Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] be [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The train of thought that begins like this is as slippery as an eel , and the only effective way to catch it is to examine the truth of the matter . |
| 2 | The only way he was able to free himself was to grab the branch and work against the current , going back the way he came in . |
| 3 | We have always said that the proper way to do it is to have the service areas there and ready to open on the day the motorway itself is opened to traffic . |
| 4 | The dedication was a gesture of pained sorrow at his father 's death as much as an act of filial piety , and the natural way to do it was to reproduce the style and character of his essentially Edwardian father . |
| 5 | But maybe the offer is refused because the kitchen sink has been enthroned as the living nerve-centre of the home , and to abandon it is to lose the right to be considered worthy and hard-working ; she who washes the dishes puts everybody else under an obligation . |
| 6 | In 1975 it was acquired by the Sumitomo Group following Ataka 's bankruptcy and donated to the city of Osaka , together with the money to build what was to become the Museum of Oriental Ceramics . |
| 7 | ‘ To see her is to start the day well , ’ the Trade Attaché whispered . |
| 8 | To control them is to control the way government policy is implemented , and in the past they were the means by which Scotland adapted Westminster 's diktats to suit Scotland 's needs . |
| 9 | ‘ He said it was inevitable , that bad blood would always surface in the next generation , and that the only way he could hope to save me was to chase the devil from my soul before he got a proper hold . ’ |
| 10 | The only way to control it is to eradicate the carrier , usually by spraying with powerful insecticide . |
| 11 | Each of these secondary attacks should be treated as having WS 25 and S 3 ; it is impossible to destroy everything in the room which is capable of delivering these attacks , and the only way to stop them is to destroy the clock . |
| 12 | It says leadership by the poor peasants is absolutely necessary , without the poor peasants there will be no revolution , to deny their role is to deny the revolution , to attack them is to attack the revolution . |
| 13 | The only way to stabilise them is to limit the growth in air traffic . |