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

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1 I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records .
2 I do n't think they 're in it to make zillions and zillions of pounds , I think they 're in it to make great records .
3 Buy a metal bulb planting tool while you 're at it to help take the frustration out of planting into the grass .
4 ‘ At the end of the day all of us are in it to sell records .
5 But it would all be worth it to see them settled and thriving in their new home .
6 If we were going there and back in a day but it would n't really be worth it to go to the fair .
7 For the DUP to embrace this accord and attempt to make it work would be for it to abandon its opposition to anything which presages a united Ireland .
8 The first was that the abrogation of responsibility by a nation for its coinage would be for it to surrender the essence of its own statehood .
9 ‘ Now it is a general rule , that no court of limited jurisdiction can give itself jurisdiction by a wrong decision on a point collateral to the merits of the case upon which the limit to its jurisdiction depends ; and however its decision may be final on all particulars , making up together that subject-matter which , if true , is within its jurisdiction , and , however necessary in many cases it may be for it to make a preliminary inquiry , whether some collateral matter be or be not within the limits , yet , upon this preliminary question , its decision must always be open to inquiry in the superior Court . ’
10 BUT remember — you 're got to be in it to win it .
11 It takes so much time , and conditions can be terrible , but it 's worth it to see the passengers .
12 It can do all there is for it to do , which is to discover regularities among our God-given ideas , and to systematize these in the most useful way .
13 The country 's only hope for economic recovery , he claims , is for it to turn to the highly skilled , ‘ sunrise industries ’ that will generate wealth and cope with an expanding welfare bill .
14 We need to reflect , however , on what has just been said : in brief , that for something to be or to have a power in the primary sense is for it to enter into a possible causal circumstance .
15 By contrast , the norm for curriculum change is for it to occur piecemeal and gradually over long periods .
16 It seems to be a facet of nature that the lower a creature is on the scale of consciousness , the less there is for it to learn , and the more slavishly bound it is to its instincts .
17 I am sorry to hear of the job losses to which the hon. Gentleman refers , but the only secure future for the coal industry or , indeed , for any other industry , is for it to produce something that people want at a price that people can afford .
18 Thus , the more mobile a dipolar group , the easier it is for it to follow the electric field up to higher frequencies , whereas the less mobile groups can only orient at lower frequencies .
19 Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry .
20 In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening .
21 The whole design of the system was for it to look factory fit .
22 ‘ He was charming , ’ she lied , and felt it was worth it to see him look relieved .
23 But it was worth it to keep the wolves from the door .
24 It was worth it to tell you what a toad you are .
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