Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of that research has , in turn , been inspired by an attempt , especially among American psychologists , to understand and predict ‘ giftedness ’ : as such , in seeking reasons for differences in creativity , their preference has naturally been to look for evidence of the latter 's association with excellence , superiority , and health rather than with maladjustment or psychological deviance . |
| 2 | Doris Clay , part-time barmaid , had not been to work on Friday evening nor over the weekend . |
| 3 | But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally |
| 4 | What he 'd like best is to stay in bed on Father 's Day . |
| 5 | The only way to design tastefully was to start from scratch , he had said . |
| 6 | With time , the intimate relationship described above was to go through periods of stress and change . |
| 7 | Perhaps the way not to turn off is to think of individuals . |
| 8 | With the cash came a new direction for much of that press , Rolling Stone or-as quickly was to happen in London — no Rolling Stone . |
| 9 | Once the leave ban came down , our main method of relaxation on days off was to go into Cambridge . |
| 10 | Why he did not sustain the promise of the works of the 1890s is not clear , though it is certainly connected with the change to a much more conservative and less experimental architectural climate in Britain in the 1900s , when there was a revival of baroque and French Renaissance architecture ; it may also be to do with Townsend 's own equivocal and confused attitude towards the value of architectural traditions . |
| 11 | The most common purpose for which this might be done would probably be to ask for directions . |
| 12 | The 59-year-old , who has been on a hectic 10,000-mile round trip to Buenos Aires , said : ‘ I 've only just woken up and my only plans now are to go to bed . ’ |
| 13 | My ambition now is to move into film and music with Hysteria — which promises to be as big a success as Zabat — centred as it is on the passionate potential of Blackwomen 's Creativity ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ My job now is to focus on areas that yield business and pare down initiatives that have not been fruitful . |
| 15 | All she could do now was to rely on Ethel being merciful ( which was not one of Ethel 's main qualities ) . |
| 16 | And all he could do now was to turn in horror as that bellowing , roaring shape lunged with an encrusted claw through the metal stair-rails , which bent and squealed . |
| 17 | Worse was to follow for Rangers as Graham Souness 's side , without the prolific McCoist , went a goal behind after 27 minutes of adisappointing game . |
| 18 | Worse was to follow for Rangers as Graham Souness 's side , without the prolific McCoist , went a goal behind after 27 minutes of adisappointing game . |
| 19 | Worse was to follow for Coleraine in the 29th minute . |
| 20 | And what I want to do today is to talk about Totem and Taboo rather more as it looks back , than as it looks forward , and not just to , to the past in Freud , but to the past in other respects , as you will see . |
| 21 | The only thing I 've time to do today is to run into Registry and look up Dr Serafin . |
| 22 | My aim today is to look at government policy on employment and training , and point up some of the issues as they affect people with disabilities . |
| 23 | So u what Everything we 're reading in here is to do with believers , not not nothing to do with the people who are not of the faith . |
| 24 | Goal orientation : the idea here is to think of goals and obstacles . |
| 25 | Part of a reviewer 's job nowadays is to listen to confessions . |
| 26 | ‘ God knows , Brother , but I feel the only good I did today was to listen to Fitzormonde and help that child . |
| 27 | My advice for the less affluent Dizzy fans out there is to wait for Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ( see preview this issue ) , which looks to become the all-time bestest-ever eggstravaganza . |
| 28 | ‘ You have n't been pressured into any further interrogation , not only because of the condition you were in for so long , ’ Munro said , ‘ but because we know everything there is to know about Operation Eagle . ’ |
| 29 | You 're still afraid of any attack on your divine male right to know everything there is to know about sex . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You might be a brilliant designer , Nathan , and I 'm sure you know everything there is to know about sailing . |