Example sentences of "it be [prep] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems … ’ he shrugged , as if it were beyond words to say . |
| 2 | It 's on target to reduce the leaks to 15% of supply . |
| 3 | Yes , we have to fight for our equality , for our own rights but w we can change men and our , the responsibility is not for women to change men , it 's for women to change our own lives , our own situations , and for we , men to change their own . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's for government to regulate on behalf of the community , to set the standards and environmental goals , ’ Mr Patten said — a statement that would have jarred on his predecessor , and , until recently , on the party faithful . |
| 5 | There 're are complicated members of the terror act and it 's not an entirely frivolous suggesting because if you have any doubts that the performance of this County Council in it 's for duty to maintain the rights of way network to a standard appropriate for the traffic , then go and look even at a small part of John 's film . |
| 6 | Look how difficult it is for women to get on in the medical or legal profession ! |
| 7 | But Making Out highlights how important it is for women to have a job and be with other women workers — often in very crummy circumstances , but actually being very resilient with a lot of humour and girl talk . |
| 8 | It is as much about who I am as it is about how I look , and about how difficult it is for women to separate the two . |
| 9 | It is surprising how easy it is for businessmen to assume that other nationalities will react in exactly the same way as they themselves do . |
| 10 | I can not stress enough how important it is for teachers to realise that because drama is such a powerful tool for helping people change , as teachers we need to be very sensitive to the emotional demands we make on our students . |
| 11 | We have to have some independent arguments about how easy or difficult it is for life to originate on a planet , before we can even begin to answer the question of how many other planets in the universe have life . |
| 12 | It is just as much an abuse of the process of the House for opposition to seek to talk out or filibuster , as it is for government to stifle opposition . |
| 13 | It is for government to say it will not fund us adequately , not for us to go round saying it rather like a lot of sheep . |
| 14 | ‘ It is for government to regulate on behalf of the community , to set the standards and the environmental goals , ’ said Mr Patten emphatically . |
| 15 | higher than this year , but it is for Derbyshire to decide its level of spending and priorities between services . |
| 16 | It 's amazing how difficult it is for strangers to find the main entrance to many schools , particularly when the school is a modern flat roofed single storey building . |
| 17 | We all know how difficult it is for scientists to obtain their due recognition . |
| 18 | It is for ministers to determine themselves , whether they answer by means of a written question or whether they make an oral statement . |
| 19 | It is for others to offer moral guidance to the newly prosperous Pharisees . |
| 20 | The argument also assumes ( b ) that I can understand what it is for others to have mental states . |
| 21 | How easy or difficult it is for girls to tell their parents that they are pregnant also depends on how accustomed they are to confiding in their mothers or fathers about periods , boyfriends , sex and contraception . |
| 22 | On Europe , to put it beyond all doubt in this House , in the country , and on the continent , will my right hon. Friend reaffirm that it is the policy of Her Majesty 's Government that Britain shall not go down the route of a federal Europe and that it is for Britain to decide on the future of her own currency ? |
| 23 | The more distant in time an issue is to current industry concerns , the more difficult it is for managers to establish that it applies to their business in some significant way ( relevancy ) and that it should be addressed now ( urgency ) . |
| 24 | For example , there is some disagreement about how wise it is for parents to intervene in their children 's quarrels , given that parental attention might unwittingly reinforce quarrelling . |
| 25 | It is for lawyers to make a reality of the single market for UK enterprises , wherever in the Community they choose to locate their business activities , or to sell their goods and services . |
| 26 | It is for employers to set up suitable pension arrangements for their employees . |
| 27 | It is frightening how dependent upon drugs we are all becoming and how easy it is for doctors to prescribe them as the universal panacea for our ills . |
| 28 | Lord Strathclyde , the minister responsible , said : ‘ It is for parliament to decide the powers , functions and responsibilities of local government . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ In the last analysis , therefore , it is for Parliament to decide the extent to which legal services are to be provided at public expense to meet the needs of the majority of the population . |
| 30 | It is for Parliament to warrant the expenditure estimated to be needed , i.e. to grant supply . |