Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [conj] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | Some jobs are to go when the Aberystwyth based family owned Cambrian News weekly newspaper places the paper 's printing contract with another company , possibly in Swansea . |
2 | ‘ Our concern must be to ensure that the Northern Ireland consumer has strong protection in this greater European market , including clear guidelines about systems of redress . ’ |
3 | It was devised in the mid nineteenth century , at a time when the Commons had considerable direct power over the government , the purpose being to ensure that the Commons could exercise control over officials by pressing the appropriate minister . |
4 | One objective of Mr Grosz is to see that the HSWP holds its party congress , as in ‘ normal ’ times , early next year . |
5 | The job of our full-time fund raisers is to see that the RNLI 's use of such methods is as professional as can be . ’ |
6 | As for rule 2.12. ( 1 ) , Mr. Beloff submits that this supports his submission , not that of Mr. Collins , since what it does is to provide that the Norwich Union must have rules which will ensure that appointed representatives such as Winchester comply with the Lautro Rules . |
7 | None of this is to deny that the February 1960 agreement was partly a result of Khrushchev 's ‘ allowing Mikoian to make trouble for the Americans in Cuba ’ ( Bonsal : 1971 , p. 156 ) , but it is important to recognise that , whatever political considerations were involved , they were firmly backed up by a favourable set of economic circumstances . |
8 | His primary task as chairman , he says , is to ensure that the IASC 's efforts do come to fruition . |
9 | The chief executive of the health service in Scotland , Don Cruickshank , said yesterday that one of the unit 's aims is to ensure that the NHS attracts the best staff . |
10 | Life is all compromise , so a first consideration when siting the launch pad is to ensure that the DZ ( drop zone ) is clear of hazards like forests , cliffs and rivers likely to cause much grief to the fauna . |
11 | MAY I take this opportunity to say how relieved I was to find that the August 1992 issue of your splendid magazine was largely free of the indefatigable hostility directed towards rugby league football by its immediate predecessor ? |
12 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
13 | One aspect of this review was to examine whether the MSC 's commitment to an equal opportunities policy was being fulfilled in both the letter and spirit of the agreement . |