Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further , in the case of such an application , the licensing board are to consult with the fire authority ( subs . |
| 2 | A TEAM of archaeologists from Newcastle University are to dig in the centre of Darlington in search of 14th century remains . |
| 3 | Vandalism and theft are to blame for the 23pc rise . |
| 4 | Engineers from the DoT are to look at the southbound-only A1(M) and A66(M) interchange near the town to see if it can be adapted for northbound traffic . |
| 5 | Some 67 schools in the North-East are to compete for the £8000 prize money on offer in the inaugural Northern Echo Schools Cricket Championship . |
| 6 | Tom Foley , the speaker of the House of Representatives , has said that if the president were to ask for the authority to use force , there is a presumption that he would get it . |
| 7 | The reader 's only remedy is to go to the exhibition . |
| 8 | If as part of the task you specify the effect the programme is to have on the audience , you are building in the criteria by which that audience can judge the programme and you are giving them a purpose in viewing . |
| 9 | THE nearest a nurse usually gets to clinical research is to act as the research team — consisting mostly of doctors . |
| 10 | The purpose of this chapter is to look at the infancy stories about Jesus as recorded by both Matthew and Luke . |
| 11 | The purpose of this chapter is to look at the varying responses to Jesus found in the Synoptic Gospels . |
| 12 | One of the aims of this chapter is to look at the effect on word discriminability in continuous speech of increasing the depth of the phoneme graph . |
| 13 | The purpose of this chapter is to distinguish between the main types of bibliography used for selection , and to give a few pertinent examples of each . |
| 14 | If the mix is to confirm to the J.I. formula , the loam should be sterilized . |
| 15 | IT is true that we need a free Press to curb Government excesses , but intruding into people 's privacy and using heavy-handed tactics in stories concerning tragedy is to play into the Government 's hands . |
| 16 | As was pointed out in Section 1 , one of the functions of the present study is to cater for the interests of those seeking replicable materials for English-language teaching . |
| 17 | The primary objective of this field of study is to build on the unique Glasgow database and previous modelling experience in the USA to formulate a model of the local housing market in Glasgow . |
| 18 | Unless one has followed the rug-making process through from clipping to completion , the only way to assess the quality of the wool is to rely on the " feel " of the item and the reputation of the individual weaving group . |
| 19 | If the intention is to justify to the source of funds the need for additional finance as circumstances arise , the contingency sum can be lower . |
| 20 | Relaunched on a regular basis , its intention is to bring to the public 's attention the fact that many who would otherwise have valid personal injury cl aims never proceed with them . |
| 21 | If a car is to remain on the road , basic checks and adjustments need to be made regularly . |
| 22 | A good rule is to look at the shape and size of the flower before you press it , and then imagine what it will look like once it is flat . |
| 23 | Their crime is to protest against the day-to-day control which the Guatemalan army has exercised over their lives — an army which consumes about a third of the national budget . |
| 24 | My ambition is to progress to the top 300 in the world . |
| 25 | ‘ But my biggest ambition is to play in the First Division for Middlesbrough . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ My own ambition is to get to the top camp from where we launch the summit bid . |
| 27 | Not three studio boffins and a model got in to do the video ; not a TV celeb on the make ; and not a bunch of suffering-for-their-art students whose only ambition is to get in the indie charts and be interviewed in Melody Maker . |
| 28 | The effect is to focus on the systematic relationship between signifiers that is characteristic of language in general . |
| 29 | ( An interesting way of countering this effect is to keep by the bedside a ‘ dream diary ’ in which , as soon as you wake , you can jot down any memories you may have of your dreams . |
| 30 | A pioneering agreement between the German government and private industry is to provide for the clean-up and reconstruction of one of eastern Germany 's most polluted industrial sites , centred on the old Mansfeld metal conglomerate , near Halle . |