Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite by chance in collecting material for I have come across a cousin who is the communications and Public relations person at so I am to put them in touch with each other as the one in London has just had a letter from another in Vancouver trying to do family research . |
| 2 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 3 | If you do not know what documents you have and how they relate to one another , your priority should be to put them in order rather than to transfer them to an electronic system . |
| 4 | ‘ The idea seems to be to blast everything in sight . ’ |
| 5 | David looked down at her as she lay against the white pillows , pale and thinner than ever , and thought how much easier it would be to keep himself in check if her husband treated her with the gentleness she deserved . |
| 6 | In an age when a symphony orchestra can appear in uniforms designed to advertise tobacco industry sponsors , conflating music and cigarettes into a single narcotic ( Guardian , 26 March 1984 : 13 ) ; when in Japan the record companies and the large industrial corporations co-operate to produce ‘ image-songs ’ which both advertise the corporations and play an important role in the hit parade ; ’ when a small selection of endlessly per mutated pop songs provides the background for almost every social activity ; when rhythm tracks on disco records can be behaviouristic ally planned and electronically produced , for maximum precision and control : one can not , at this time , avoid the feeling that if Orwell 's ‘ 1984 ’ ever arrives , it might well consist of a continuous Eurovision Song Contest ; that the ideal of the music industry would be to turn everything into muzak ( Philip Tagg 's entertaining account of the way muzak is used to ‘ programme ’ a Swedish office worker 's day gives an idea of what this would be like ( Tags 1984 ) ) . |
| 7 | The more we keep them down , the less of them there 'll be to get themselves into trouble . ’ |
| 8 | If your debtor has money and no legitimate excuse for not paying what he owes you , the only solution may be to take him to court . |
| 9 | Perhaps the thing to do would be to translate it into French and back again . |
| 10 | The best method would be to attach it to cardboard or hardboard . |
| 11 | Around him the usual Massgoers , Benedicta included , watched fascinated as Athelstan urged the soul to go out to meet his Christ , whilst he , Athelstan , priest of that church , summoned God 's army to meet this unfortunate man 's soul ; they were to lead it into Paradise and ensure it did not fall into the hands of Satan . |
| 12 | Whether an OCL waybill would be subject to Hague or Hague-Visby rules if it were to incorporate them by reference , and whether if applied , these rules would exclude inconsistent contractual clauses seems to vary from statute to statute . |
| 13 | He made love to her with a driving desperation that matched the excesses which were to shock her in retrospect , and if his flesh bore the imprint of her nails and teeth afterwards , there were faint reciprocal marks on her body , mostly the legacy of an erotically suckling mouth . |
| 14 | Burghley Park became his study and there he formulated his religious ideas which were to alienate him from society for the rest of his life . |
| 15 | Probably written in the winter of 1857 , those two words were to propel him into prominence and , ultimately , the White House as newspapers across the country broadcast his speech ( est. $300,000–500,000 ; £196,000–327,000 ) . |
| 16 | A fun solution is to treat them to finger food . |
| 17 | The greatest good we can do to people is to treat them with compassion , courtesy and respect . |
| 18 | But the more people who obtain post-school education , the less likely it is to provide them with entry to a career . |
| 19 | However , even if it is a small field , all they have really learned is to position themselves by habit , using the local landmarks to help . |
| 20 | The problem is largely an insuperable one , and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind . |
| 21 | In a survey of London 's trades in 1747 , the wages of milliners were said to be " poor and mean " : " Though a young woman can work neatly in all manner of Needle Work , yet she can not earn more than Five or Six Shillings [ 25-30p ] a week , out of which she is to find herself in board and lodging . " |
| 22 | He added : ‘ The best way to get rid of them is to baptise them in power . ’ |
| 23 | My longing is to meet you in play of love , my lover : |
| 24 | I think we I think the only way we can actually really do this is is to pick one from area , one from your area , one from area and one from Europe and just have er almost arbitrary er decision but justify it . |
| 25 | The best to deal with a cut ball is to replace it under Rule 28 . |
| 26 | A woman who 's been writing to a convicted killer facing the gas chamber in America is to visit him on Death Row . |
| 27 | The friend is to visit him from time to time to make sure he proceeds with discretion . |
| 28 | But to live in modernity is to experience it as home . |
| 29 | One is to wrap them in clingfilm and put them in the fridge until the next meal . |
| 30 | One reason doctors take temperatures is to cover themselves against negligence claims , although doctors ' legal defence bodies say there have been no such cases . |