Example sentences of "is to be [vb pp] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |
| 2 | But if self-sufficiency in terms of cash is to be achieved at this level of demand then major discoveries in the frontier areas off Nova Scotia or Newfoundland in the Atlantic or in the Mackenzie Delta off the West Coast , will need to be made . |
| 3 | As Halliday ( 1964 : 37 ) says , ‘ if a text is to be described at all , then it should be described properly ’ . |
| 4 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 5 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 6 | This is to be avoided at all costs if the channel is to remain a mass audience broadcaster . |
| 7 | Even in Palestine , where the Persians had been good rulers , there had been troubles , if our confused evidence is to be trusted at all ( c . |
| 8 | This checklist is to be used at each change of activity . |
| 9 | The need for trade-offs should be recognized clearly , so as to avoid the implicit assumption that dignity is to be pursued at all costs . [ … ] |
| 10 | If the supply voltage is to be augmented at any time the transistor switch S is closed . |
| 11 | There is thus a proliferation of public examinations of a practical kind , any of which may be taken at the new schools , of which the GCSE seems to be only one , if it is to be taken at all . |
| 12 | Indeed , if the message of its architecture is to be taken at all at face value , it was a city in which the factions did not follow conventional lines at all . |
| 13 | But as is already clear from what was said in the last chapter , the irreducibility thesis , plausible though it may appear at first sight , remains highly vulnerable to criticism and requires important additional assumptions if it is to be taken at all seriously . |
| 14 | This is appropriate and necessary on major roads if traffic is to be permitted at all . |