Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our limited ambition can , therefore , only be to sustain a reasonable quality of life for ourselves and for those animals that serve us . |
| 2 | It may be to enable a moving vehicle to draw electric power while it runs along rails , the innovation that made possible the electric streetcar . |
| 3 | For example a useful practical derived test of the properties of leather in shoes would be to flex a real shoe in a test machine to determine the relation between loads and displacements relevant to the wearer . |
| 4 | According to the statement the sole task of the new People 's Assembly would be to draft a new constitution to be placed before the people for approval . |
| 5 | The broad aim of education for adults should be to provide a flexible service that is responsive to changing social and economic patterns and to the changing needs of individuals and communities . |
| 6 | The principal effect of referring to rules of private international law to extend the scope of a Convention would seem to be to displace a possible presumption that the parties , in choosing the law of a Contracting State , intended only its domestic law to apply ( that is , without the Convention ) and to impose on them the onus of displacing the Convention . |
| 7 | The talks foundered essentially on the issue of the size of the majority required for decision-making in a future transitional parliament , whose principal function would be to establish a new democratic constitution . |
| 8 | The Whitney Museum is to take photography seriously : its director , David Ross , has announced the setting up of an acquisitions committee whose job will be to establish a coherent acquisitions policy , mainly by filling gaps in the present collections . |
| 9 | The ghost of the Duke of Windsor haunted the minds of the family , patently aware that the older he became the more difficult it would be to find a virginal , Protestant aristocrat to be his bride . |
| 10 | The main aim must be to find a public use providing public access . |
| 11 | All you would need would be to find a nearby black hole . |
| 12 | The long-term aim of this research should be to obtain a reasonable representation of the various errors that exist , although practical considerations would limit the scope and complexity of the representations used . |
| 13 | It did not worry me unduly because all that was needed would be to choose a good Chancellor of the Exchequer ; but Harold Wilson was not likely to miss a trick like that . |
| 14 | And your first challenge will be to design a new spring-summer collection , to be ready at the latest by the end of December . ’ |
| 15 | An expert 's instructions will often be to reach a final decision , and it should usually not be difficult to imply that obligation . |
| 16 | We have not yet reached the point at which mere characterisation of a claim as a claim in public law is sufficient to exclude it from consideration by the ordinary courts : to permit this would be to create a dual system of law with the rigidity and procedural hardship for plaintiffs which it was the purpose of the recent reforms to remove : ’ Davy v. Spelthorne Borough Council [ 1984 ] A.C. 262 , 276 , per Lord Wilberforce . |
| 17 | Once an outline of the story and a general layout of the plot have been decided , they should be discussed with the composer or arranger of music whose first task may be to create a proper beginning with the overture . |
| 18 | One possible way of obtaining these special facilities might be to create a special cross-reference file that can be called upon at any stage and edited as the need arises . |
| 19 | This would be to substitute a judicial view as to , for example , the most appropriate way in which to allocate aid , or to disburse licences , for that of the public body . |
| 20 | One possibility would be to evolve a qualified defence of killing under extreme emotional disturbance , following the lead of the Model Penal Code . |
| 21 | One such move of an incoming radical government should be to initiate a new Domesday Book , so that the true extent of the vast disparities of wealth is brought home to the voters . |
| 22 | The first move of a Government committed to re-establishing full employment comprehensively would be to initiate a rolling programme of moving Civil Service jobs from areas of high employment , mainly in the South , to those of high unemployment , predominantly in the North . |
| 23 | From the point of view of the ‘ host ’ or ‘ hostess ’ the most immediate benefit of showing art would be to enhance a pleasant ambience , but the more ambitious would also be seeking to attract a certain clientele by offering more than the comfort of food . |
| 24 | A second approach would be to identify a dependent population and then use this to identify their carers . |
| 25 | Certainly , the easiest route for companies to obtain a duty-free quota would seem to be to buy a Polish firm that has been assigned one . |
| 26 | The usual advice would be to suggest a private meeting between the chairman , the head teacher and the parent who raised the issue . |
| 27 | Currently there is a bewildering variety of software available and my first task will be to suggest a simple classification . |
| 28 | One simple way to prevent it would be to fit a broad-band electrical filter next to every electricity meter . |
| 29 | The smallest thing you could do would be to help a poor injured man towards the comfort of an inn ! ’ |
| 30 | Part of the new Governor 's job will be to avoid a face-saving repetition . |