Example sentences of "[indef pn] be [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
| 2 | In the light of facts like these , if one were to judge the issue on purely practical grounds alone , sarvodaya would appear to be a more dignified and humane doctrine . |
| 3 | Suppose now that one were to envisage the introduction of twenty-member super-constituencies in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | If one were to pursue the analogy with Freud rigorously , Althusser is even suggesting here that the primacy of the economic ( ego ) is a delusion , and that the superstructure ( unconscious ) is the more fundamental determining force , or at the very least that they are equally overdetermined . |
| 5 | One is to disconnect the CMOS-backing or other built-in batteries for about five minutes in order to check that it is not a previously cleared fault which is being ‘ remembered ’ . |
| 6 | This is one is to pour the water through a colander ( we also use this for washing gravel ) . |
| 7 | The first one is to take the measurement around your wrist as a guide . |
| 8 | There are two problems in analysing tasks : one is to acquire the evidence on which to base the task description , the other is to record what has been found out in a way such that other people , notably the interface designers and the personnel specialists , can use it effectively to assist in their work . |
| 9 | International relations were determined by local factors as well as the interplay of political intrigue and diplomatic negotiation at the highest level : what Powicke rather dismissively described as ‘ a chapter in French local history ’ can not be ignored if one is to explain the ebb and flow of events and the rapid transition from peace to war in this region . |
| 10 | One is to let the experience come to you ( reactive ) and the other , to deliberately seek it out ( proactive ) . |
| 11 | One is to minimize the significance of possible semantic differences between variants , and the other is to acknowledge and use as a foundation for the analysis the interrelationships between syntax , semantics and discourse . |
| 12 | And it appears that these activities need to be reassessed periodically if one is to understand the child 's developmental course . |
| 13 | One is to have the list written out on a large piece of paper , which can be hung in a prominent position . |
| 14 | One is to present the goodwill debit in the p&l account separately from the profit or loss on disposal . |
| 15 | Although it is important to seek to understand the roots of sadism if one is to help the person to change , those who care for elderly people will be primarily concerned to protect them . |
| 16 | First one is to avoid the intestacy rules . |
| 17 | Clovis 's letter , which was sent in the aftermath of the battle of " Vouillé " , describes how he had decreed that no one was to harm the Church , those who had entered the religious life , those living with them , or slaves of the Church . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
| 19 | IF ONE was to pose the question , when is a retirement not a retirement , Chris Evert might have the answer . |
| 20 | In fact , if one was to query the evidence on the concentration of media ownership , as Tunstall does , then its validity is further undermined . |
| 21 | There were two lawful ways to demolish the listed chapel — one was to have the building de-listed and the second was to obtain listed building consent for its total demolition which involved seeking representations from six conservation bodies . |
| 22 | That there is an application called desktop publishing is certainly not in doubt ; when IBM sets up a Business Unit ( the last one was to develop the PC ) you know that something is going on . |
| 23 | At that particular time , er , quite right , faced with the failing national economy , and it 's got worse than it was then , and an increase in poverty in , this controlling group produced its plan for 1990 ninety one and in it 's redirection packages which are now part of our agenda on Council we d we made to pledges , one was to change the nature of Council and the other was to redirect sources on the process of need and we put four point three million on redirection in the first year , four point seven the second year . |
| 24 | But nothing was to stem the loss of traffic to the road . |