Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [to-vb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 2 | If I was to have any chance of being posted to Calvi , I would have to come in the top five in basic training . |
| 3 | When I realised that Barny was untrainable , I knew I would have to find a hand-reared owl if I was to stand any chance of training one successfully . |
| 4 | If you are to finish any piece of woodwork you must learn to live with faults and find ways to disguise them . |
| 5 | However , it must be stressed that you must still practise the manoeuvre if you are to stand any chance of success in an emergency situation . |
| 6 | While there are good ideas tumbling from your head , you 'll need to slow them down if you are to make any use of them . |
| 7 | If you 're to do any service to Harry , you must not appear in this . |
| 8 | She would need all her wits if she were to stand any chance of getting away from him . |
| 9 | By the time Judith was seven , it was quite obvious to Bertha Cohen that if she was to have any hope of achieving the enlargement of her life that she dreamed of she would just have to try again . |
| 10 | If we are to combat any attempt of the Right to exploit issues involving sexuality in order to hang onto power , we can not afford to neglect the virtue of solidarity — which involves a certain restraint concerning our feelings bout what other people do in bed . |
| 11 | However , I believe that it is unavoidable if we are to have any hope of defending what is ours . |
| 12 | ‘ All League matches are vital , but we simply have to win this one if we are to have any chance of taking the title , ’ said Evans . |
| 13 | Chrysanthemum cuttings need to be taken if we are to have any flowers next season . |
| 14 | Resisting them is essential if we are to make any advance with our own life-respecting alternatives . |
| 15 | We must have partnership between government and non-government if we are to achieve any degree of success in our aid efforts . |
| 16 | A new approach to central area redevelopment was implied if the argument was accepted , that if we were to have any chance of living with the car , then a different type of city was needed . |
| 17 | The beer awards given at GBBF must be moved to a cooler part of the year if they are to have any credibility . |
| 18 | The adventurers must cut their way to the archway quickly if they are to have any hope of surviving . |
| 19 | If they are to have any significance , their lives must be self-constructed and made significant with the use of homemade materials . |
| 20 | One persistent idea has been that the two main moderate right-wing parties , the Rassemblement pour la République and the Union pour la Démocratie Française , must get together if they are to have any chance of regaining power . |
| 21 | Their effect will be rapid if they are to have any effect at all . |
| 22 | With severe skills shortages looming , UK companies must promote more women to the most senior positions if they are to stand any chance of competing globally in the next century . |
| 23 | The last day of November 1845 was set by the Board of Trade as the day on which all new railway plans had to be lodged if they were to stand any hope of a parliamentary hearing . |
| 24 | Oxford had a lot to do if they were to stand any chance of taking on Italian opposition . |
| 25 | In her opinion it was necessary if they were to have any hope of advancement . |
| 26 | Each team is composed of a group of people from a particular ‘ faulty ’ area , whose task it is to resolve any problems once and for all . |
| 27 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 28 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 29 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 30 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |