Example sentences of "it [vb mod] be to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Whatever other reasons may have existed — and however unpleasant it may be to be reminded of it — this is the same reason used in Germany in the 1930s .
2 Oh how wonderful it must be to be an indie musician !
3 How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church .
4 I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was .
5 ‘ I was thinking how very unpleasant it must be to be shot . ’
6 But just for a moment she had felt the weight of emptiness , she had felt how it must be to be shut away down here , bereft of even human companionship , away from the light , losing count of the days .
7 He thought about how it might be to be , say , a fox confronted with an angry sheep .
8 How valuable it would be to be able to reconstruct what the site looked like while excavation was in progress .
9 What a deprivation it would be to be blind !
10 Yeah I mean obviously you 're not gon na instantly assume that every that says he fancies you is just joking , no obviously you 're not gon na assume that and I understand how easy it would be to be mislead but then on the other hand it makes me think , you know , you know with people like Ch you know
11 I know your mother scoffs at social life but I do n't think she realizes what pleasure she is missing , how delightful it can be to be among amusing people . ’
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