Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to think that a policeman 's lot should be to deal in drama . |
| 2 | The object of reform should be to require of trade unions the same degree of responsibility within law that is at present required of corporations . |
| 3 | The danger here is that stand personnel 's time can be taken up talking to the converted , whereas the objective should be to seek to interest potential customers . |
| 4 | In common with some other contributors to Essays in Criticism he had come around to the view that the object of English should be to develop in students a " trained mind " rather than to produce " literary critics " or even " good readers " . |
| 5 | But in justice I think a society needs civil divorce and that the real concern of the Church and the community should be to work at understanding prevention . |
| 6 | The primary role for researchers should be to work alongside practitioners and help them understand not only what clients are saying but help them think through the nature and impact of their interventions . |
| 7 | On Tuesday , they decided that the most sensible course must be to return to London . |
| 8 | Crudely expressed , the librarian 's aim must be to acquire for stock the materials which are likely to be most frequently used . |
| 9 | If we are not to be disillusioned , therefore , and retreat back into the relative safety and tranquillity of the withdrawal unit , part of our responsibility as teachers of children with special educational needs must be to tackle with class teachers ways to improve the curriculum at the level of general class-room practice . |
| 10 | If you want to buy expensive goods , the best advice must be to buy from stores in Britain ( because here , your complaint is with the retailer , not the manufacturer ) and to campaign for EC consumer protection laws . |
| 11 | Now the war was over she seriously thought that the answer might be to move from Cramer altogether . |
| 12 | ( A better alternative might be to travel by rail or plane to L'Orient , 30 miles west , and rent a car . ) |
| 13 | Since probabilities can be multiplied as well as added , one way of making effects among small probabilities comparable with effects when the probabilities are nearer 0.5 might be to look at ratios rather than differences . |
| 14 | An example might be to focus on car number plates and seeing if you can make a word containing all the letters of the plate number , or in a supermarket look out for all items costing a particular amount of money , or in a crowded room noting the number of people with blue eyes . |
| 15 | Under existing UK tax legislation , the right to tax credits payable under the double tax treaty to US companies can be withdrawn and one option could be to start with companies based in California where the state tax authorities have been allowed to tax foreign-owned companies on a formula-apportioned share of worldwide group income . |
| 16 | She was just thinking how easy he 'd be to fall in love with , and that she really must n't start cradle-snatching when he said , ‘ Perdita 's seriously good . |
| 17 | sometimes it may be to do with dress , demeanour , mannerisms , you know , kind of again you know people go for oh I do n't know , I mean there 's a conversation er I remember overhearing erm with some friends in Leicester and they , they go to motorbike rallies a lot and erm er they were describing an incident where they pitched their tent at a rally and some blokes came up and pitched their tent next to them and they were erm two blokes had arrived together on the same enormous immaculate motorbike and they 'd got sort of matching leather outfits erm |
| 18 | If you are too domineering in your handshake ( and this may be to overcompensate for nerves ) you will antagonize the interviewer who will subconsciously feel threatened on his/her own territory . |
| 19 | After the matinée , she had met him for tea , and he had held her hand , and looked soulful , and told her how innocent she was and how easy it would be to fall in love with her , but how he must n't , he could n't , because he would be leaving and it would n't be fair to her , and anyway , he had his career to think of , etc . |
| 20 | Anything less would be to return to representations of our bodies which do not belong to us , and which are produced in other languages than our own . |
| 21 | The original problem could then be reconsidered in the light of this appraisal and the next stage would be to move into application , making the ideas operational by the teacher 's devising activities in reference to given examples drawn from existing teaching materials . |
| 22 | Mr Godfray also suggested that the constructive approach would be to stress to MPs the importance of books in education and training — two of the government 's pet issues — rather than concentrating on an anti-VAT message , which might fall on rather deafer ears . |
| 23 | If we 're vegetarian another possible act of penance would be to abstain from alcohol or cigarettes . |
| 24 | It thinks that a sensible way would be to standardise on windows , icons , menus , and command box style via agreement on specific languages — such as C , C++ — for all interfaces , with reusable source code modules , rather than on specific product-oriented solutions . |
| 25 | My advice , if it did , would be to bear in mind that ridicule works best better than invective . |
| 26 | ‘ If you want to identify your target groups , the easiest way would be to look at people 's living rooms . ’ |
| 27 | Several , for instance , are deciduous , and the only way to have berries at Christmas would be to emigrate to Chile . |
| 28 | Naturally , I felt the temptation to deny immediately and unambiguously such motivations as my employer was imputing to me , but saw in time that to do so would be to rise to Mr Farraday 's bait , and the situation would only become increasingly embarrassing . |
| 29 | In setting up a method of intervention the main problems you will face will be to do with consequences ; rewarding , withholding rewards , and punishing . |
| 30 | A further task for the special advisory team will be to act as consultant to teachers who have visually handicapped pupils in their classes . |