Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year . |
| 2 | In countries like Burkina Faso and Mali , the only option has been to go south to the plantations of wealthier coastal countries like Ivory Coast . |
| 3 | He had already been to see Mussolini in the previous year and had been advised to call his New Party ‘ Fascist ’ but to play down its military organisation . |
| 4 | I said Antony , have you ever been to see Jonathan about the photographs ? |
| 5 | And if the England boss had been to see QPR in recent weeks , he would have been impressed , especially with Sinton . |
| 6 | In circumstances in which the opinion leaders and policy-makers in adult education have responded to the women 's movement at all , it has been to co-opt feminism into their platitudes , whilst at the same time seeking to deflect and defeat the radical intention of women 's liberation as it might be applied in adult education and society generally . |
| 7 | He argued there was a need to go back to basic skills and more disciplined teaching , and announced that , within two years , schools inspection teams are to include non-educationists on each visit . |
| 8 | If we are to support children in their reading we need to encourage them into libraries , to assure them that libraries are pleasant places , and that librarians are pleasant people equipped by education , training , attitudes , and commitment to serve them . |
| 9 | Its objectives are to promote education in skiing at schools or recognised youth organisations as part of the general framework or programme of educational physical activities . |
| 10 | Its aims are to promote awareness of X and provide a forum for the discussion of technical issues . |
| 11 | Whereas research groups in each area are to conduct surveys of workers , the parallel survey of employers is to be conducted centrally for all the areas by the Policy Studies Institute , but in close collaboration with the local research groups . |
| 12 | Nigel 's usual way of putting women off had always been to cancel dates with ineffectual excuses . |
| 13 | One focus of our work on the development of platinum complexes with improved activity against cisplatin resistant cell lines has been to target platinum to DNA by its attachment to suitable DNA — affinic carrier ligands . |
| 14 | They are to lose control of polytechnics and institutes of higher education . |
| 15 | However , the healthy eating pattern needs to be a way of life if you are to banish cellulite for good ! |
| 16 | This Report has already pointed out that something more than singing and playing may lie needed if boys and girls are to remain part of a choir or music group . |
| 17 | The intention has been to stimulate interest within the British Airways engineering community towards AI based solutions to engineering diagnostics problems . |
| 18 | The biological aim of the meal has been to enable foodstuffs to be taken into the body for its growth and repair . |
| 19 | The trend has been to increase differences between institutions rather than to treat them equally . |
| 20 | The objectives of the research are to increase understanding of the problems and difficulties associated with implementing performance management in a single government policy area which straddles central government , local government and a range of statutory agencies ; and to evaluate those changing practices across a spectrum of organisations and thereby to assess the quality of approach in order to disseminate best practice . |
| 21 | Bill Fox and Michael Sinclair of York , who represent the associate members of the lower divisions on the management committee , are to meet officers of the GM Vauxhall Conference next Thursday to outline the League 's new requirements . |
| 22 | If people are to accept responsibility for outcomes , they will insist upon being substantively included in the decision process . |
| 23 | The grazier 's main problems are to provide leys of palatable and nutritious grasses and clovers and to see that these are consumed in the lush , leafy state before they grow to stem and seed . |
| 24 | Similarly the status of commas in the speech of the T(eacher) is not made explicit — presumably they are to indicate pauses in the stream of speech , but it may be that they simply indicate a complex of rhythmic and intonational cues which the analyst is responding to . |
| 25 | However , its initial goals are to encourage expression of feelings and the tolerance of uncertainty and change ; to promote a realistic appraisal of personal strengths and weaknesses ; to help with separation and individuation ; and to provide a secure relationship that nevertheless allows the patient to develop independently . |
| 26 | Teacher training colleges which are to train teachers in these subjects will also require funds for equipment . |
| 27 | The point was that the plaintiffs ' interest in Jarrad exceeded their interest in Jesner , and they contended that the object of Jarrad had been to provide money for the family and not to have its assets syphoned off to prop up Jesner . |
| 28 | Over the five years of TRANSAID 's operations the most recurring need has been to provide advice on transport management and control . |
| 29 | Since obtaining its identity as No 412 ( Transport ) Squadron at Rockcliffe on 1 Apr 49 , the principal role of the squadron has always been to provide transportation for high level military and government personnel . |
| 30 | The primary aim of the Youth Training Programme has always been to provide training with a strong emphasis on the application of skills . |