Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [prep] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crews and owners had been reflecting on how best to continue to operate in the Gulf . |
| 2 | This realization has led to a great deal of debate and , although it can not be said that a general consensus has been reached on how best to define development , a good deal of light has been shed on the processes involved in different types of development . |
| 3 | Child and adolescent attempters are a group with special requirements , and careful thought should be given to how best to meet their needs . |
| 4 | The Nazi state itself was fraught with internal contradictions , and in the last resort , the Soviet Union could be relied upon not only to oppose fascist aggression , but also to thwart the potentially treacherous politics of reactionary French and British governments . |
| 5 | It is likely that the present computer room will be used at least temporarily to house the central processing equipment . |
| 6 | MID WALES : New sources of sand , gravel and crushed rock will be needed to not only to meet the demand in Mid Wales , but adjoining areas of England as well . |
| 7 | The gutter is supported at frequent intervals on brackets which can be raised or lowered to determine its ‘ fall ’ , and gutters must run to a good fall and should be cleaned at least annually to free them of leaves and mud ; they must not sag between brackets . |
| 8 | The increase in the number of single-parent families has been detailed in Part I. The rise has been so significant that , had it not been overshadowed by the advent of mass unemployment , much of today 's public debate about welfare reform would be centred on how best to help this group of claimants . |
| 9 | Selfing populations of plants could be valuable material , although the retention of unused yet presumably expensive floral features in some populations raised doubts as to whether they have been selfing for long enough to reach evolutionary equilibrium . |
| 10 | However , virtually all were designed at least partially to house people and jobs from the older urban cores . |
| 11 | Mr Li quickly adopted a more reformist tone — a change that is thought at least temporarily to have saved his career . |
| 12 | Martin Luther King is dragged in yet again to deliver his ‘ I Have A Dream ’ speech . |
| 13 | Historians are divided on how seriously to take this association idea . |