Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] be [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My response was to make one condition of my own — that the anthology should include prayers from other religions . |
| 2 | All that was in my mind was to abort this mission . |
| 3 | ‘ As a footballer , my ambition was to play next week , and now as a manager , where the average expectancy is two-and-a-half years , it is to manage a winning team next week . |
| 4 | He wrote : My plan was to use familiar material in a watered down way . |
| 5 | " My aim was to secure collective bargaining between employees ' and employers ' representatives and for this both strong union and strong employer organisations were necessary . |
| 6 | The firm 's main work was producing components for aircraft but my job was to investigate new product areas for the company . |
| 7 | She is very old and a bit soft in the head , you know ; my advice is to take this offer before she dies ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ My objective is to win this fight against Tucker and then the one after that and the one after that . |
| 9 | My inclination is to reconsider this summer holiday ritual . |
| 10 | , A test which gives people working with pesticides an indication of the extent of their exposure is to undergo extensive field trials next year . |
| 11 | They said that as communicators and Christians their responsibility is to uphold human dignity and people 's participation in communication and the development process . |
| 12 | Where public projects are financed by taxation , their effect is to reduce private household consumption by reducing the after-tax incomes that households can spend on goods and services . |
| 13 | To earn her displeasure was to forgo all delight ; through the days Nicandra devised love tokens , as much to stimulate interest towards herself as to express her deep affection . |
| 14 | But its effect was to cast serious doubt on the policy of association and to hasten negotiations with the GPRA with a view to total independence . |
| 15 | Their intention was to improve national literacy and technical skills : the provision of an educational ladder for brighter working-class children would increase the pool of highly-skilled manpower . |
| 16 | Their intention was to treat each case on its merits rather than reproduce the traditional left-right divide in British politics . |
| 17 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 18 | Their aim is to develop three demonstrator systems for small to medium sized businesses . |
| 19 | Their aim is to meet potential master licensees and joint venture partners and two franchises on offer are Fantastic Sam 's International Inc , and Magicuts Inc , For more details call Mrs Mickey Boxer or Stephen Lynch on or fax them on |
| 20 | Their aim was to make rural life feasible and culturally viable . |
| 21 | Its aim is to undertake original research on the Northern Ireland economy and on related issues in regional economics . |
| 22 | Its aim is to provide fresh evidence and new insights into the way policy was conducted , and its effects on the economy . |
| 23 | You have to be adjudged ‘ dentally fit ’ to join and its aim is to ensure continuing care . |
| 24 | Its aim was to examine scientific evidence on climate change , assess environmental and socio-economic impacts and formulate realistic response strategies . |
| 25 | Asked how she felt about reducing the 800-year-old hospital to a shadow of itself , she said her aim was to secure better health care for Londoners . |
| 26 | Its author was to have that opportunity later . |
| 27 | Filled with hyperbole , their agenda was to vaunt Italian music not simply as such , but also as a metaphor for social liberty . |
| 28 | Their strategy is to have one member of the team running continuously and carrying the bale , while the other drinks the beer . |
| 29 | They had some support in Parliament , but their strength lay outside it , and their strategy was to mobilize this support , through demonstrations , petitions , and by organizing within the army . |
| 30 | Although he was by no means a radical , he felt that the government 's best chance of maintaining its authority was to give more ground — literally — than it was promising to do . |