Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [conj] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | She herself had moved on swiftly , anxious not to be recognized or to seem a spy . |
| 2 | Then , while he was in an uncertain mood about the idea of leaving the warren , Captain Holly had appeared in capital time to be attacked and to provide a perfect reason for their departure . |
| 3 | .. It can hardly be considered that to ask an employee to acquire basic skills as to retrieving information from a computer … is something in the slightest esoteric or even , nowadays , unusual . |
| 4 | A decision will also have to be made whether to use a number of smaller local distributors or a small number of large national distributors . |
| 5 | First , it might be argued that to adopt a rational basis/rightness approach would create more uncertainty than if we proceeded on the hypothesis that all errors of law are jurisdictional . |
| 6 | No other address need be shown unless to give an address for service in England and Wales . |
| 7 | As the TGAT Report said : ‘ it should be recognised that to record a low level of performance for this reason [ English as a second language ( E2L ) ] would be no reflection on a pupil 's general ability but merely an indication that the pupil needed special help in English language skills . ’ |
| 8 | But the priest allowed himself to be seated and to have a glass of wine poured for him . |
| 9 | They took their seats on canvas chairs which were placed side by side on the strip of red tiling , as if they were about to be photographed or to review a marching column . |