Example sentences of "[modal v] be [verb] [noun sg] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think our first priority should be to get Kirsty to bed . ’ |
| 2 | Physicists might be reducing chemistry to physics , but chemists seemed to be reducing biology to chemistry . |
| 3 | Ramblers who fear they could be denied access to Forestry Commission land if it 's privatised have won the support of the Labour Party . |
| 4 | The Justice Ministry said that Judge Ahmed Taher al-Zawi would be seeking access to evidence held by the British and US legal authorities . |
| 5 | The first step would be to confine voting to life peers . |
| 6 | ( Harry had decided that to pay for entertaining Nadine Cunningham would be to add insult to injury . ) |
| 7 | And Madam , I 'd also ask you to say that to him to pay compensation for the minor injuries she 's suf she 's suffered and of course you have to consider that 's a point in a case involving assault , would be to add insult to injury , and would not assist the parties in coming to terms with their relationship and hopefully attempting a reconciliation . |
| 8 | It can be spread person to person . |