Example sentences of "[to-vb] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , to slim is to take a rational decision with a conscious aim in view . |
| 2 | The region from which it is not possible to escape is called a black hole , and its boundary is called the event horizon . |
| 3 | That 's right trying to find work these days can be demanding and extremely frustrating so you want to make sure that you give yourself the best chance of getting a job and one way to help is to do a good application form and know how to handle yourself in an interview . |
| 4 | A useful way of finding out how much flash to use is to produce a normal test strip from your negative in one direction across the paper and a ‘ flash ’ test strip down the paper . |
| 5 | A useful way of finding out how much flash to use is to produce a normal test strip from your negative in one direction across the paper and a ‘ flash ’ test strip down the paper . |
| 6 | Now what I 'm proposing to do is to issue a revised programme in respect of the afternoon session this afternoon , which will take in some of the business that er has has already fell off which would be at the end of the private session this afternoon so we 'll try and get in er rule twenty Regions in their Manage and their Management which will take in three motions , thirty six , thirty seven and forty and then we 'll turn , hopefully , to the Social Security Payments Resolutions , you 'll remember that they fell off , composite two eight three , motions three seven nine , three eight five and three eight six . |
| 7 | All you have to do is send a signed statement from your pacer(s) together with a receipt from the charity , and Joss will send you a tankard . |
| 8 | Okay Assumptions for Pearson 's are It assumes that there 's an n an approximate linear relationship between , in other words you could cos what it 's trying to do is draw a straight line through it . |
| 9 | In order to perform a pre-programmed masterpiece , all the player has to do is wave a small baton over an electronic array . |
| 10 | Best thing to do is to draw a little picture erm so what does volts measure ? |
| 11 | When you have sent off your pristine cassette , your witty biography and your complimentary tickets , the next thing you need to do is make a follow-up call : ‘ Oh hello . |
| 12 | The first thing to do is to form a realistic picture of how you want your physical shape to change . |
| 13 | All you have to do is create a delicious family dish for four using naturally tender New Zealand Lamb . |
| 14 | Right , so what we 're going to do is create a dummy variable to test that hypothesis , right , so if you press the escape key , right , and work your way back towards erm the data processing sort of environment , so go back to the post regression menu through the backtracking menu erm , when you 're in the backtracking menu , go to option six , which is the process plot edit option right , now press the return key in the data processing menu , right , and that will get you to the data processing environment when we can start messing about with our variables . |
| 15 | Usually all the court is asked , or needs , to do is to authorise a particular course of treatment where the person or body whose consent is requisite is unable or unwilling to do so . |
| 16 | All you or your workmen have to do is supply a concrete base and clad the outside walls in brick or stone and give it the finishing touches . |
| 17 | What it has not been able to do is provide a coherent explanation of the variations it often describes , nor account for changes in mores and consciousness . |
| 18 | So far all the Eritreans have been able to do is provide a basic education . |
| 19 | What we want to do is to introduce a standard level of discount for everyone , a level playing field . ’ |
| 20 | What I have to do is find a good bit . |
| 21 | Whenever I have argued this point with other anglers they inevitably say that all you need to do is use a long link and a short hook-length when link-legering to obtain the same effect . |
| 22 | In return for this hospitality , all they have to do is write a glowing report of their experience . |
| 23 | But what I say to do is buy a new chiller and get it on and then all Summer we 'll get this damn problem again . |
| 24 | If you do n't receive one , do n't forget — all you have to do is buy a selected Black & Decker power tool from one of the above-mentioned stores , and you can send off for one , too . |
| 25 | The first thing to do is to have a major component of the reading section to include dyslexia , with erm instruction of trainee teachers , not only in how to recognise the problem , but also how to do something about it , and how to use the education system to bring support for parents and pupils . |
| 26 | Erm , amateur societies just ca n't exist without loyal officers and those officers have shown their loyalty by s standing again and we know the special circumstances appertaining to the , which brings us to the nitty- gritty now erm you said we have , Tracy , five erm perhaps you 'd better read those names out for us and then I think the best thing to do is to have a closed vote , where we give you all a piece of paper on which you state your nomination folded up so nobody else can see we 'll put them in a bag and then we 'll appoint a couple of to count the vote so that we do not the chairman . |
| 27 | All the slimmer has to do is to add a daily allocation of skimmed milk and a slice of wholemeal bread . |
| 28 | What A Present View forces us to do is to reconsider a traditional equation between humanism and liberalism . |
| 29 | Another thing you will have to do is have a BIG AFFAIR . |
| 30 | All they had to do was hit a tiny fraction of the total available and they were in business . |