Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [to-vb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The usual method of taking the Bach Remedies is to put a few drops in a cup of springwater which is then sipped at intervals . |
| 2 | And erm what I 'd like is for Dennis is to explain a little about how far we 've actually got with the C E D G approach to the introduction of I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 3 | This is fundamentally a defensive approach reflecting an assumption that progress will inevitably erode biological diversity and quality , and the only way to prevent complete loss is to ring-fence a few of the best ‘ sites ’ for posterity while allowing development to take its course elsewhere . |
| 4 | The aim of this chapter is to summarise the many arguments currently being canvassed about the effects of high technology on employment . |
| 5 | Instead the intention is to describe a few of the salient features of the more relevant groups in order to show something of the motivations and workings of the voluntary youth movement prior to the introduction of collectivist measures after 1900 , and to suggest why the ‘ boy labour ’ reformers were eager to incorporate several aspects of the movement 's practice and ideology within those policies . |
| 6 | The main intention is to have the former LMS locomotive restored back to full working order , hopefully in 18 months ' time . |
| 7 | If David was to have a few drinks it would all come out . |
| 8 | The intention was to publicise the many victories achieved in his long reign and the generous largesses given when celebrating his good fortune . |
| 9 | The Regional Council Highways Department is to install a kerb at this corner and the Community Council are to plant a few trees . |
| 10 | The evidence for this article was of a particular kind , and the proposal is to apply the same methods to the subsequent period , taking the whole revaluation as far as the First World War . |
| 11 | Six other international plants are to get the same treatment , and their identities will be revealed within a week . |
| 12 | The simplest decoration is to put a few drops of vegetable dye into the water when you boil and egg . |
| 13 | Should you get into difficulties during this situation , a better method of recovery is to execute a half turn with the tail rotor control and allow the model to head off downwind . |
| 14 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 15 | The four-pocket blouse was to display the same shoulder straps and collar insignia as the 1895 pattern . |
| 16 | One of the main objects of the occasion being to enable the many supporters of the Link to learn first hand from Mr Jim Coffey and his team how the results of their fund raising efforts have provided much needed aid in Romania . |
| 17 | Benjamin and Edith were to have no fewer than nine daughters in all , three dying in infancy , and just one son . |
| 18 | Although an earlier check with the weather office predicted a favourable wind for that evening , it did not materialize and conditions were to remain the same the following day when only one Spitfire was delivered by F/C Heering who had flown direct from Brize Norton . |
| 19 | Thus , while currently 70% of the business turnover is nuclear and 30% industrial , one of AEA 's aims is to expand the latter to 50% . |
| 20 | The procedure is to spend a few hours ( as much as you feel you need ) studying the NZ Visual Flight Guide ( an officially-produced , loose-leaf sort of Flyer VFR Organiser or Pooley 's Guide equivalent ) and getting to know the various local vagaries of VFR , as well as learning to read an interpret the New Zealand half-million charts . |
| 21 | The announcement that National Insurance rates are to stay the same is more window-dressing , I think . |
| 22 | The main reason why people act in this manner is to save a few seconds — a high price to pay . |
| 23 | David 's fashion advice this season is to buy a few good , interchangeable basics with a strong silhouette : ‘ A shift dress , and a flared jacket or a blazer will be the classics . |
| 24 | The prostaglandins are messenger molecules whose role is to harmonize the many complex biochemical reactions which occur within cells , and to integrate the individual cells one with another . |
| 25 | The easiest way to introduce the strategy is to give a few simple demonstrations : 1 . |
| 26 | The overall effect of coupling the Spanish wagon to the international economic train was to destabilize the former , for its antiquated methods and structures could not readily assimilate and apply efficiently the benefits of the latter . |
| 27 | Consider life expectancy , a measure indicating the number of years a newborn infant could typically be expected to live if patterns of mortality prevailing for all people in the year of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life . |
| 28 | Under the Convention , a requested State is to apply the same measures of compulsion as would be available in purely domestic cases ; this is reflected in the provision in section 2(3) of the Act that an order under that section may not require any particular steps to be taken unless they are steps which can be required to be taken by way of obtaining evidence for the purposes of civil proceedings in the court making the order , i.e. , the High Court . |
| 29 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 30 | Giving parents a measure of choice would , it was argued , be more likely to secure their involvement in the school and in their child 's schooling : ‘ They are more likely to support a school they have freely chosen and to give it the loyalty which is so essential if their children are to do the same . ’ |