Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect . |
| 2 | How bitter must he be to find himself in the position in which he was now ? |
| 3 | All you would have to do would be to lead them to the smugglers ' rendezvous and supervise the action . ’ |
| 4 | The best precaution would be to deposit them with the bank . |
| 5 | My aim would be to fit myself into the game unobtrusively … |
| 6 | Given the shortage of good creative talent , this is not that unusual , and if you find that your agency is using freelances , your immediate reaction should not be to fire them on the spot : give them credit for both knowing their own limitations and for buying good work from outside , always assuming that it is good ; but press them to get a permanent team working on your account soon — it is not in your interest to lose continuity of creative work on your account . ) |
| 7 | Yes , I mean you could put it in the minutes , but also it would be quick at the next meeting of this sub-committee is after the election , it 'll be some time in June , so a quick way of dealing with it would be to put it in the bulletin , yes , but also , but I 'll put it in the minutes , as well . |
| 8 | His primary task in the short term would be to mobilize it for the regional elections in March . |
| 9 | The best solution may be to leave them with the society . |
| 10 | I think the best thing there would be to leave it for a week , |
| 11 | now if we 've got a tap handy probably the best thing would be to run it under the cold tap and that hopefully would take away any dirt and extra bits and pieces that are stuck around it . |
| 12 | The longer they had in order to establish this bit of coast as an aristocratic retreat , the easier it would be to turn it into a fashionable resort when time and money offered . |
| 13 | Your job will be to place it on the barbecue and keep it turned . |
| 14 | In Britain the only consensus has appeared to be to regard him as an embarrassment . |
| 15 | The impact of that on Leeds residents perception of the migration opportunities is quite different quite different from a new settlement on a very accessible corridor which would have to be promoted and would have to be built quickly to be to present itself as a successful venture . |
| 16 | Perhaps the only way of getting a picture would be to take one in a bird sanctuary . |
| 17 | In most literary essays your central concern will be to say something about a text ; and most of what you need will be there , in the text itself . |
| 18 | To crush strikes and abandon political reform would be to throw himself into the arms of those groups wedded not just to authoritarian politics but to neo-Stalinist economic institutions and principles . |