Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [to-vb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has indeed been shown for some chemicals , but the usual effect is to lower resistance to disease , rather than to make allergies more likely . |
| 2 | The first is to provide a sampling facility and the second is to draw attention to products which might otherwise be overlooked . |
| 3 | Stockton Council is to improve access to Bowesfield Pond for the disabled and people with pushchairs after the leisure services committee was told large gates were causing problems . |
| 4 | Supplementary Benefit was to give way to Income Support and the much-abused system of single payment was to be replaced by a Social Fund ; Housing Benefit was to be reformed so that it did not discriminate against the low-paid in work ; and the whole social security system was to be simplified . |
| 5 | Their aim is to give aid to groups of people who are held to be disadvantaged for any reason — because of ethnic origin , sex , sexual preference , age , unemployment or any kind of disability . |
| 6 | Reading and Thinking in English is aimed at a wide range of learners whose ‘ main need is to gain access to information through English . ’ |
| 7 | The aim was to confine attention to people who had frequent contact with the dementia sufferer , rather than interviewing all nearest relatives , who might or might not have contact with him or her . |
| 8 | The purpose of this Commissioner is to give assistance to members of the public wishing to sue a trade union if their supply of goods or services is affected by industrial action . |
| 9 | that the purpose of the Video is to teach English to learners of English as a foreign language . |
| 10 | that the purpose of the Video is to teach English to learners of English as a foreign language . |
| 11 | that the purpose of the Video is to teach English to learners of English as a foreign language . |
| 12 | The principal objectives of EC policy were to provide aid to areas of industrial decline or slow development with a simple criterion for aid eligibility . |
| 13 | The main aim of emergency planning is to reduce risk to people , equipment and the environment . |
| 14 | The burden of Frankenstein 's thought is that man 's concern is to set nature to rights . |
| 15 | For the task of the Spirit is to bear witness to Jesus . |
| 16 | The important thing is to harness growth to self-knowledge , a ready acceptance of change , swift-moving business practice and sound judgement . |
| 17 | The aim of the walk is to demonstrate opposition to prospecting , quarrying , mining , dumping and speculative developments in the area and to support the maintenance of rights of way . |
| 18 | The essential principle which lies behind the Code is that the professional librarian 's prime duty is to facilitate access to materials and information in order to meet the requirement of the client , irrespective of the librarian 's personal interests and views on the content of the material and the client 's requirement . |
| 19 | Rather , the aim of the semantic processor is to give preference to words that are semantically acceptable over those that are not . |
| 20 | Its function is to stop injury to staff and prisoners alike . |
| 21 | The reason for storing data and keeping it up to date is to provide information to managers for decisions . |
| 22 | The product of the flowrate and the dilution factor give a numerical value for the odour emission , which whilst not a direct measurement of odour nuisance is shown to be a guide : the higher the emission the more likely the odour is to give rise to complaints and therefore more likely to amount to a nuisance at law . |
| 23 | Mission Volga 's main purpose was to bring hope to people in the midst of hopelessness in a country of continued political unrest and financial chaos . |
| 24 | At Cambuskenneth Abbey twelve years later the Scots Parliament was to swear allegiance to King Robert 's chosen successor , and a later king , James III , was to be buried here after his murder in 1488 . |
| 25 | After identification of the problem to be addressed , the next stage is to draw attention to ideas which bear upon it for interpretation and conceptual evaluation . |
| 26 | The solution is to make use to layers to separate out the drawing into smaller sections that can be worked on and redrawn in a reasonable time . |