Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The response has been to bolster up the procedural checks attendant upon the disbursement of such benefits . |
| 2 | * South Korea and Russia are to carry out a joint survey to assess the damage caused by Soviet dumping of radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan . |
| 3 | BRITISH eye surgeons are to carry out a pioneering implant operation which could mean short-sighted people throwing away their glasses . |
| 4 | BRITISH eye surgeons are to carry out a pioneering implant operation which could mean short-sighted people throwing away their glasses . |
| 5 | Garden Management Group are to set up a small IT panel to monitor horticultural computing . |
| 6 | One of his achievements since joining Guy 's in 1985 has been to set up a full fertility unit . |
| 7 | THE MEN 'S MOVEMENT NEEDS MORE THRUST , MORE GRASP , IF WE 'RE TO WHIP UP A STIFF FRONT TO MEET THE FEMINIST POSITION AND LAY THE GHOST OF LIMP WET LIBERALISM ! |
| 8 | Mr Ciampi 's first priority will be to carry out the electoral reforms overwhelmingly endorsed by Italian voters by referendum in mid April . |
| 9 | The assumption is that Rizzo 's appointment to the finance post is a short-term measure and that his key function will be to work out a new pricing strategy , which means that anything we have heard on pricing on the new ES/9000s and AS/400s due next month will be overtaken by events . |
| 10 | ‘ The fascinating thing ’ , Miss Honey said , ‘ would be to find out the real limit of this power of yours . |
| 11 | So what would The Inspirals T-shirt slogan be to sum up the current attitude ? |
| 12 | That is why it is so important that , as one of the conclusions of the Maastricht settlement , it was agreed that the 12 countries should set up an organisation loosely known as Europol whose first job would be to set up a Europeanwide drugs intelligence unit among the Twelve , which should lead to a greater level of co-operation with our continental partners to stop Ecstasy and other drugs coming into the country . |
| 13 | The magnitude of the NLD 's victory placed into question the validity of the SLORC 's stricture that the sole purpose of the election was to establish a Constituent Assembly without legislative power , whose task would be to draw up a new constitution before power could be handed over to a " strong " government , generally interpreted as meaning one acceptable to the military . |
| 14 | Forbidding though the prospect may be , he needs another talking shop — a commission whose function would be to draw up a definitive Russian constitution that could then be entrenched against the amending whims of the Congress . |
| 15 | The teacher may not instantly use all of this material , but the aim should be to build up a growing collection of useful resources which will remain the property of the school and which can be handed on to any teacher , or supply teacher who has to teach the course . |
| 16 | In the case of a company limited by shares , normally the only liability imposed on a shareholder as such will be to pay up the nominal value of the shares and any premium in so far as payment has not already been made by a previous holder . |
| 17 | The idea would be to compile over a short period a national register of wealth holdings . |
| 18 | One of his tasks will be to bring in the national lottery . |
| 19 | When Settis takes up his appointment in January 1994 , his main task will be to bring about a productive collaboration between the Getty Museum and the Getty Center , which , because of Forster 's dislike of object-based studies , have become almost estranged . |
| 20 | The famine simply must end today if Koppelaar 's team are to hold down a crucial fourth slot in Pool A which would keep alive their chances of reaching hockey 's premier event for only the third time . |
| 21 | He has now undergone a total of 10 operations , of which five have been to straighten up the three remaining toes on his left foot . |
| 22 | If we are to pay out a large sum to cover the last cargo there must be some corroboration . |
| 23 | The prime task of the 1905 revolution had been to break up the large estates and with them the political and economic power of the nobility . |
| 24 | If we were to carry out a similar survey in the future and recording conversations would you be willing to take part ? |
| 25 | By the end of this period the political groupings which were to carry out the great changes of the next century in Britain , though very far from having assumed their late-Victorian form , were slowly evolving . |
| 26 | They were to drive around a marked circuit whilst keeping a ball in a dish on the bonnet . |
| 27 | The intentions behind the important reforms of 1988 were to tighten up the social security system in order to reduce the disincentives to work recognized as inherent in the poverty and unemployment ‘ traps ’ ( see Tables 16.7 and 16 . |
| 28 | Intentionality is usually overlooked by causal theorists who tend to see their job as being to sort out the afferent limb . |
| 29 | The irony is that no VAT would be levied if hoteliers were to set up a separate sandwich bar business next to their property and handed out sandwiches and drinks . |
| 30 | If that company were to set up a new pension scheme based on only 461 employees , the likelihood is that scheme would in no way match a scheme based on more than 10,000 members , as is the case with the Scottish Transport Group . |