Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the government did not bargain for was the public outrage and the massive support given to the demonstrations . |
| 2 | All I could think about was the terrible consequences had we lost . |
| 3 | All he could think about was the impending phone call . |
| 4 | ‘ Now all we must wait for is the kettle . |
| 5 | ‘ The one I ca n't wait for is the European Cup . |
| 6 | ‘ The one I ca n't wait for is the European Cup on April 16–20 , ’ says the talented teenager , quipping : ‘ The only problem is that it 's at Cannock and not somewhere exotic in Europe ! ’ |
| 7 | Thing I do n't approve of is the fact that when I ask questions |
| 8 | Would the House seek to be the authority for such automatic timetabling ? |
| 9 | I 've been involved in community projects and I can say I enjoy going into schools , but at the end of the day there will always need to be the regulated type of policing of crime and violence . |
| 10 | To which could be added that you do n't need to be the best to be top , if the ballerina Lyudmila Semenyaka is to be believed . |
| 11 | The choice of buffer distance would need to be the subject of some experiment . |
| 12 | But because these books are written with a greater apparent degree of realism , the murder does not need to be the attention-grabbing , bizarre affair of the blueprint book . |
| 13 | I am sure my husband would not mind if your daughter came but it may need to be the ( comfortable ) sofa for a night ! |
| 14 | But there would of course be a greater or lesser requirement for additional roadworks as a result of that proposal , which would need to be the subject of negotiation . |
| 15 | The advantage of using the OSCLI command is that you can use a variable for the file name and the command does not need to be the last ( or only ) one on a line . |
| 16 | I realise now that she did n't have the qualities of insight and gentleness and the warmth she would need to be the companion of a country doctor . ’ |
| 17 | However where the restraint of trade doctrine applies , for example in contracts of employment , a confidentiality obligation will only be enforced if the information in question can fairly be regarded as a separate part of the employee 's stock of knowledge which a man of ordinary honesty and intelligence would recognise to be the property of his employer and not his own to do what he likes with . |
| 18 | A general principle in the employment field was laid down in Printers and Finishers Ltd v Holloway [ 1964 ] 3 All ER 731 where Cross J said that employees are prohibited from using information which " can fairly be regarded as a separate part of the employee 's stock of knowledge which a man of ordinary honesty and intelligence would recognise to be the property of his old employer and not his own to do as he likes with " . |
| 19 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 20 | Whether you be a district sales executive , a vice-president finance or an operations manager , you must strive to be the best in your chosen area . |
| 21 | It was the Europeans who cultivated fish that may have satisfied culinary requirements , but at the expense of what some would consider to be the aesthetic qualities of a ‘ typical ’ carp . |
| 22 | Which commandment did he consider to be the greatest ? |
| 23 | What do you consider to be the most formative experiences of your life so far , the painful as well as the good ? |
| 24 | What do you consider to be the most likely functions of the following ? |
| 25 | Who , for instance , did Sir Ralph consider to be the leading British artist of the twentieth century ? |
| 26 | What do you consider to be the encouraging trends in education these days ? |
| 27 | We have got erm some organisations , the ones I can think of is the Animal Sanctuary that we are all familiar with . |
| 28 | All I could think of were the smelly corridors , the dirty waiting room with cigarette butts all over the floor , the stares of the officers , the bunches of keys at their waists . |
| 29 | ‘ Better files than people , I told him , but that did not interest him : all he could think of was the files . ’ |
| 30 | All he could think of was the small , dark , murderous hole . |