Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One alternative to the present system of allowances would be to pay councillors a full-time salary . |
| 2 | From the vantage point of so-called post-liberation , we know only too well the political blindnesses of sexual desire , and how disastrous it can be to make sexuality the prime mover of a political vision . |
| 3 | They coexisted with the now somewhat depleted Byzantine empire but soon found themselves embroiled in the Crusader invasion at the end of the eleventh century , in the course of which were to emerge Baibars the Mamluk and the celebrated Kurdish warrior known as Salahuddin al-Ayyubi or Saladin . |
| 4 | Thus , if the trustees of an interest in possession trust were actually to pay monies it will generally be the trustees who will be treated for the purpose of income tax as having made the payment and not the beneficiary ; if bare trustees , nominees or agents were to pay monies the beneficial owners or principals will generally be treated as having made the payments . |
| 5 | Elections were to take place no later than 31 March 1948 and UNTCOK would have the right to verify any aspects it wished . |
| 6 | The aim of the programme is to give students a thorough grounding in the basic rules and patterns of English pronunciation , from the sounds of vowels and consonants to the complexities of stress , intonation , and connected speech . |
| 7 | The aim of this option is to give students a broad understanding of modern and contemporary Europe , with special reference to the process of Western European integration , the main developments in Eastern Europe , and the place of Europe in the wider world . |
| 8 | So Rabbit 's immediate desire is to give Pooh a true belief about what he , Rabbit , believes . |
| 9 | How easy it is to give children the wrong idea ! |
| 10 | The objective of the competition is to give Glasgow a central skyscraper which would reflect the city 's new vigour and status . |
| 11 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 12 | One of the most important rules of interviewing is to give candidates a clear understanding of what the job entails . |
| 13 | The next step is to cash discount the above sum for 30 years ( that is , years to retirement at age 65 ) . |
| 14 | An obvious ploy is to offer customers a wide range of products . |
| 15 | Our aim is to make Alice a Victorian coloured picture book come to life on the screen , with all its charm , fun , fantasy and sense of magical wonder and adventure . ’ |
| 16 | The only way to deal with that is to make coal a competitive source of fuel and the first choice for the generators . |
| 17 | The aim is to make AMNESTY a clearer , more accessible and informative publication . |
| 18 | The method of netting was to set nets the full length of the wood from the stream , some 500 yards ( 450 metres ) or so . |
| 19 | Despite such naïvety , the concept that was to give Habitat a unique position in Britain 's retailing trade was born . |
| 20 | This was to give teachers a greater understanding of the dynamics of their classroom and to enable interdepartmental discussion about how the new Humanities course was working . |
| 21 | All she could do was to give Adam the completed programs , and then keep as far away as possible from Lynx and the man who ran it . |
| 22 | She told me that the trial of the young man was to take place the following month and that she was , of course , the only witness . |
| 23 | The cumulative effect was to make Brighton the fastest growing town in England between 1811 and 1821 ; the new inhabitants soon gave the resort an ‘ artificial ’ unhealthy climate to add to its more ‘ natural ’ freshness . |
| 24 | The Currie president , Gordon Bell , said his aim was to make Currie the major tournament in Edinburgh and one of the premier club attractions in Scotland . |