Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I would like to point out in this video , and on the brochure that goes with it , actually says the rest of the field are there to follow on horseback or on foot or by car , very few people indeed actually witness the death of a fox . |
| 2 | The Tyneside experience seems to be that in ‘ gentrified ’ areas this will happen , but in areas which retain their original working-class population as owners rather than tenants , then grant aid is necessary if the stock is not to deteriorate beyond redemption . |
| 3 | A new experiment is about to come on line . |
| 4 | The aim of this study is thus to examine in detail different kinds of provision for children with special needs in the first year of secondary schooling . |
| 5 | as smokers but coming on to th the real point of the experiment was n't to look at fitness , and was n't just to set up a stop smoking project , but what I wanted to look at was whether people gain weight or not . |
| 6 | Emancipation was not to arrive without conflict and growing recognition of that truth stimulated a more radical strain in antislavery which took the form of the demand for immediate emancipation . |
| 7 | Direct English military intervention was now necessary if the duchy were not to collapse into chaos . |
| 8 | If self-examination is not to deteriorate into introspection or be ignored we need wise guides with whom to articulate the inner movement of our spirits and the outer movement of our lives . |
| 9 | An increased ceiling was also to apply in respect of rebates for the community charge ( poll tax ) which was being introduced in England and Wales from April 1 , 1990 , to replace domestic rates [ see below ] . |
| 10 | He had a new studio , a real home was about to swing into life , and , most wonderful of all , he had a studio with a cradle and a baby 's pot in it . |
| 11 | A new German willingness to compromise on farm subsidies , however , emerged on Oct. 9 , and by Oct. 14 the GATT Director-General Arthur Dunkel was able to tell the IMF/World Bank meeting in Bangkok that there were real prospects of concluding the Uruguay Round by end-year , a deadline he had presented as crucial if the whole process were not to end in failure . |
| 12 | for the supply of goods or services and the supplier 's main business is not to engage in investment business |
| 13 | And for the chairman of the bank to be showing particular interest in him might alert people who , if the truth is ever to come to light , ought not to be alerted . " |
| 14 | In England the custom was still to rely on pew rents and on subscriptions being paid directly to the chapel . |
| 15 | Friends , he would have said , agree because they already agree , not because they persuade one another , and the achievement of the group was less to instruct in virtue or in doctrine than to reassure themselves , and others , that religion and modern literature can live together , and that there were those on earth — a previous few — of sympathetic piety and like mind . |
| 16 | The 44ft ( 13.4m ) yacht belongs to the charter company International Ocean Ventures and her nine crew were there to learn about ocean cruising — the hard way . |
| 17 | In relation to clauses which impose a monetary limit on damages recoverable in the event of breach of contract , the court is also to take into account : ( a ) the resources which [ the party seeking to rely on the clause ] could expect to be available to him for the purpose of meeting the liability should it arise ; and ( b ) how far it was open to him to cover himself by insurance . |
| 18 | To accept Nozick 's criticism is not to judge in favour of Nozick 's conception of justice against Rawls , any more than acceptance of Gilligan 's argument involves rejection of Kohlberg 's abstract principles of justice . |
| 19 | The Guidelines issued by SCOTVEC to panel members explained that the main purpose of a validation event was not to scrutinise in detail the documentation but rather to use the information provided to enable an informed discussion about the proposal to take place . |
| 20 | The new king was then to appoint as bishop his old friend , the priest Riculf , whose namesake was to become archdeacon : Leudast was to become a dux . |
| 21 | The tell-tale signs of drug use are mainly to do with behaviour ; sudden mood swings , poor concentration , disturbed sleep patterns , apathy , loss of memory and , if the addiction is an expensive one , stealing and lying . |
| 22 | It also seems to be more of a woman 's forte to keep in touch with what is happening in the future . |
| 23 | On Tyneside , branded farm assured Northumbria lamb is about to go on sale at a leading retailer . |
| 24 | Her father was about to leave for work , by the time she had showered and dressed . |
| 25 | The officers of the Hei-Ho were all Japanese ; their role was mainly to operate as labour battalions . |
| 26 | Exhibitions are not strictly speaking sales settings because the prime objective is not to sell from display stands . |
| 27 | The modern trend is therefore to regard as part of the contract description only those contract words which help in ‘ identifying ’ the goods . |
| 28 | As Derrida ( 1978b , p. 234 ) noted , Artaudian theatre was not to refer to life or represent life but instead to be life . |
| 29 | Most important of all was the fact that he was devoted to imperial service ; thus his role as chancellor and Barbarossa 's role as emperor were seldom to come into conflict . |
| 30 | In this tradition the role of the PRO is not to direct on behalf of the public good but to guide and co-ordinate the activities of quasi-sovereign government departments . |