Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to think that a policeman 's lot should be to deal in drama . |
| 2 | Our second should be to search for appropriate measures for comparison . |
| 3 | The aim should be to score between 50 and 100 mitotic cells . |
| 4 | The whole point of a visit to Hong Kong now , five months after Tiananmen Square , should be to declare with royal authority that Britain shares the concerns of the Hong Kong people and is determined to do something about them . |
| 5 | In general , our policy should be to proceed with building our state block by block , without waiting to be given a gift of it through negotiations . |
| 6 | The aim of public policy — and of chairmen who do not merely want protection — should be to lean in the direction of involved shareholders , those who have a direct interest in a company 's fate . |
| 7 | The objective should be to get at least one overseas visitor from each Overseas Group into each of the eight Regions within any two year period . |
| 8 | And it did seem to me that in the light of , erm , of the single regeneration budget , on the light of the need to be developing a regeneration strategy for Shropshire , perhaps the role of the County Council in this affair should actually be , er , as , as the local government for the county , should be to look at preparing a , a regeneration strategy for the whole county , at which the work that we do to economic development is one of the pillars of support as is the work that the districts do is another pillar of support , as is the work of the R D C and the objective five programme , and all the various other bodies that are involved in , in economic development and similar activities in . |
| 9 | The object of reform should be to require of trade unions the same degree of responsibility within law that is at present required of corporations . |
| 10 | Your aim should be to speak as educated people you admire speak , clearly and without affectation . |
| 11 | The danger here is that stand personnel 's time can be taken up talking to the converted , whereas the objective should be to seek to interest potential customers . |
| 12 | In common with some other contributors to Essays in Criticism he had come around to the view that the object of English should be to develop in students a " trained mind " rather than to produce " literary critics " or even " good readers " . |
| 13 | The second naval object with an English minister should be to maintain at all times a powerful western squadron … |
| 14 | It is our contention that at least one of the functions of legal and political theory should be to assist in structuring a wealth of material as a means of revealing general principles behind the abundance of individual facts . |
| 15 | So our perspective should be to focus on entrepreneurial skills , decentralisation , demonopolisation , considerable privatisation and the replacement of old management . |
| 16 | Our European priorities now should be to campaign for the sort of policies and changes we would like to see in nineteen ninety six and seek the earliest possible opt-in to the Social Chapter . |
| 17 | But in justice I think a society needs civil divorce and that the real concern of the Church and the community should be to work at understanding prevention . |
| 18 | The primary role for researchers should be to work alongside practitioners and help them understand not only what clients are saying but help them think through the nature and impact of their interventions . |
| 19 | It must be to do with the power of the Worm . |
| 20 | How wonderful it must be to live in a community where everyone trusts their neighbours and even strangers ; a community where you can invite outsiders into your house , garden or car , and share hospitality and friendship without any fear of danger . |
| 21 | On Tuesday , they decided that the most sensible course must be to return to London . |
| 22 | Crudely expressed , the librarian 's aim must be to acquire for stock the materials which are likely to be most frequently used . |
| 23 | If we are not to be disillusioned , therefore , and retreat back into the relative safety and tranquillity of the withdrawal unit , part of our responsibility as teachers of children with special educational needs must be to tackle with class teachers ways to improve the curriculum at the level of general class-room practice . |
| 24 | The whole purpose of imposing a section 2 requirement upon a suspected or accused person must be to obtain from him information and evidence which in an appropriate case , and subject only to the subsection ( 8 ) restriction on the use of statements made by him , can be deployed against him . |
| 25 | If there is a choice to be made it must be to stick to identical vendor 's product on both systems and to follow their recommendations with regard to data transfer . |
| 26 | When considering how high to go , the limiting factor must be to keep within the realistic expectations of the buyer , otherwise he may not be willing to talk to the seller in the first place . |
| 27 | Since eventually the speaker must produce one or other of these approximately interchangeable sentences , the next procedure must be to operate upon the functional-level representation in such a way as to decide upon the details of the specific sentence that is to be produced — to commit oneself , for example , to a passive or an active sentence . |
| 28 | Well certainly the starting point for that must be to look at what has been happening in the past as evidence . |
| 29 | If you want to buy expensive goods , the best advice must be to buy from stores in Britain ( because here , your complaint is with the retailer , not the manufacturer ) and to campaign for EC consumer protection laws . |
| 30 | The aim must be to concentrate on personal financial services , and not commercial banking services , and we would not , for example expect to lend to ’ Third World ’ countries . |