Example sentences of "[adv] be [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What it does do very obviously is to construct a narrative , and a very readable one . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Since the aim of adoption must always be to provide a child without parents with an environment which will foster normal development , the commitment must be to the child , not to the parents or to the agency . |
| 9 | Additionally , there are all the possible emergency situations , such as your health , for which , if this ever were to become a problem , you might want to make special provision . |
| 10 | One way of getting letters home is to include a picture to be completed , a ‘ find the differences ’ competition or a word search . |
| 11 | Thus the point of the lives of those who are mainly engaged in politics , nursing , mining and so forth is to keep a society going in which personal love and the enjoyment of beauty can flourish . |
| 12 | One of his cleverest tricks yesterday was to throw a bridge across a potential Cabinet reshuffle by laying down a Budget not just for this year — when the effect will be fiscally neutral — but for next , and for the year after too . |
| 13 | To eliminate him had also been to destroy a dream . |
| 14 | The American approach has traditionally been to offer a range of models , like Cessna and Piper 's basic two-seat trainers , the 152 and Tomahawk at the bottom end of the range for training , leading on to the Cessna 172 or PA 28 for the experienced pilot owner . |
| 15 | Boreholes and geological surveys may provide clues to ground conditions , but the only way to investigate a site thoroughly is to dig a tunnel . |
| 16 | Sort of on the , on the horizon for the end of the year and er I , I er do n't know how we 're going to do but erm I think the answer probably is to take a chunk at a time on the basis that erm one is n't going to be able to charge around as violently , actively as some people will . |
| 17 | One of the officials with whom I had dealings was John Hampden , who years later was to become a colleague ; but although he did his best to be co-operative , it was the men who held the purse-strings that counted , and , going between the MOI and Faber 's , I could not extract from officialdom any commitment and Eliot naturally needed certain specific undertakings regarding finance before Faber 's could think of commissioning a book , which also needed the Ministry 's imprimatur . |
| 18 | Thus , the JanSport backpacks which were once Lo Life standard issue are now widely derided , as Moet and his friends turn to more sophisticated techniques : ‘ The way me and my friends do it now is to wear a suit and tie like we was just comin' from work , and carry a travel bag to carry another suit . |
| 19 | The urgency of their lives now is to find a mate . |
| 20 | My idea now is to get a type rating on the 700 , not to explore it as a journalistic exercise . |
| 21 | And it really is to promote a couple of the initiatives of your instrument that I stand here . |
| 22 | Her worry now was to find a way in which to tell Helen . |
| 23 | It may be that some areas are running out of money er which clearly need money , maybe there 's other areas are in surplus with the demands on them that are n't so great , so the answer may simply be to find a way of operating with greater flexibility within the total cash limit . |
| 24 | There 's no fee involved , it 's a completely free service , all I 'm here to really do today is to have a chat with you , find out what you 're interested in and see if we can situation , is that alright ? |
| 25 | The objective here is to take a turn on a transaction that is subject only to a low rate of taxation . |
| 26 | [ … ] What we have chosen to do here is to use a report on the general character of the current debate to clarify certain of the key issues that have to be resolved in the design of a socialist economy . |
| 27 | My advice here is to avoid a lot of fancy twiddly bits — unless you 're running a conference for French gourmets . |
| 28 | As this wartime film of Land Army women shows , the way to harvest cereals 50 years ago was to use a binder . |
| 29 | In this case it will be obligatory for the driver to provide the specimen which the constable decides to require , either blood or urine subject only to this , that if the constable requires blood but a medical practitioner is of opinion that for medical reasons a specimen of blood can not or should not be taken , the obligation on the driver will then be to provide a specimen of urine instead . |
| 30 | These devices are deployed to serve a variety of functions : not the least is to create a text which , despite its difficulties , has great sensuous richness . |