Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] have [be] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my skill has been to take the legacy and build on it . |
| 2 | In this introductory discussion , my concern has been to stress the need for empathy and the difficulties in achieving it in relation to old people . |
| 3 | ‘ My objective has been to strengthen the recovery by giving help to business . |
| 4 | Their job had been to locate the communications nerve-centres surrounding Bremen . |
| 5 | Their aim has been to alter the way in which management perceives its interests , calculates costs and benefits , and establishes objectives . |
| 6 | Her aim had been to get the girls excited about mathematics , and to give them confidence in their own ability . |
| 7 | Pat Nevin endured one of his less effective nights , but the beauty of his signing has been to bring the best out of Morrissey . |
| 8 | ‘ The prime objectives of our project have been to maximise the machine 's productive capacity and at the same time to minimise possible losses , ’ she added . |
| 9 | Part of my job as your representative has been to put the views and ideas offered by you , the teacher , to the organising committees of the Society . |