Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [pron] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 2 | The aim of the game is to see which of the teams can fill up their glass the first . |
| 3 | The choreographer 's problem is to select which of the movements are appropriate , when and how they are to be incorporated and what style and quality they require . |
| 4 | The role of the examinations is to determine which of the candidates have reached a set standard . |
| 5 | The idea here is to decide which of the possibilities is the most likely one . |
| 6 | Milton 's task , of course , is to convince us of the sin involved . |
| 7 | The object in this chapter is to convey something of the nature and application of these techniques without going into detailed descriptions . |
| 8 | All I can do is to tell them of the number and variety involved , and point them to some background reading . |