Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pers pn] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The cumulative effect of the language of the British inner city has been to give it a contradictory definition , as a conceptual space both inside and outside of society . |
2 | To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice . |
3 | They confirmed that Laura 's best hope of life would be to give her a new bowel , stomach , pancreas , liver and kidneys . |
4 | A long-term , good investment would be to give him a separate building in which to tell the tale of twentieth-century art before the twentieth century is quite at an end . |
5 | Eliot 's concerns were to make him a natural contributor to The Rock where the theme of the city would again be combined with a new modification of the theme of the savage . |
6 | Right , correction , one lady does n't , but those who do go back to the Property Committee and I would say that erm if this were to happen , and the County Council were to make it a permanent site in that particular position , we could lay a charge of gross negligence , or even mis-appropriation of assets . |
7 | One way of making people express themselves is to give them a Russian Doll . |
8 | All you need is to give them a regular supply of food and water . |
9 | One way to do this is to give them a hefty shove and hurl them together so fast that their mutual electrical repulsion can not resist , as in the Sun where the temperature at the centre is so great that the protons are highly agitated and occasionally collide at which point the energy-liberating fusion mechanisms take over . |
10 | Because what I really want , after all , is to give them a true belief , and I know very well that , although I want my own beliefs to be true ( because that 's what makes them useful ) , we can all make mistakes . |
11 | So the chief objective of Styled is to give you a visual impression of the text . |
12 | This note is to give you a quick update — the report still has to go to the Computer Needs Group . |
13 | Erm there is to give you a little bit of an idea of hoe those rules would apply and who comes into it A well known family tree for you just to look at . |
14 | Engineers know that the way to make something that resists damage is to give it a modular structure . |
15 | For the Spirit 's work in assurance is to give us a firm foundation to build on , not to make us arrogant ; the ‘ already ’ and the ‘ not yet ’ of the Spirit 's internal witness enable us to be sure without being cocksure . |
16 | ‘ This red wine is to wish you a warm welcome . |
17 | Right there in the room with the killer , and all you can think of is to show him a good place to slug you . ’ |
18 | With a ground capacity of 6,000 , the intention is to make it an all-ticket match , with members being given the first option . |
19 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
20 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
21 | He did go back to London ; he did defy the might of Zanuck , but the canny Alex Korda in London stitched up the contract later which , yes , was to give him a million dollars , but also tie him to some terrible films . |
22 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
23 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
24 | In 1168 Geoffrey stood on the threshold of a long and turbulent career which was to earn him a great reputation as a knight both in Europe and on crusade and to help lift his dynasty out of the ranks of the barons of Poitou and place it firmly among the leading princes of Christendom . |
25 | In July 1568 , he was appointed to the Commission of Sewers , along with Lord Cobham , a position he was to hold for many years and which was to make him a close friend of Lord Cobham until Cobham 's death . |