Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may have to , if the Middle East 's old enemies are ever to move on to phase three and cut a deal . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's what the authorities are there to find out . |
| 3 | Whether you 're looking for bowls of bulbs to brighten the home or the best miniatures for a rock garden , now 's the time to start work and Daphne Ledward and Anne Swithinbank are here to pass on a host of colourful ideas . |
| 4 | What plans are there to tighten up the foster service vetting which , in this case , allowed a known homosexual to adopt a child ? |
| 5 | Whether we avoid certain foods because God has told us to , or whether it 's simply because of the E numbers ; whether our purification rituals are there to chase out demons in the name of spiritual purity , or germs in the name of hygiene … we all have a sense that beyond the boundaries of our lives lurks Chaos . |
| 6 | If your tactics are basically to run straight towards the enemy and hit him hard then a bolt thrower is n't really going to do you any good . |
| 7 | This was the last walking holiday the two brothers were ever to take together . |
| 8 | ‘ And their classic response when their partner demonstrates emotion is simply to walk away from it . ’ |
| 9 | Your best chance for successful badger-watching is carefully to stake out a sett before dusk . |
| 10 | The purpose of the present research is simply to find out whether it is practical to begin a project now or soon , or whether such a project should wait until there are more results from those working on the theory . |
| 11 | The major objective of the study is therefore to investigate empirically the strategic behaviour of such firms . |
| 12 | The answer put by proponents of the British approach is that the effect of publications or performances is rarely to incite directly whether to crime or anything else . |
| 13 | The other alternative is just to go off in that corner over there . |
| 14 | Since by definition the composition of phonolexical subsets is not predictable by a general rule , one way of revealing their presence in a body of data is routinely to record as both a lexical item and a phonetic value each putative token of a variable ( see tables 6.2 , 6.3 , 6.4 , 6.5 for examples ) . |
| 15 | While the intention was also to speed up procedures , the initial introduction caused some practical difficulties . |
| 16 | The Board began to discuss changes during Herwald Ramsbotham 's tenure as president ; the intention was explicitly to pre-empt more radical change . |
| 17 | The infant was at once created Prince of Wales , to indicate that in Jacobite eyes he was the real heir to the throne of England , and the Young Pretender was soon to become universally known as Bonnie Prince Charlie . |
| 18 | Then I met an Arab who gave me 200 francs and my ambition was never to come back to England again . |
| 19 | Or maybe Roecastle was just to warn out after all those punnishing reserve games ? ? ! ! ? ? |
| 20 | It is an interpretation found equally applicable to developing capitalist states where indigenous bourgeoisies are yet to develop fully . |
| 21 | How many cups are there to wash up ? |
| 22 | Leeds could pass a side out of the game and dominate through the midfield something the scum are YET TO DO even with scumtona . |
| 23 | The cleaning staff complain about the mess left by the operating staff who in turn regard complaints as insolent ; cleaners are there to clean up after them . |
| 24 | The poor , as Catholic conservatives were later to point out , were disinherited by liberal legislation . |
| 25 | According to the survey , if 22 000 electronics engineers were suddenly to appear overnight , they would all get jobs in British industry . |
| 26 | A stake is there to hold up the tree and not , as is so often seen , the other way round . |
| 27 | Could the implication be that today the Christian at work is quietly to put up with any kind of abuse or ill-treatment ? |
| 28 | Many of us may wonder why it has taken so long to achieve the last two objectives , but I am delighted that the proposal is now to go ahead . |
| 29 | The role of the Structure Plan is therefore to identify where to build new homes and businesses , taking account of planning objectives . |
| 30 | The secret of drinking is just to know when to stop , you know you 've just got |