Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four hospitals in the central south area are to carry out a pilot study in running their own affairs , a first step towards opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 2 | BEREAVED parents Roy and Linda Grainger are to set up a brain tumour association as a tribute to their little girl who lost her battle against cancer . |
| 3 | BEREAVED parents Roy and Linda Grainger are to set up a support group as a tribute to their little girl who lost her battle against brain cancer . |
| 4 | Despite financial difficulty , the Greens are to put forward a record number of candidates in the forthcoming general election — 332 in the case of a June poll and 400 in the case of an autumn election . |
| 5 | If the evidence is favourable then the next step will be to set up a design team containing members covering the relevant range of expertise . |
| 6 | Deciding now to take up the practice of law again , Herbert thought that the best opening would be to build up a country practice . |
| 7 | If I were to draw up a spec list of preferred bass amp facilities , the resulting layout would probably look similar to the Hartke 's : uncluttered and functional . |
| 8 | Our intention is to carry out a field test with gel in 1994–95 , with Gyda being one of the candidates . |
| 9 | He has done his best , as have other surgeons and doctors at the hospital , to persuade the mother that the only means of saving her life , and also I emphasise the life of her unborn child , is to carry out a Caesarean section operation . |
| 10 | When measuring success and failure , the standard referential communication approach to the problem is to carry out a task analysis to determine which critical features need to be communicated for a successful outcome . |
| 11 | The 308 Sub Aqua Club project is to carry out a predisturbance survey of the remains and form a site plan . |
| 12 | The easiest way of assessing the abundance of potential prey species is to work out a density value ( number of individuals per square metre of rock surface ) for each one . |
| 13 | The idea is to set up a Telephone Preference Service . |
| 14 | The aim is to set up a core consortium group by the end of the month . |
| 15 | The next thing to do whilst it is still taped to the light box is to draw up a component layout diagram , actual size . |
| 16 | So the most helpful thing to do before you start shopping is to draw up a scale plan of the room . |
| 17 | The objective of their ‘ Unified Unix ’ vision is to put together a cost structure for open operating environments that can match NT on the desktop . |
| 18 | The objective of their ‘ Unified Unix ’ vision ( UX No 429 ) , is to put together a cost structure for open operating environments that can match NT on the desktop . |
| 19 | You have to repeat the same size cut on the rootstock stem but , as it will probably be a slightly different thickness , you will not need to cut in quite so deeply ( the object is to take out a shield shape that the bud will fit as perfectly as possible ) . |
| 20 | The aim of this project is to collect systematically a data base which will serve as a permanent collection open to all researchers in the UK . |
| 21 | The purpose of Study 2 was to carry out a laboratory task which allowed measurement of feelings of risk and a controlled test of memory for driving situations . |
| 22 | The purpose of the law , which was not widely practised by the time of Jesus , was to preserve both a family line and the inheritance of family possessions and property . |
| 23 | One of the first changes Laura made to Rhydoldog was to set up a telex room and offices at the end of the corridor on the ground floor . |
| 24 | The first thing Harold Wilson did when he arrived in office was to set up a Policy Unit inside Number Ten , to work on short-term , day-to-day problems . |
| 25 | That report had two main objectives one was to establish a clear policy for G M B health and safety the second was to set out a training programme to establish the G M B's role in health and safety . |
| 26 | One collective line of approach adopted by the GCC was to put forward a draft resolution to the UN Security Council , so worded as to highlight the Iranian role in endangering shipping , while remaining silent on that of Iraq . |
| 27 | The last time it was asked about them by The Times , the best that it could do was to put up a research assistant to the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) to answer . |
| 28 | If one was to draw up a balance sheet of terrorism and murder involving innocent people it is likely that Mossad , the Israeli government and the CIA would easily exceed Arafat 's record depending , of course , upon how you choose to define terrorism . |
| 29 | King demonstrated for me how easy it was to knock up a backing track in his home studio and then erase it again at the touch of a button . |
| 30 | What we did at that point , was to get together a task force of people to examine the idea and where it was going : the people doing the work and the people who were likely to understand the most likely market — put them together in one room to reason their way through to the fact that we really ought to drop the project . |