Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commissioners ' Instructions to the Watch in 1817 were similar : ‘ You are to apprehend all night-walkers , rogues , vagabonds , and other disorderly persons , disturbing the public … you must be very circumspect … and not wantonly or inconsiderately apprehend persons of a different description . ’ |
| 2 | The clearer you are about your behavioural rights the better prepared you are to handle tricky situations assertively . |
| 3 | Bring in related work experience with the emphasis on how quick you are to learn new skills . |
| 4 | Clearly , profit-related pay is extremely important if we are to stimulate higher-quality jobs , greater commitment to employment and more jobs . |
| 5 | An understanding of the processes involved in ‘ choice ’ and participation is essential if we are to include more girls , and members of other disadvantaged groups , and alienate fewer . |
| 6 | If we are to see evolutionary processes in action in plant communities and the proximal events determining their character we must focus our attention away from an anthropomorphic scale of acres or square metres and onto a scale appropriate to the organisms with which we are concerned . |
| 7 | So , a 1 metre ( 39in ) parachute has a circumference of 314cm ( 123in ) and , if we are to use 14 gores , then each must be 22.4cm ( 8¾in ) wide at the base plus the hem which will be about 1 cm or 0.4in . |
| 8 | If we are to control all variables , we have to set up a totally artificial situation . |
| 9 | Science as it is presented in schools , he argues , seems irrelevant to most 13–16-year-olds , and if we are to recruit more pupils into scientific careers , then science should be shown to have some relationship to the issues that concern them . |
| 10 | If we are to confront these matters , they need to be worked out at the levels of the individual student experience , the curriculum and the institution as a whole . |
| 11 | We are to have larger leagues next season and in the long run that ca n't be for the good of the game in Wales . |
| 12 | Chrysanthemum cuttings need to be taken if we are to have any flowers next season . |
| 13 | Surely complete environmental audits from ‘ cradle to grave ’ are essential if we are to make rational choices of energy systems . |
| 14 | We still have some malt to sell if we are to achieve 1992 volumes but we remain optimistic that this can be achieved . |
| 15 | If we are to achieve major goals in our life , we must plan accordingly . |
| 16 | ‘ What we need , if we are to achieve better schools , is better teachers : teachers with a sense of vocation , a sense of responsibility and a sense of esteem ; teachers who feel , in the fashionable jargon of management , that they ‘ own the job' ’ . |
| 17 | And I think it is , we would all agree , that it is essential that an agreement which is acceptable to all sides is reached , and I 'm sure that it 's going to be because let us not forget that we 're not in business to remain in perpetual opposition if we are to achieve proper rights for employees , which have been so reduced by the Conservatives if we are to save the welfare state , which is now so under threat if we are to obtain decent health and education services , which are also under threat if we are to create a strong economy and a strong recovery which provides the jobs which we so desperately need then we must win power ! |
| 18 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 19 | We can not assume that these interpretations will be made in the same way in all cultures and in all languages , so understanding how interpretation proceeds in the culture of the language we are teaching is crucial if we are to help foreign learners to make their words function in the way that they intend . |
| 20 | Labour believes training is vital to the national interest if we are to produce competitive goods and services that will bring success to the new Europe . |
| 21 | WITH the relegation issue in an unpredictable state , Salford 's victory at Widnes proved no more than par for the course yesterday , but they will need radical adjustments in their attacking philosophy if they are to collect further points . |
| 22 | But governments now believe that if they are to tackle new subjects at a European level they must tighten their control . |
| 23 | California has stated that manufacturers will have to begin marketing " zero-emission " vehicles by 1998 if they are to sell other models in the state . |
| 24 | This means that they should be clear about what they are to look for in the performance and how they are to judge these points . |
| 25 | They are to take special pains not to offend Moslem susceptibilities . |
| 26 | There is nothing odd in this ; the academic freedoms that the academic community enjoys generate their own academic ethic which members of the academic community should fulfil if they are to warrant those privileges ( Shils 1984 ) . |
| 27 | But the national clearinghouses , if they are to remain national services , need much more substantial funding . |
| 28 | Mass loyalty is a prerequisite for state elites if they are to pursue international ambitions in an era where industrial might determines international prestige and power , and where mass disaffection directly impairs the economic and military prowess ofthe state . |
| 29 | That will depend on their view of the liquidity of both debt and equity markets : the more liquid they think these are , the less likely they are to sit on cash or to refrain from borrowing , and the more likely they are to pay large dividends . |
| 30 | Electors may have conservative instincts but they need to be helped if they are to trust those instincts . |