Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] to [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This first attempt to include the notion that the aim of some instincts seems to be to return to an earlier stage of development , to inanimate matter , was based on his observations of war neuroses and on the compulsion to repeat earlier emotional relationships in the analytic situation . |
| 2 | One way of by-passing philosophical misgivings about the materiality of software is to appeal to the broader mandate of science museums to maintain a material record of technological change . |
| 3 | But if Mr 's argument is that windfalls and recycled land are as it were free of any environmental penalties and can be added to his thirty one thousand , then I think that er the way to treat that is to come to a higher number which takes them properly into account . |
| 4 | Above all , and most curiously of all , it is to come to a deeper knowledge of the inexplicable mercy of God , and of that fierce love that simply will not let his world go . |
| 5 | One of the major objectives is to contribute to a better understanding of how the scientific constructs used to represent the objectives and practices of nature conservation in the United Kingdom can be communicated more effectively to the general public . |
| 6 | The main purpose was to introduce to the smaller islands some strong , competitive cricket that would help them to raise their playing standards further and improve their facilities . |
| 7 | In the course of his rectorial address at Edinburgh in 1907 , Haldane asserted that " when a leader of Ingenious comes forward the people may bow down before him , and surrender their wills , and eagerly obey " , since " to obey the commanding voice was to rise to a further and wider outlook , and to gain a fresh purpose " . |