Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 2 | As a result , one of the central policy priorities of government has been to strengthen significantly the academic infrastructure so that research and postgraduate training activities are adequate to meet the future needs of industry , especially in what have been termed ‘ exploitable areas of science ’ . |
| 3 | All cities have different records in this respect and they all merit individual research if we are to piece together the various aspects of post-war urban development ( Manchester 's Moss-side development was different from Sheffield 's Park Hill estate of ‘ streets in the sky ’ , and different again from Newcastle 's development at Byker , with its famous ‘ wall ’ ) . |
| 4 | Mr Ciampi 's first priority will be to carry out the electoral reforms overwhelmingly endorsed by Italian voters by referendum in mid April . |
| 5 | ‘ The fascinating thing ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ would be to find out the real limit of this power of yours . |
| 6 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 7 | The biggest task of the Leftist Unity party will be to lure away the working class from the Socialists . |
| 8 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 9 | One of his tasks will be to bring in the national lottery . |
| 10 | Moreover , as the University validates the Normal College 's courses , it would seem to us that whatever the pros and cons of retaining a local authority based teacher-training institution in Gwynedd , a much more sensible long-term solution would have been to integrate both the Normal College and St Mary 's College into the University College of North Wales when that opportunity arose after 1974 . |
| 11 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 12 | By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving . |
| 13 | It was to be another twelve months before the inhabitants of the valley , including the people settled here at Halling , were to see again the Roman Armies , with the local menfolk Possibly among the British force opposing them . |
| 14 | The intentions behind the important reforms of 1988 were to tighten up the social security system in order to reduce the disincentives to work recognized as inherent in the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ ( see Tables 16.7 and 16 . |
| 15 | Intentionality is usually overlooked by causal theorists who tend to see their job as being to sort out the afferent limb . |
| 16 | Then came the two incidents that were to echo down the long ages of Elf history and set the stage for the great dramas that were to follow . |
| 17 | Ryzhkov told Prunskiene that the Soviet authorities were to allow unconditionally the partial resumption of natural gas and raw material supplies to selected Lithuanian enterprises ( the gas supplies resumed on June 16 ) . |
| 18 | It was the random collisions melding the rocky substances , plus turbulent accretions , that were to make up the inner planets . |
| 19 | The second aim is to see how the above measures over the course of a school year . |
| 20 | The particular purpose of this Synod is to see how the consecrated life can ‘ shine forth ’ more fully in the church 's life and mission . |
| 21 | The best strategy with this project is to carry out the initial development and , if it is successful within 2 years , launch the project . |
| 22 | The best strategy with this project is to carry out the initial development and , if it is successful within 2 years , launch the project . |
| 23 | Sodium channels are uniquely found in animal cells , they 're not present in plants or fungi or bacteria , and they 're found on the plasma membrane , and their role is to carry out the depolarizing phase of an action potential . |
| 24 | Again , this is to drive down the net asset value of the business . |
| 25 | Okay and in fact I 've given you part of your homework is to write out the technical names . |
| 26 | One possible method is to work out the electric field due to a point charge pi dz located at z and then add the field due to all the other point charges present . |
| 27 | The purpose of the project is to spell out the explicit philosophy of power , equality , and materiality expressed by the Piaroa in cosmology , shamanic exegesis of it , and in daily rhetoric , to relate this philosophy to everyday practice , and to define in which ways the Piaroa rhetoric of equality and individualism is to be taken seriously as a fact of daily life . |
| 28 | So the usual thing eventually after five months waiting for payment is to find out the bloody solicitor that told them this you see and inform the the solicitors that er his client has not yet paid us and we it ought to be done and eventually that 's how we get the money . |
| 29 | The first thing we need to do is to set up the vertical grid on the page . |
| 30 | The purpose of the Corporate Finance Manual is to set out the required procedures and technical standards for all Special Engagements . |