Example sentences of "be to do [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The best approach would have been to do the more straightforward bits first and to spend only the allocated time — 36 minutes — and no longer . |
| 2 | … most of the theft-murders that have resulted in capital convictions since the Act have been committed by stupid persons , who had not the sense to see how easily they could be caught , and how much safer it would have been to do the job in a different way . |
| 3 | Cheaper alternatives to turning up the central heating are to do a brief bout of gentle exercise , which increases body heat from the inside , or to wrap up well , which reduces loss to the outside . |
| 4 | I 've heard that KING KURT have reformed and are to do a London gig . |
| 5 | Giving parents a measure of choice would , it was argued , be more likely to secure their involvement in the school and in their child 's schooling : ‘ They are more likely to support a school they have freely chosen and to give it the loyalty which is so essential if their children are to do the same . ’ |
| 6 | There is only limited opportunity , in effect , to break the patterned nature of their work if field men are to do the other things required of them . |
| 7 | Not many other people take it , either , but we could all read in our own newspapers that it was supporting Labour , and I should have thought a normal reaction among honest Britons , who have grown to mistrust businessmen in the age of takeovers , would be to do the opposite . |
| 8 | By now it had become clear that the way to approach the show would be to do the linking material as near to Joyce 's as I could , but to do the sketches very much more as I would approach them as an actress . |
| 9 | job if there 's gon na be an exercise or a they like it to be a real-life practical situation , almost like a simulation of the job rather than something that 's er for example if you were to do a case study , pragmatists would like it be in an insurance-related case study and it could be related to their job very . |
| 10 | Air operations in Hawaii were put under the direction of Lt Col Art Wildern ( USAF , ret ) who hired and trained the second crew of pilots who were to do the flying in Hawaii . |
| 11 | He is to do a lot less swinging . |
| 12 | The thing is to do a little bit often . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ His business , ’ one observer noted of Pillai , ‘ is to do a good job , whether the job is the procuring of animal manure or the crushing of nationalism or the nursing of village sports . ’ |
| 14 | The best approach is to do a little hard work every day , exercising enough to become breathless and increase the heart beat . |
| 15 | The biggest single change you can make in your lifestyle is to do a personal food and drink audit — an awareness audit of what you eat and drink . |
| 16 | Separately , Computer Associates International Inc , which is already doing Unix versions of its mainframe software , is to do a version of its Unicenter systems management software for Microsoft Windows NT . |
| 17 | The answer is to do a Save As rather than a Save . |
| 18 | The usual way of finding out what sort of Christmas the trade had , or what the high street thinks of the year just finished , is to do a ring round of booksellers and publishers and then report the opinions thus canvassed . |
| 19 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 20 | All he needs to do is to do a photocopy |
| 21 | When you start is to do a thing , put that mallet down like that and then line up the which you need to go . |
| 22 | Oscar Wilde once said something marvellous , he said ‘ the nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously and have somebody find out ’ er I believe from a religious perspective that every good deed I know somebody finds out and that it 's , it 's not really lost . |
| 23 | ‘ My dream is to do an animated film . |
| 24 | ‘ My dream is to do an animated film . |
| 25 | To suggest that it could be or has been ‘ proved ’ by archaeologists is to do the story a great disservice . |
| 26 | All you can do , if you decide to develop your spiritual self , is to do the best you can in an imperfect situation . |
| 27 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 28 | The professional way , though , is to do the transfer on a special sound recorder which is synchronised electronically to the actual video pictures . |
| 29 | ‘ The perfect solution for him is to do the same as Tom Goddard . |
| 30 | How do they decide which of them is to do the job that month ? |