Example sentences of "it be [prep] [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's about trying to define requirements to the , to the best erm level and best degree . |
| 2 | It 's about trying to understand what is going on , almost through the eyes of the participants themselves . |
| 3 | Abbott offers the disarming creative theory : ‘ It 's about trying to find something to persuade someone . ’ |
| 4 | So erm that 's , if you 're , if you 're getting behind on that it 's worth trying to do something about it soonish before you get too far behind to manage to catch up |
| 5 | if it 's worth trying to hit anything I was on top of him |
| 6 | It 's worth pausing to examine the peculiar animosity which Rushdie seems to arouse , quite unconnected with Muslim wrath at his supposed blasphemy . |
| 7 | And it 's worth remembering to carry the nuts in a soft cloth bag and not a rustling plastic one . |
| 8 | It 's worth going to see is n't it ? |
| 9 | send the photograph and that gives me an idea whether it 's worth going to look at it at all . |
| 10 | It 's like trying to breathe through a thick chador . ’ |
| 11 | It 's like trying to turn beef steak rawk into a New Age lentilburger , not by changing the ingredients but simply enveloping it all in a laser-fried wholemeal bun and hoping that nobody will notice the difference . |
| 12 | It 's like trying to peel an onion . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's like trying to break into the Kremlin strongbox . ’ |
| 14 | He was more elated than when he had been shooting as an international for Great Britain : ‘ It 's like trying to get eight draws on the football pools — anybody can win . |
| 15 | The momentum is there and it 's like trying to change the course of a battleship . |
| 16 | If you are , it 's a real strength It 's like going to buy a packet of peas . |
| 17 | It is worth getting to know and recognize the small black blob-like chrysalis that adheres to stems and leaf stalks because it can very easily be mistaken for caterpillar or similar droppings and knocked away . |
| 18 | Even so , it is worth getting to know and keeping a sharp look out for the signs from as early as May on , because if you act quickly enough it is possible to stop the attack before it spreads through the rest of the foliage by picking off , and , this is important , burning the infected parts . |
| 19 | Before going on to ask what happens in area 17 , it is worth digressing to point out that things are rather different in other vertebrates . |
| 20 | Before exploring the history of the dispute itself , it is worth pausing to ask why no men were working the Monotype machines . |
| 21 | Before looking at the day-to-day working of the system in London and Birmingham , it is worth pausing to describe the role of the school care committees , for in both cities they were the vital link in the attempt to make the transition an educational rather than an industrial process . |
| 22 | It is worth pausing to look at the degree of crowd disorder associated with these sports and the possible reasons for such profiles . |
| 23 | These questions are so plainly hard to answer that it is worth pausing to consider why they have not had more effect on the development of International Relations theories . |
| 24 | It is worth pausing to consider ‘ deindustrialization ’ , the destruction of what Row thorn ( 1986 ) calls a ‘ workshop economy ’ , and of the role of space in this as identified by Massey ( 1984 ) . |
| 25 | However , it is worth pausing to question whether ‘ independence ’ in this AL is actually attainable by any adult person , irrespective of mental and physical ability . |
| 26 | It is worth trying to retain , in the ways McHale suggests , limits to the meaning of the term postmodernism . |
| 27 | Usually , these are sold in bulk to a dealer who can handle large quantities but it is worth trying to do a deal on smaller quantities if you can get in on the ground floor , so to speak . |
| 28 | These results may be due to chance , but the figures suggest that it is worth trying to do semi-automatic correction . |
| 29 | It is worth trying to get a distribution company to take your record on . |
| 30 | If the water is very low when you are constructing your map it is worth trying to imagine what the water will be like during a winter flood . |