Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [is] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 2 | ‘ What we hope to offer is a family outing — an event — as well as attracting a younger crowd . ’ |
| 3 | The exquisite fragrance we like to remember is a product of the ripened maturity of their faith and not of its earlier stages . |
| 4 | Anyone who says they love to fight is a liar or a fool — it 's a hard , nasty business . |
| 5 | What the tourists come to see is a raised dais of grass hemmed in by a retaining wall . |
| 6 | This patient I have to see is a monkey with a suspected broken arm . |
| 7 | ‘ All they need to see is a squiggle on the required line . |
| 8 | In general it must be , because all we have to lose is a little time . |
| 9 | And I think that quite clearly proves that what you need to do is a detailed evaluation of all these criteria , all of them which reflect as a appropriate strategic guidance , to come er er to a balanced view . |
| 10 | What we have to build is a universe so manifestly and intrinsically unjust that its inhabitants can not fail to rebel against it . |
| 11 | All you have to add is a length of cable and a plug with a 5 Amp fuse — and your tank equipment of course . |
| 12 | In the case of international law what the institutions of positive law have to offer is a means for settling dangerous disputes and limiting the destructive powers which could be used to resolve those disputes in an unacceptable manner . |
| 13 | Failure by a trader to comply with a prohibition notice or notice to warn is a criminal offence . |