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

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1 It was less than an hour from dusk , and we would have camped there had it been left to me .
2 Has it been shown to any dentists ? "
3 The aims of the legislation and the expectations of those responsible for it are referred to in the following passage :
4 This is not surprising as the dog 's capacity to associate a form of behaviour and the consequences of it are limited to less than two seconds .
5 With a Repayment Mortgage the capital borrowed and the interest due upon it are paid to the lender , however , with Endowment , Pension and Personal Equity Plan Linked Mortgages only the interest is repaid to the lender , with the capital being repaid by a separate investment contract or life insurance policy .
6 But my opinion on this is really fairly redundant , because the people who are buying it are going to be pros — either that or seasoned bank robbers !
7 ‘ I mean , ’ he spelled out for her , ‘ I wo n't force your engagement to my brother to an end if I feel some aspects of it are going to be — how shall we say ? — under my control . ’
8 Where either the High Court or a county court is satisfied that proceedings before it are required to be in the other court whether by reason of the 1991 Order or any other provisions made under s 1 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or by reason of any other enactment , then it must either transfer the proceedings to the other court or strike them out ( CCA 1984 , ss 40 and 42 ) .
9 The Manager of the package and those at the next level in the structure which reference it are reset to their original values for the package being updated and all packages which reference it ( see ( i ) above ) .
10 Dr Longstaff said : ‘ Our study will enable us to find out more about the causes of asthma , suggest ways of preventing it , and make sure the resources to treat it are used to best effect . ’
11 4 ) What back-up in terms of advice and maintenance is available e.g. if the microcomputer breaks down , can it be attended to locally or will there be a delay ?
12 Can it be upgraded to at least 16Mb to take advantage of future software ?
13 Does the idea of homology apply only to morphological patterns , he asks , or can it be applied to developmental processes ?
14 How effective do you consider this means of presentation and how widely could it be applied to other discourse types ?
15 I wonder if you are familiar with this type of thing and could it be applied to computer video outputs .
16 Can it be related to a system with a biological purpose ?
17 Only when a batch has completed one process can it be moved to the next .
18 Can it be converted to gif ?
19 Could it be referred to the grant first ?
20 Chairman , I ask that you receive erm , the petition of eight hundred and sixty four signatures requesting a pelican crossing on and ask it be referred to the environment committee , please .
21 Now can it be said to be clear by the law of Scotland that the locus here is beyond what the legislature may assert right to affect by legislation against all whomsoever for the purpose of regulating methods of fishing ?
22 But why should it be determined to be correct ?
23 The second question was : If everything is determined by some fundamental theory , then what we say about the theory is also determined by the theory — and why should it be determined to be correct , rather than just plain wrong or irrelevant ?
24 Nor will it be tied to a fixed programme of auctions .
25 ‘ Can it be lowered to here ? ’
26 Only when the agency is satisfied that they have a film which can be made for the money and will be allowed on air should it be shown to the client .
27 If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ?
28 In fact there was nothing ‘ reasonable ’ about it , and Bismarck knew this , for at the first whisper of Leopold 's appearance on the scene the French Ambassador had , officially , let it be known to Berlin that this candidacy would never be accepted by Napoleon III .
29 Napoleon III let it be known to both men that a simple withdrawal of the candidature would suffice and that France would then be glad to consider the whole affair closed .
30 The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do .
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