Example sentences of "[is] [to-vb] our [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We all share the same sky and the same passion , which is to see our joint projects take to the air . |
| 2 | At the time of writing , some of us are wondering whether the call of God is to plant our next church in a local pub . |
| 3 | Neither is it immediately obvious to us how important it is to inhibit our automatic responses . |
| 4 | We have to listen to the Spirit speaking divine things : and the way to appreciate his speech is to quicken our own minds with the life of the inspired images … . |
| 5 | The aim of this project is to provide our Italian colleagues with this expertise , drawing on the combined experience of four British specialists in this field : J Cable , Dr S Estrin , Dr D C Jones , and N Wilson . |
| 6 | This must be the major object of the Association during my chairmanship is to increase our individual membership which we need so much to re to our representation at a high level . |
| 7 | That is to hide our deep pessimism . |
| 8 | To feel guilty as an adult is to stultify our own freedom . |
| 9 | ‘ However , one of our main aims in the coming year is to strengthen our overseas marketing connections by establishing two new wholly-owned marketing companies , one in the UK and the other in Hong Kong . |
| 10 | One is to study our closest relatives , the monkeys and great apes , a second is to study the way that particular functions , like the visual analysis of form , are done , irrespective of the species involved ; and the third is to take advantage of differences between species and correlate structural with behavioural differences as means of analysing the functions of brain systems . |
| 11 | It is to teach our young people about Him , it is to bring them to a conscious faith in Him so that in the heart and life of the Church , they can proclaim and witness to the faith of the ages , that Jesus is truly God and truly man , the Lord and saviour of us all . ’ |
| 12 | And all the more so if our motive is to seek our own pleasure . |
| 13 | Our aim is to maintain our leading position , to develop and improve the facilities and amenities offered to port users and to provide a top quality , efficient , value for money operation . ’ |
| 14 | The aim is to get our top talent to compete in countries like America , where the game is big . ’ |
| 15 | Hobbes had said , ‘ The general use of speech is to transfer our mental discourse into verbal ; or the train of our thoughts , into a train of words . ’ |
| 16 | ( Our I tendency is to suppress our worst fears , because we feel sure we would not even survive , let alone cope with the situation ! ) |
| 17 | He is to take our swiftest horse as well as a fresh mount . |
| 18 | We have been taught that the only solution for us is to take our sick body to a doctor who will make decisions about it , an all-powerful doctor who carries our life or death within his hands . |
| 19 | One way round this problem that has been suggested is to complement our village-centred studies of micro-process with studies of institutional or bureaucratic micro-process ; to do , for example , ethnographies of the planners as well as the planned , and so to build up a composite picture of the social realities of people in different social niches . |
| 20 | ‘ It is to adapt our traditional role of peace-keeping and try to establish a pattern of stability even though it may be only on a very temporary basis . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That 's to make our own prowess less . |
| 22 | All we can do is to follow our inner guidance , realize we are a part of the Earth , and we will know . |
| 23 | PETER WINTER , senior commercial manager in THORP Division , is to become our new man in Tokyo . |
| 24 | The Drinking unit is to make our younger pupils more aware of alcohol-related problems before most of them are actively involved in its consumption . |