformity ; it leads us to conform in the absence of immediate personal advantage from doing so ( or even where it would be to our advantage not to do so ) . |
| 17 | When Granny ( or Grandpa ) comes to live with the family in old age , it will be to everyone 's advantage to encourage the close bond between them and the children , since it always contributes much to their enjoyment of life , and consequently to the happiness of the whole household . |
| 18 | Thankyou for taking the trouble to read my letter , perhaps you would like to try this approach , if we all work together it will be to everyone 's advantage . |
| 19 | But whatever the size of your company and whatever business you are in , I believe it will be to your benefit to read this booklet and act upon its recommendations . |
| 20 | It will be to your advantage . |
| 21 | Erm as I 've said strictly because it will be to it will be uncompetitive within the , with with within the internal market . |
| 22 | Another aspect of the rights of the pupil in relation to his record is his right to have the record disclosed where it will be to his benefit and to prevent disclosure elsewhere . |
| 23 | I have also purchased a monograph of Parrots from a Mr Lear — When you and I are old men — how pleasing it will be to us to look at these together to quiz them all , and pass our We to upon them ! |
| 24 | The classroom that offers a pleasant and interesting environment for all the pupils working in it is likely to be well suited to the visually handicapped pupil as it will be to his fully sighted classmates . |
| 25 | You have a voice , though what use it will be to you I do n't know . |
| 26 | When he came back he looked very grave and said , " Great king , I know well what sorry news it will be to you , but the cause of your sickness is those very lettuces by which you set such store . " |
| 27 | He said , ‘ Then on the day that light dawns , it will be to you as if a sudden incomprehensible darkness descends . ’ |