Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obvious that the more we are aware of the feelings , the more we understand about the filter and the better placed we are to minister to an individual 's needs . |
| 2 | Whatever the outcome of the Higginson Committee 's inquiry may be , if we are to see a radical improvement in secondary education , we must learn to think not merely of a new form of examination ( and therefore presumably a novel kind of syllabus that will lead to it ) but of a wholly new approach to those studies that we wish to retain in the sixth forms at school , and how these studies are to relate to the pupils ' next step , when they leave school . |
| 3 | The mandate , it seems , extends to discussing directly with Andrea Corcoran , the engaging lawyer whose unfortunate task it has been to negotiate on the CFTC 's behalf , a solution to the intricate questions of extra-territoriality and segregation of clients ' funds on the London Metal Exchange . |
| 4 | ‘ If we are to compete with the world 's best 10 we have to ensure that our productivity matches theirs . |
| 5 | It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) . |
| 6 | Phase two will be to build on the group 's strong brand names Union Locks , Lips Safes , and Pyrene fire detection all of which are well known . |
| 7 | A major task this year will be to prepare for the association 's fifth world conference , to be held in Mexico , 20–27 September . |
| 8 | Most appropriately , his approach has been to break through the author 's privacy , effectively dragging him out of the closet and giving an imaginative frame to the book by presenting the deplorable facts of Burroughs 's life . |
| 9 | If ever the Royal Warrant were to appear on a headhunter 's letterhead , it would be Spencer Stuart 's , except that they would be too modest and discreet to make it public knowledge . |
| 10 | It was not until 1876 that she started the meetings for mothers which were to develop into the Mothers ' Union . |
| 11 | Throughout the 1970s all of these elements were to feature in the Council 's attempts to find the appropriate balances under its Charter , and to handle the increasingly complex range of subjects and institutions . |
| 12 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 13 | The scheme is to go before the island 's Legislative Council for approval in defiance of its giant neighbour . |
| 14 | One of the main tasks of this Committee is to liaise with the Architects ' Council of Europe ( ACE ) . |
| 15 | The testator has instituted his sons heirs , and set up a trust : whichever dies first , if he dies childless , is to make over his share of the estate to his brother ; if both die childless the whole is to pass to the testator 's granddaughter . |
| 16 | The statue , by Philip Jackson , vice-president of the Royal Society of British Sculptors , is to stand at the museum 's entrance gates . |
| 17 | Theirs are the more menial chores in Hell — the fetching and carrying of water , for instance — and their reward is to suckle at a witch 's nipples . |
| 18 | One of the most important tasks in analysing intonation is to listen to the speaker 's pitch and recognise what it is doing ; this is not an easy thing to do , and it seems to be a quite different skill from that acquired in studying segmental phonetics . |
| 19 | A crude but effective method is to look at the rider 's backside and pick a horse with one to match ! |
| 20 | IT is true that we need a free Press to curb Government excesses , but intruding into people 's privacy and using heavy-handed tactics in stories concerning tragedy is to play into the Government 's hands . |
| 21 | Relative to the matter in hand I take it to mean that it is to do with the budget er to prepare for this County and do not er to be the irrelevancies of machination in other places . |
| 22 | His or her job is to deal with the child 's physical needs ( e.g. arising from incontinence , lack of mobility or impaired speech ) rather than to help teach the whole class . |
| 23 | Obviously the first thing to do is to deal with the family 's emotional problem as well as your own . |
| 24 | Peter Brook 's central achievement in the television version is to seize on the screen 's ability to make a seamless connection between two senses of ‘ illusion ’ , the philosopher 's and the magician 's . |
| 25 | The second is to act as the government 's agent , both as its banker and in carrying out monetary policy . |
| 26 | Relaunched on a regular basis , its intention is to bring to the public 's attention the fact that many who would otherwise have valid personal injury cl aims never proceed with them . |
| 27 | A useful first step is to dispose of the workers ' own mother with her propensity to produce competing brood . |
| 28 | Notes 1.11.2 ( i ) What we are actually doing in 1.11.1(i) is to associate with the sequence unc and the element c ε J the element unc in J. |
| 29 | The lower servants , if male , are to congregate in the servants ' hall ; if female , in the women 's workroom . |
| 30 | He was terrified of the Sultan , but for his own safety decided the best policy was to cling to the Tughluk 's fingertips ‘ and every time he said any encouraging word to me I kissed his hand , until I had kissed it seven times . ’ |