Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [to-vb] [prep] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The task of the Metropolitan Museum is to break through that silence and communicate — simply and conveniently — the full life of a work of art ’ . |
| 2 | Our aim is to improve on that record still further . |
| 3 | The emperor 's approach is to adhere to that principle and hold the trust to be valid in so far as it does not conflict with it : that is , as far as the daughter benefited under her father 's will . |
| 4 | The safer approach is to start with that evidence which is directly relevant . |
| 5 | I think the key thing is to listen to that instinct as it 's most probably the thing that has the highest chance of being right . |
| 6 | Adopting as a precedent the order made by this Board in Baksh v. The Queen [ 1958 ] A.C. 167 , 172 , their Lordships consider that this is a case in which the right course is to rely for that purpose on the judicial discretion and experience of the court in Jamaica . |
| 7 | And the temptation is to look at that list and say wonderful I can start phoning prospects that the doctors have already lined up for me . |
| 8 | We must have many other things to say — to women about their interests , needs and values , to constitutional reformers about decentralisation and pluralism , to the party itself about democratising our own affairs , to our European partners about a new European agenda — but our main task is to identify with that majority constituency . |