Here are the top 100 examples of how ‘TO BE adjective” are used in English.
These come from a search in iWeb corpus for
* TO BE _JJ
1 NEED TO BE AWARE OF 16993
We need to be aware of the data and information that we’re giving.
2 . TO BE HONEST, 14943
To be honest, I don’t know if race relations will improve in America.
‘to be honest‘ is very common in the initial position as a ‘comment adverbial phrase’. So we did another search in NOW corpus for adverbs with:
. To be _RR honest ,
1 . TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, 187
To be perfectly honest, I also thought he looked a little scared.
2 . TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, 127
3 . TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST, 60 (C2+ unlisted and there are other grammar points that relate to this)
To be brutally_honest, I don’t care.
4 . TO BE TOTALLY HONEST, 47
5 . TO BE REALLY HONEST, 22
6 . TO BE ENTIRELY HONEST, 11
7 . TO BE ABSOLUTELY HONEST, 6
Because adding an adverb lifts the complexity of this phrase it is at least B2.
3 TO BE HONEST, 12805
4 TO BE FAIR, 9093
5 , TO BE HONEST, 8830
6 , TO BE SURE, 7190
7 . TO BE FAIR, 7000
8 AND TO BE HONEST, 6723
9 , TO BE HONEST. 6639
10 TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR 6489
11 . TO BE SURE , 6410
12 TO BE SURE , 6323
13 GOOD TO BE TRUE . 6289
14 GOOD TO BE TRUE , 5774
15 TO BE CLEAR , 5318
16 HAVE TO BE WILLING TO 5250
17 , TO BE FAIR , 4598
18 WANT TO BE SURE THAT 4476
19 ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR 4437
20 BUT TO BE HONEST , 4287
21 IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF 4275
22 . TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR 4015
23 JUST TO BE CLEAR , 4012
24 NEED TO BE AWARE THAT 3820
25 BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN 3304
26 . TO BE CLEAR , 3258
27 GOING TO BE HARD TO 3223
28 ” TO BE HONEST , 3220
29 JUST TO BE SAFE . 3095
30 . TO BE HONEST I 3060
31 HAVE TO BE AWARE OF 2929
32 , TO BE SURE . 2799
33 TO BE HONEST I 2785
34 JUST TO BE SURE . 2672
35 NEED TO BE SURE THAT 2525
36 AND TO BE HONEST I 2522
37 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT 2489
38 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH 2477
39 , TO BE EXACT . 2292
40 SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF 2254
41 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT 2168
42 GOOD TO BE TRUE ? 2160
43 GOING TO BE EASY . 2117
44 NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF 2079
45 BUT TO BE HONEST I 2052
46 . TO BE ELIGIBLE , 2043
47 TO BE ELIGIBLE TO 2037
48 WANT TO BE SURE TO 2022
49 NEED TO BE WILLING TO 1979
50 WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN 1956
51 ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO 1898
52 THING TO BE AWARE OF 1863
53 NEED TO BE READY TO 1848
54 NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT 1840
55 WANT TO BE SURE YOU 1819
56 NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL . 1766
57 NEED TO BE FAMILIAR WITH 1735
58 HAVE TO BE READY TO 1700
59 SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF 1669
60 LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN 1651
61 SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE IN 1606
62 NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT 1600
63 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL . 1582
64 , TO BE HONEST WITH 1564
65 GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO 1563
66 DESIGNED TO BE EASY TO 1551
67 NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF 1538
68 TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 1498
69 GOING TO BE OKAY . 1479
70 NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 1472
71 ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL . 1466
72 NEEDS TO BE AWARE OF 1454
73 AND TO BE FAIR , 1441
74 JUST TO BE SURE , 1440
75 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL TO 1424
76 THIS TO BE TRUE . 1421
77 . TO BE SAFE , 1411
78 THINGS TO BE AWARE OF 1406
79 BUT TO BE FAIR , 1380
80 TO BE FAIR TO 1377
81 EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE BY 1376
82 IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE THAT 1368
83 NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH 1338
84 GOING TO BE GOOD . 1300
85 HAVE TO BE HONEST , 1294
86 ( TO BE FAIR , 1290
87 HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHEN 1283
88 NEED TO BE CAREFUL NOT 1283
89 ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN 1266
90 . TO BE SUCCESSFUL , 1253
91 GOING TO BE GREAT . 1247
92 GOING TO BE EASY , 1235
93 YOU TO BE AWARE OF 1231
94 . TO BE ELIGIBLE TO 1220
95 LIKELY TO BE INTERESTED IN 1220
96 NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF 1218
97 , TO BE EXACT ) 1209
98 WANT TO BE AWARE OF 1205
99 JUST TO BE SAFE , 1202
100 MEANS TO BE HUMAN . 1201