Example sentences of "[noun] be [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my duties was to send in the weekly result and a brief report for the Bideford Gazette . |
| 2 | Its principal practical impact is to fill in the gaps in the other , long-established torts involving unlawful means by imposing liability where there is no combination , no threat and no interference with a subsisting contract . |
| 3 | The satellite 's primary role is to fill in the existing picture of the heavens , revealing stars , galaxies , clouds and so on that are not seen at the shorter optical and ‘ near ’ infrared wavelengths ( less than 5 micrometres ) , or at the longer wavelengths observed by radio telescopes . |
| 4 | If he was acquainted with Smith 's work he would naturally have assumed that the French Academy knew it too , and that the point of the competition was to fill in the details of Smith 's proof . |
| 5 | More prophetic of the place women were to fill in the sewing trades was his description of those who sewed stays and bodices . |
| 6 | The work for the weekend was to bring in the edges and build up the centre , thus making side ditches and a reasonable camber . |