Example sentences of "[det] [be] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contradictions within the Labour Party were quite marked ; many supported a boycott of German goods but were unprepared to consider any international action against fascism if this were to create a danger of war . |
| 2 | If this were to occur the pricing efficiency of the market would worsen . |
| 3 | Perhaps she had been closer to the truth than she had at first suspected with her taunts about Theo Quinn ; and , although she no longer wanted Ben , she felt that , if this were to prove the case , it would be a great waste of promising material . |
| 4 | This is to undervalue the grief work , which could be assisted by listening to the stories of the person , the events of the death , and the pain of the loss being experienced . |
| 5 | This is to mistake the will for the deed . |
| 6 | This is to include an opinion of future development . |
| 7 | The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside . |
| 8 | This is to allow the host and hostess to take their places with the minimum of complication . |
| 9 | But this is to allow the opponent to set the terms for debate , accepting assumptions that feminists ought perhaps to question ( for example , that women should be treated equally only to the extent that they resemble men ) and thus conceding a vital part of the argument . |
| 10 | This is to allow the Commission an opportunity to determine whether or not the aid in question is compatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 11 | But this is to anticipate the argument ; for the moment I want only to observe that a conception of the self as socially and/or metaphysically constituted produces one idea of transgression , and that of the self as ideally ( if not actually ) unified and autonomous , quite another . |
| 12 | All that 's left to do after this is to connect the power lead and your own printer cable . |
| 13 | All that 's left to do after this is to connect the power lead and your own printer cable . |
| 14 | One effect of this is to force the quality press ‘ up market ’ so as to serve the wealthy reader . |
| 15 | COMMENT The normal use for this is to describe the modification . |
| 16 | This is to describe the process in the most rudimentary way . |
| 17 | If you want a more definite pattern or motif the easiest method to achieve this is to use a stencil . |
| 18 | The normal way of ensuring this is to use a case of all-metal construction which is connected to the mains earth lead . |
| 19 | A possible way of dealing with this is to use the location method ( see 2.6.1 ) . |
| 20 | A useful way of considering this is to use the concept of the dependency ratio , that is the ratio of people who are out of the labour market in relation to those who are in it . |
| 21 | One way of doing this is to use the soliloquy or aside , such flexible resources on the Elizabethan stage . |
| 22 | The aim of this is to use the Fibre Channel to share the processing of complex applications , such as stock market analyses among clustered computers — effectively providing a physical layer to underlie the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 23 | One way of doing this is to use the purchasing power parity ( PPP ) theory , also known as the law of one price . |
| 24 | The gentlest way of doing this is to use the effect of the deprivation of something desired , and where the training of children is concerned , that something need be nothing other than the temporary withholding of manifestations of love . |
| 25 | This is to turn the problem on its head . |
| 26 | One way of arranging this is to mount the strip on a box like that shown in the drawing . |
| 27 | Yet to see only this is to simplify the history to the point of misrepresentation . |
| 28 | Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper , mischievous or illegal , he must take the consequences of his own temerity . " |
| 29 | This is to demonstrate the effect that can be produced just by using the different tinted papers . |
| 30 | The most common example of this is to see a menu printed , followed by a line saying Choose an option 1–8 ( or whatever ) . |