Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The welcome 's over … the introductions have been made … today it 's been down to work for Oxford United 's new manager Denis Smith and his assistant Malcolm Crosby … their plan for the first game |
| 2 | Mr. F.W. Dee ( Company Secretary at the Brewery and brother to found Harry Dee ) had been down to play for Henley but had to withdraw ‘ having arranged to play for Peppard ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ We will be campaigning throughout the country on the theme ‘ the betrayal of Britain by the Conservative Party ’ , and saying the tax increases are merely to pay for mistakes of the past . ’ |
| 4 | Also , you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue . |
| 5 | If we are not to infer from Anderson 's breach of Grice 's Co-operative Principle that he is deliberately being rude ( unlikely , when McKendrick is a complete stranger to him ) then it is most likely to be seen as evidence of his vagueness or , less favourably , his self-centredness . |
| 6 | ‘ You are not to think of making do with a collation on Ash Wednesday ’ , he said to me . |
| 7 | The impersonal imagery is essential if we are not to think of God as a person like ourselves . |
| 8 | To eliminate these defects we must remove the reference to inference and tighten up the relation specified between the false beliefs and the true justified ones which are not to count as knowledge . |
| 9 | PAMELA : I doubt not you are soon to return to Tunbridge ? |
| 10 | Perhaps they are soon to go to Britain or the States to study or as tourists . |
| 11 | Among the parties that are soon to come to life the Socialists , National Democrats and the Christian Democrats will figure strongly . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're not to go near Sam tomorrow , do you hear ? ’ he said . |
| 13 | But I do n't need to remind you that we 're here to collect for display groups in the Sherman Museum . |
| 14 | just so can we get back to research about beginners because I 'm worried about how much there is on the tape and you 're about to drive to Pitlochrie erm basically you have to define a beginner to see what they want to do |
| 15 | The former England winger will shortly be on his way to Italy as we 're about to hear from Ron Atkinson and Gary Newbon . |
| 16 | ‘ I have just come back from lecturing in New York and I am off to lecture in Hong Kong . |
| 17 | The two of them are off to ride for Britain in the European championships … their first big international test … their time has come … |
| 18 | ‘ The problems are usually to do with family tension and parents rowing , separating and divorcing . |
| 19 | To their credit , The Cherrys are more to do with cartoon frenzies than the slick professionalism which seemingly warrants a Spin front cover at the drop of a bobble hat , but it 's as hollow a victory as Linford Christie 's Olympic Gold in the absence of Carl Lewis . |
| 20 | District Nurses and Health Visitors are able to provide services which are more to do with health and nursing care . |
| 21 | Usually though , our crises are more to do with logistics . |
| 22 | In other cases , we have regulations that are ostensibly to do with health or technical standards and can therefore be applied to goods coming from the rest of the EEC as well . |
| 23 | The judge , who criticised the police for the way they conducted their inquiry , read out a note from the jury : ‘ We believe Sheffield social services department are partly to blame for Mr and Mrs Hanby being placed in the predicament they are in today ’ . |
| 24 | Poor hygiene and handling are also to blame for food poisoning . |
| 25 | Central South saw what they 'd achieved by 1991 , and now we 've been back to check on progress . |
| 26 | The mathematical exercises which follow are mainly to do with shopkeepers and car dealers making profit or loss . |
| 27 | The tell-tale signs of drug use are mainly to do with behaviour ; sudden mood swings , poor concentration , disturbed sleep patterns , apathy , loss of memory and , if the addiction is an expensive one , stealing and lying . |
| 28 | Five years under Deng Xiaoping appears to have started the mighty machine rolling in the right direction again but , in energy terms there are a number of problems to be overcome which are mainly to do with lack of adequate capital investment and resources management . |
| 29 | These messages are often to do with guilt : ‘ I do n't deserve things to go well for me . ’ |
| 30 | The greatest difficulties are often to do with people who are very close in overt status and who are therefore threatening to one another . |