Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Perhaps the thing to do would be to translate it into French and back again . |
| 6 | The best method would be to attach it to cardboard or hardboard . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | A fun solution is to treat them to finger food . |
| 13 | The greatest good we can do to people is to treat them with compassion , courtesy and respect . |
| 14 | But the more people who obtain post-school education , the less likely it is to provide them with entry to a career . |
| 15 | The problem is largely an insuperable one , and all we can do at this stage is to bear it in mind . |
| 16 | He added : ‘ The best way to get rid of them is to baptise them in power . ’ |
| 17 | My longing is to meet you in play of love , my lover : |
| 18 | The best to deal with a cut ball is to replace it under Rule 28 . |
| 19 | A woman who 's been writing to a convicted killer facing the gas chamber in America is to visit him on Death Row . |
| 20 | The friend is to visit him from time to time to make sure he proceeds with discretion . |
| 21 | But to live in modernity is to experience it as home . |
| 22 | One is to wrap them in clingfilm and put them in the fridge until the next meal . |
| 23 | The object of clarifying butter is to rid it of water , buttermilk sediment , salt and any foreign matter which ( a ) for purposes of frying cause the butter to blacken and burn , and ( b ) render it susceptible to eventual rancidity . |
| 24 | Does he agree that the right way to encourage the electronics industry to export is to help it at home by tax cuts such as those announced yesterday by our right hon. Friend ? |
| 25 | When you buy a valuable piece of equipment , like a new car or furniture for your home , one of the first things you do , is to insure it in case of accidental damage . |
| 26 | The standard alternative to raising money by shares is to do it by borrowing . |
| 27 | If there is doubt , therefore , as to whether or not a document should be stamped , and if so with what duty , the safest course is to submit it for adjudication . |
| 28 | The established procedure for overseas subsidiaries of British companies in liquidation is to put them into liquidation separately in their own jurisdiction . |
| 29 | If the elderly do not have money , then the answer is to put them in government homes . |
| 30 | So the first job for us is to starve them of possession ; the second to use our ball intelligently . |