Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of this chapter is to fill out certain of the areas of the study of crime which have been discussed or referred to in earlier chapters , and to provide readings or extracts from original sociological work in this field . |
| 2 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 3 | A MYSTERY buyer is to take over one of Edinburgh 's leading shopping centres . |
| 4 | The idea is to mop up some of the surplus spending power that is causing inflation . |
| 5 | They found that a local custom in the country was to walk around barefoot at all times of the year and in all weathers . |
| 6 | The solution was to take over some of the unconverted part of the attic . |