Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think to impose any other penalty upon him would merely be to exacerbate the situation . |
| 2 | the purpose will not only be to form an impression of methods and levels of language teaching but also to observe how teachers and pupils talk to each other in the UK . |
| 3 | In the case of ( a ) it is likely that the retailer would replace the machine , but his obligation would only be to offer a discount on the price in view of the damaged surface . |
| 4 | First , there is the recognition that to trade in categories and interpretations must necessarily be to trade a way not just of perceiving but also of constructing situations . |
| 5 | Slightly better is to use the test followed by study of the words spelled incorrectly ; but this causes only a marginal improvement . |
| 6 | The first thing the production company and the agency have to do together is to plan the production and produce an estimate of the production costs . |
| 7 | A better solution perhaps is to leave the pad out of the filter altogether only using it when necessary . |
| 8 | Just as interesting perhaps is to visualise the landscape that would have been created if enclosure had been delayed until after the introduction of barbed wire in the 1870s . |
| 9 | What it does do very obviously is to construct a narrative , and a very readable one . |
| 10 | They 're ha quite happy to do it once a month but like you said what they will not do erm obviously is to have a lot of sort of things like standing orders and that sort of thing . |
| 11 | If cost alone is to determine the level of service that is provided , we shall no doubt see Ministers trading in their Jaguars for Ladas — |
| 12 | To do so is to help the opponent to win without his having to hit you with a single scoring technique . |
| 13 | Hale 's choice to retain the medieval approach to consent in the case of married women only was to shape the course of the law up to the present day . |
| 14 | His purpose in doing so was to create the illusion that major political decisions were not taken by one man , but in a collegiate way , by the representatives of the people . |
| 15 | To open the door and step inside was to leave the atmosphere of a hospital . |
| 16 | The overall effect of PR would thus be to put an end to the worst features of adversary politics and its unfortunate consequences . |
| 17 | Remember what we do with the network normally is to present an input get an output see if it 's correct . |
| 18 | The view might be held that s3 has no application to such a clause , because s3 only applies to clauses under which the proferens purports to be entitled to a performance diffferent from that reasonably expected , whereas the effect of the clause quoted above is to define the performance which may reasonably be expected of the seller , so that the buyer can not reasonably expect any particular delivery date . |
| 19 | The manager 's problem tonight is to find a replacement for the injured Brian O'Neil , while looking for a wholehearted performance against a side whose manager , Simon Stainrod , is as relaxed as Brady is uncomfortable . |
| 20 | One further adopted measure thus was to offset the carriageway or create a chicane by using planting on one side only and switching the right-angle parking from one side to the other ( Figure 6.50 ) . |
| 21 | Yorkshire , too , despite having many talented players and one great one in Hutton , were unable to reclaim their pre-war supremacy and Yardley 's best was to share the championship with Middlesex in 1949 . |
| 22 | But I am sure your own good sense will tell you that it is hardly practical nor proper for a girl as young as you still are to run a house alone without a companion of any sort . |
| 23 | The idea has always been to link the station with its area . |
| 24 | Our policy has always been to improve the welfare of the children in the long-term by improving hygiene . ’ |
| 25 | The real difficulty has always been to find an alternative to the Hegelian dialectic — difficult because strictly speaking it is impossible , insofar as the operation of the dialectic already includes its negation . |
| 26 | The problem with solar problems has always been to convert the sun 's energy efficiently from light into electricity . |
| 27 | With an unjustified reputation for less than accurate shooting , our best policy has always been to distract the opposition 's concentration on these set pieces . |
| 28 | But he told the judge : ‘ Her object has always been to secure the payment not just for herself but the little boy George who is a few months old . |
| 29 | Between them , they are better equipped than any group has ever been to combat the plague that affects eight women in ten . |
| 30 | That is , the effect of insider dealing will always be to move a share 's price towards the level correctly reflecting all the real facts about the company . ’ |