Example sentences of "[adv] be [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of that research has , in turn , been inspired by an attempt , especially among American psychologists , to understand and predict ‘ giftedness ’ : as such , in seeking reasons for differences in creativity , their preference has naturally been to look for evidence of the latter 's association with excellence , superiority , and health rather than with maladjustment or psychological deviance . |
| 2 | The remaining five Fulmars which had led the Hurricanes in were to stay on the island , although the original plan called for them to fly on to Maleme ( Crete ) , where they were to assist the Fulmars of 805 Squadron in the defence of that island . |
| 3 | In this case the only possible solution when retrieval times become too long is to turn to an inverted file or a multilist . |
| 4 | The first problem they had to overcome when they moved in was to deal with invasive weeds like bindweed. nettle and mare 's tail , encroaching from the nearby canal banks . |
| 5 | Doris Clay , part-time barmaid , had not been to work on Friday evening nor over the weekend . |
| 6 | A man who 's already been to jail for killing a policeman is going back to prison tonight after a judge increased his sentence . |
| 7 | But for Seldes too it was ‘ the times ’ that had largely been to blame for the infantile nature of the movies . |
| 8 | I mean we 've just been to look at some others and upstairs and downstairs . |
| 9 | The rational way to employ such conflicting prudential principles would not be to deduce from more general principles which of them applies to the present case . |
| 10 | But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally |
| 11 | What I like best is to talk to fellow artists . |
| 12 | What he 'd like best is to stay in bed on Father 's Day . |
| 13 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 14 | Both are in accord in suggesting that the way to decide whether a disposition is a trust or not is to look at the words it employs . |
| 15 | The only way to design tastefully was to start from scratch , he had said . |
| 16 | With time , the intimate relationship described above was to go through periods of stress and change . |
| 17 | The most dangerous aspect of rock ‘ n ’ roll has always been to succumb to the mythical lifestyle that leads down the path of destruction . |
| 18 | ‘ Our policy has always been to look after our customers , not alone supplying them with greeting cards , but also providing them with the back-up services , such as merchandising , advertising material and general advice on how to lay out an effective display , ’ he added . |
| 19 | The first choice should always be to think of your putter . |
| 20 | Much of our present activity is directed towards building upon these solid foundations — the ultimate aim always being to strive for the best interests of the general public concerned . |
| 21 | The advice usually is to start with the earliest one in time , especially in the circumstances of someone like Mary . |
| 22 | What a pleasure it always is to hear from my sole mate Mollie O'Finn from Bo'ness . |
| 23 | Perhaps the way not to turn off is to think of individuals . |
| 24 | With the cash came a new direction for much of that press , Rolling Stone or-as quickly was to happen in London — no Rolling Stone . |
| 25 | His only regret yesterday was to fail from seven feet at the last , where his solitary bogey cost him the chance to stand alongside Payne , the 1992 Rookie of the Year , who had a best-of-the-day 66 . |
| 26 | Once the leave ban came down , our main method of relaxation on days off was to go into Cambridge . |
| 27 | You will have seen , with as much surprise as pleasure , a child of nine play the harpsichord like the great masters ; & what will have astonished you even more was to hear from trustworthy persons that he already played it in a superior manner three years ago ; to know that almost everything he plays is of his own composition ; to have found in all his pieces , and even in his improvisations , that character of force which is the stamp of genius , that variety which proclaims the fire of imagination & that charm which proves an assured taste ; and lastly , to have seen him perform the most difficult pieces with an ease and a facility that would be surprising even in a musician of thirty … . |
| 28 | Why he did not sustain the promise of the works of the 1890s is not clear , though it is certainly connected with the change to a much more conservative and less experimental architectural climate in Britain in the 1900s , when there was a revival of baroque and French Renaissance architecture ; it may also be to do with Townsend 's own equivocal and confused attitude towards the value of architectural traditions . |
| 29 | Or could it also be to do with conflicting concepts of femininity , both competing in the specific historical arena of élite European culture ? |
| 30 | The most common purpose for which this might be done would probably be to ask for directions . |