Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In establishing its parameters for employment land provision of county in its eight constituent districts , the County Council 's intention has been to sustain and improve the economic wellbeing of the county by ensuring that continuous supply and a wide choice of sites can be made available . |
| 2 | Sir : The Institute of Statisticians ' role over the last 40 years has been to promote and protect the professional integrity of statisticians not only in this country but in the many others covered by our membership ( 'Wide support for impartial check on official statistics ' , 10 October ) . |
| 3 | The Sergeant walked past inspecting the kit , finding fault everywhere ; my mistake had been to try and conceal an unwashed pair of pants in my bag . |
| 4 | Our objectives are to simplify and integrate the two systems , to mount a determined assault on poverty and dependence , and to protect our citizens from want . |
| 5 | If teachers in ordinary schools are to identify and meet the whole range of special needs , including those of children currently in special schools , they are entitled to support . |
| 6 | Typical double-length instructions are to load and store the double-length accumulator , addition and subtraction ; less common are double-length compare and negate . |
| 7 | Choreographers must have been dancers themselves if they are to understand and feel the natural abilities of the body and to allow fur the influence of the techniques in which they have been trained . |
| 8 | I am concerned about the practical effect of the Labour party 's opposition to the Bill , which would be to hamper or prevent the necessary restructuring of the coal industry which we all know to be necessary . |
| 9 | Their job will be to maintain and supply the British troops who safeguard aid convoys |
| 10 | Equally , to sanction an attack upon noble landownership would have been to alienate and undermine the prime basis of support for autocracy . |
| 11 | The nearer the foundations , the more likely they are to unsettle or destabilise the whole structure . |
| 12 | Generally , the only way to find something out is to go and see the individual concerned ; however , appointments can not be made when the phone refuses to work . |
| 13 | The first step is to isolate and disconnect the old radiator . |
| 14 | To cure spin out the aim is to try and spread the sideways force of the sail along the rails of the board , rather than it being concentrated on the straining skeg . |
| 15 | An alternative is to try and utilise the participating adults as observers who might subsequently be able to provide sufficient contextual detail to support interpretations of the transcribed speech . |
| 16 | Casting a critical eye over the mock-up , Adml Eaton said : ‘ We are always wishing to get fewer people in ships and so one of ways is to try and improve the human interface with the machinery . |
| 17 | Mr makes there was an under , enumeration of figures and that has been made clear in the reply the reply is quite clear about the basis on which the structure plan is being promulgated and the total projected total population in two thousand and six regards the historical data , that should be taken , as far as I 'm concerned , as matters of fact , will of course not be absolutely accurate and as far as projected data is concerned all that we can do any of us can do is to try and make the best estimates possible and I am satisfied that our officers will have done that . |
| 18 | The idea is to try and develop a steady build up of air play before the record is released so that on the week of release there is a good demand for the record and this reflects in your chart position . |
| 19 | The next stop is to try and determine the best arrangement of the components on the board , and it often helps if at least the major parts ( large transformers , relays etc. ) are to hand so that the designer can visualise the arrangement of the components . |
| 20 | The aim of the training is to encourage and equip the young people to engage , with the support of other services , in economic activity and if possible to start a cooperative business . |
| 21 | The first task , you will discover , is to find and fit the rechargeable battery . |
| 22 | The user must now edit the module header to include all the other modules which the package is to contain and to replace the dummy entries which were added to the header as defaults by LIFESPAN . |
| 23 | The first phase of the current project , now underway , is to clean and consolidate the outside walls . |
| 24 | The specific function of the agents of transnational political practices is to create and sustain the organizational forms within which this penetration takes place and to connect them organically with those domestic practices that can be incorporated and mobilized in the interests of the global capitalist system . |
| 25 | Their aim is to explore and describe the internal social systems that govern behaviour in these communities , and of course they gain access to these systems through studying overt behaviour in the communities . |
| 26 | ‘ The role of the theatre in times like today is to elucidate and give a positive lead . ’ |
| 27 | The easiest way to exercise this type of control over index terms is to list or store the acceptable terms in a vocabulary . |
| 28 | The aim is to identify and evaluate the environmental effects of a project in its design , construction and operation . |
| 29 | The challenge is to strengthen and deepen the economic reform process . |
| 30 | A further area of insight suggested ( ibid. ) is to recognise and respect the ideal or inner age of the person ; how old does he/she feel inside today ? |