Example sentences of "[modal v] be [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best solution may be to leave them with the society . |
| 2 | The longer they had in order to establish this bit of coast as an aristocratic retreat , the easier it would be to turn it into a fashionable resort when time and money offered . |
| 3 | The best precaution would be to deposit them with the bank . |
| 4 | Perhaps the only way of getting a picture would be to take one in a bird sanctuary . |
| 5 | I think the best thing there would be to leave it for a week , |
| 6 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 7 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 8 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 9 | To crush strikes and abandon political reform would be to throw himself into the arms of those groups wedded not just to authoritarian politics but to neo-Stalinist economic institutions and principles . |
| 10 | now if we 've got a tap handy probably the best thing would be to run it under the cold tap and that hopefully would take away any dirt and extra bits and pieces that are stuck around it . |
| 11 | My aim would be to fit myself into the game unobtrusively … |
| 12 | In most literary essays your central concern will be to say something about a text ; and most of what you need will be there , in the text itself . |
| 13 | Your job will be to place it on the barbecue and keep it turned . |