Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] a few [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Regional Council Highways Department is to install a kerb at this corner and the Community Council are to plant a few trees . |
| 2 | We were to stay a few days longer here , for Flora 's sake . |
| 3 | An exercise that is always valuable , is to rewrite a few articles that you have read . |
| 4 | all I want out of this life is to meet a few men with something more between their ears than the latest Donna Summer hit . |
| 5 | Before going ahead and mixing a perfume as directed in the ‘ Aromatic Concoctions ’ section , the easiest and perhaps the most economical way to experiment is to put a few drops on a damp cotton wool stick . |
| 6 | The usual method of taking the Bach Remedies is to put a few drops in a cup of springwater which is then sipped at intervals . |
| 7 | The simplest decoration is to put a few drops of vegetable dye into the water when you boil and egg . |
| 8 | One of the worst things you can do is to invite a few friends round who then chat in the background so that there is a continuous hubbub . |
| 9 | The main reason why people act in this manner is to save a few seconds — a high price to pay . |
| 10 | The idea of the ballet is to sketch a few facets of a man 's life as seen by him ( hence Unisoculous — one eye ) . |
| 11 | One good idea is to analyse a few stories by your favourite authors before you begin , not to begin , not to copy their style , but to find out how much plot you need for 5000 words or less . |
| 12 | The procedure is to spend a few hours ( as much as you feel you need ) studying the NZ Visual Flight Guide ( an officially-produced , loose-leaf sort of Flyer VFR Organiser or Pooley 's Guide equivalent ) and getting to know the various local vagaries of VFR , as well as learning to read an interpret the New Zealand half-million charts . |
| 13 | The idea is to spend a few days at a hotel and all you have to pay for are the meals and any extras , such as wine . |
| 14 | ‘ All that remained was to kill a few hours in town , so I went to visit an old friend . |
| 15 | The first step in the evaluation of the ANLT processing system was to select a few sentences from the Longman/Lancaster corpus and samples of recognised text ( the HP business text in Appendix 5 and estate agents details ) . |
| 16 | Brewing up was easy — all that had to be done was to shift a few boulders to reach a hot spot lower down , and pop a billy-can of snow into the hole . |
| 17 | If David was to have a few drinks it would all come out . |
| 18 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 19 | Washington 's stance seems sure to complicate the United Airlines buyout , which was to close a few days after the 10 October deadline set by Mr Skinner for information on BA 's involvement . |
| 20 | With the Charter and the political precepts of the paper firmly in place , all that was needed was to drag a few journalists out of the pubs and set them to work . |