Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first is to see the story as one of Messianic action . |
| 2 | An alternative way of looking at this phenomenon is to see the field official as a ‘ street-level bureaucrat ’ . |
| 3 | County Council and the department transport strategy right now is to see the A one three four , north of Bury St Edmunds be made a trunk road and the |
| 4 | The best we can hope for now is to see the effects on the wild birds and animals , whose behaviour is much more in tune with the seasons . |
| 5 | All I need is to see the direction . |
| 6 | What matters at this point is to see the importance for faith and doubt which this claim implies . |
| 7 | For David Marquand 's main mistake is to see the policy review as merely an exercise in junking outmoded policies . |
| 8 | A second line of argument is to see the picture painted so far as too static . |
| 9 | Make a separate appointment for every person who is to see the doctor . |
| 10 | He takes her to live in the Valley of Paradise , where all her desires are met except one , which is to see the face of her husband . |
| 11 | skipper Derek Hall says that his team need a bit more luck and his ambition for 93 is to see the ground fill up … |
| 12 | Mick Wheble says the thrill is to see the dogs win … and even if you do n't know much you pick any dog and win |
| 13 | The DRA 's objective is to see the technology succeed rather than to generate short term income — and Robertson believes the chances are high . |
| 14 | To read them in an historical frame of mind is to see the death of Rassendyll , by an assassin 's bullet , not as a fortunate escape from prolonged misery but as the formal seal on a pact of honour . |
| 15 | In Elizabeth 's third novel , A View of the Harbour ( 1947 ) , Beth , a novelist and the first artist to appear in her work , is a woman who seldom goes out of her house , and every time she does so , it is to see the world with the new vision of a convalescent . |
| 16 | Clearly , if one is interested in deviant groups , and is convinced that the way to understanding their behaviour is to see the world from their point of view , the best way to achieve this is by becoming deeply involved in their way of life . |
| 17 | A detached view of managing the production function in a small firm is to see the task as designing a stable system in an ever-changing environment . |
| 18 | David Pool has little time for the mystification of artists and their art , and his sole intent is to see the momentum of improvement roll of regardless of fragile egos . |
| 19 | The most common defence against feeling for hospital doctors is to see the symptom but not the patient . |
| 20 | His entire focus is to see the city through another human being . |
| 21 | When humans exchange information using language , one way of accounting for what is taking place is to see the process as the generation of a model of discourse by the participants . |
| 22 | Assuming a valid haulage contract has been made and one party is in breach of one or more of the terms , the usual remedy is to sue the party in default for damages . |
| 23 | Another option open to any single mother is to sue the baby 's father for child maintenance . |
| 24 | RODNEY ONTONG , 33 , the former Glamorgan captain , who had to retire from the game after a car crash , is to sue the county for damages in his benefit year . |
| 25 | To get more adjustment , the trick is to slacken the truss rod right off , then turn the bass upside down , and , gently tapping the headstock on a flat surface if necessary , drop the truss rod out . |
| 26 | The plan for the next few years is to implement the strategy by significant additional investment in staff and equipment and the internal networking of buildings . |
| 27 | The same kind of point is illustrated by ( 19 ) , except here it is more likely that it is the notion of full luminescence which is explained in the more familiar terms given in the reformulation : In these examples , the speaker 's aim in reformulating an utterance is to enrich the hearer 's encyclopedic entries in order to ensure a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text . |
| 28 | As a God , Vishnu 's role is to support the order and balance throughout the created world ( Dharma ) . |
| 29 | Margaret McGregor , the board 's Labour convenor , is to support the proposal . |
| 30 | So one thing that I 'm sure we 'll want to do is to support the work of the Secondary Science Curriculum Review . |