Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The external auditor should review the work of the internal audit staff to determine their effectiveness in assisting management to improve the quality of information that is necessary if they are to monitor satisfactorily the efficiency and effectiveness of the programmes under their charge . |
| 2 | A major contribution of the discipline has been to emphasise how the identification and designation of a particular phenomenon or pattern of behaviour as a ‘ social problem ’ is not an unambiguous matter , but a process of social definition . |
| 3 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 4 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 5 | Siban commands , and I am to carry out the reconnaissance . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | But the net effect has been to leave exactly the same number dependent upon means-tested assistance . |
| 8 | Our approach to interest rate risk has been to manage actively the balance between floating-rate and fixed-rate debt . |
| 9 | Mr. Anderson : If we are to fill up the beds in our very welcome Holiday Inn in Swansea , we need , as the Secretary of State will be aware , to clean up Swansea bay . |
| 10 | This important point needs to be reemphasised if we are to consider seriously the possibility of re-introducing Islamic precepts into the law of property in Malaysia … |
| 11 | The Project 's approach has been to build up the confidence and self-awareness of different groups to a stage where contact and co-operation among them will be facilitated . |
| 12 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 13 | The aim of successive American administrations had been to build up the strength of the most vulnerable states in the area — those known until the Second World War as French Indo-China and later divided into the separate states of Vietnam , Laos and Cambodia . |
| 14 | His response had been to build up the power of his supporters the Nevilles : Richard earl of Warwick and his brothers John , who was made earl of Northumberland , and George , who became archbishop of York . |
| 15 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 16 | The effect of Japanese competition in some industries in the past has been to reduce drastically the size of those industries and in some cases ( eg motor cycles ) virtually eliminate the industries altogether . |
| 17 | An approach to family functioning which emphasises the interactions of each upon the other and their cumulative impact is essential if we are to understand adequately the position of an old person at a given time . |
| 18 | Further research is required if we are to understand better the process of early retirement in a variety of circumstances and thereby build a sounder basis for policy . |
| 19 | The effect of this will be to dilute further the value of the company 's existing shares . |
| 20 | Mr Ciampi 's first priority will be to carry out the electoral reforms overwhelmingly endorsed by Italian voters by referendum in mid April . |
| 21 | The effect will be to drive up the exchange rate . |
| 22 | Importantly , Sahlins does not privilege one perspective over the other : the British perspective is not treated as better or more informed because to treat it as such would be to accept unquestioningly the categories out of which this perspective constructed its realities . |
| 23 | The end-result of this will be to increase dramatically the proportion of local income which is funded by government grant , since the only sources of local income will be the community charge ( poll tax ) and specific fees and charges for planning applications and the use of leisure facilities , for example . |
| 24 | ‘ The fascinating thing ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ would be to find out the real limit of this power of yours . |
| 25 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 26 | A better solution may well be to pick up the idea of rotating the audit partner every five to 10 years . |
| 27 | The next step could be to set down the factors which are important about where you live and then award them points on a sliding scale , ten for the very important , down to one . |
| 28 | The function of a written constitution would be to set down the laws and conventions relating to the main institutions of the state , the relations among them , and between them and private citizens . |
| 29 | The best possible way to do this will be to set down the account resulting from a different approach , so that one can see what it is that has been overlooked so far ; and this is something which this book sets out to do . |
| 30 | The next , more difficult step will be to clean up the mess . |