Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal effect of referring to rules of private international law to extend the scope of a Convention would seem to be to displace a possible presumption that the parties , in choosing the law of a Contracting State , intended only its domestic law to apply ( that is , without the Convention ) and to impose on them the onus of displacing the Convention . |
| 2 | Bentham ( 1970 : 179 ) himself propounded the principle of ‘ frugality ’ ( or ‘ parsimony ’ ) , which states that punishments should be no more severe than they need to be to produce a utilitarian quantity of deterrence . |
| 3 | Certainly , the easiest route for companies to obtain a duty-free quota would seem to be to buy a Polish firm that has been assigned one . |
| 4 | Their tactics were to be to maintain a tight-lipped silence punctuated by claims that the new job was harder . |
| 5 | The ideal seems to be to have a down load on the tow bar of 10–15 kg ( 20–301b ) . |