Example sentences of "be [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are pressing their government to stop the diving and turn Truk into a war grave . |
| 2 | By listening closely to what chefs want from their equipment and by striving to scale new heights in service and product development , they are doing their utmost to meet the needs of the modern caterer . |
| 3 | Theses are the people that cause the problems and I have had enough and when at the same time you do n't believe the slogans they are shotuing its time to leave the Labour Party . |
| 4 | This evening Bob will be changing his amendment to read the funds will be provided rather than consideration . |
| 5 | Over the last five years or so , the ICA has been changing its focus to establish the basis of new and largely post-modernist attitudes to art . |
| 6 | Trade unions were debating their right to use the strike weapon to achieve political demands ( including the release of conscientious objectors still languishing in jail ) , while Cabinet Ministers suffered periodic bouts of panic that the revolution was about to break out . |
| 7 | Hubert Thomas , the father of Gordon Thomas , told the Parliamentary Committee of 1893–4 that he had been advising his Committee to buy the Union for some thirty years . |
| 8 | Is this due to changing ideas about how the British system of government should be organised , widely held , or is it simply that the government of the day is using its power to change the system in the pursuit of its own political goals ? |
| 9 | said yeah , Richard is using your address to put the banns in here with Angela |
| 10 | FRANCE is building nuclear power stations at a rate that is outstripping its ability to handle the radioactive waste that the stations produce , says a report commissioned by the French government . |
| 11 | It is withdrawing its application to build the Biotechnikum at its Basle works . |
| 12 | The examples are endless , so if you decide that Christmas presents are appropriate for your operation all you have to do is use your imagination to find the right creative approach . |
| 13 | SHOE firm Church is doing its bit to balance the yearly £200 million we spend on Italian footwear by opening a shop in Milan tomorrow . |
| 14 | So while the world is doing its utmost to damage your hair , you can rest assured that the Gliss Corimist Hair Repair Programme is doing its utmost to undo the damage . |
| 15 | ACTOR Tom Conti is doing his bit to help the ailing economy by buying only British goods . |
| 16 | And Johnny 's doing his bit to introduce the youngsters to the animal kingdom … |
| 17 | With the aid of rare signed texts , Dr Friedman is programming his computer to recognise the shapes of strokes in the hands of various writers . |
| 18 | ‘ The truth is that the station was meeting its obligation to cover the views of representatives of legal opposition parties , as well as of the families of military officials detained after the coup attempt , ’ said Mauricio Brunner , Coordinator of Centro Guarura . |
| 19 | Well , one of the first things I did on applying for this job was to announce my intention to end the repellent Billy Bullshit column . |
| 20 | He was doing his bit to save the world . |
| 21 | However , just as Mungo was lowering his head to clear the opening , something made him turn back . |