Example sentences of "and [adv] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | To fail in such a venture , to sing out ‘ Give us an ‘ O ’ and get no response , is to lose face and effectively to be deterred from making a similar attempt in the future . |
2 | HAVING long admired The Cricketers ‘ Who 's Who , edited annually by Ian Sproat , MP , I am pleased that The Cricketer is now and henceforward to be associated in its promotion with Lennard , the publishers . |
3 | erm We park appallingly carelessly , some of us do it intentionally very often , some of us do it innocently or probably ignorantly , and perhaps to be fined on the spot would be a way of saving an awful lot of paperwork , an awful lot of time , and perhaps reminding people that they should n't be doing these things although I 'm always slightly worried , this is in a sense another problem , I 'm slightly worried by , by the inequity that six pounds or whatever it is will mean a lot to one person and hardly anything at all to another , and you do see some cars mis-parking again and again , and I 'm not sure that erm the instant penalty would make much difference there . |
4 | Yet , at the same time , the process of obtaining material through interlending schemes is expensive and time-consuming , and only to be undertaken for groups of material which are infrequently needed by the library 's clientele , or which — because they are out-of-print — can not be purchased for library stock . |
5 | They are unthinkable , and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet , ’ wrote E.M . |
6 | He said , ‘ In order to prevent literary contracts being held up , I also suggest that a general power of attorney be given to me again only in a limited area and only to be used if Elinor be indisposed . ’ |
7 | Better to live in hope — and better to be shot cleanly through the head than be smashed by the surf and stripped of his flesh by the knife-sharp coral . |
8 | That the thump of my heart was challenging it to go on and not to be broken by a … |
9 | Educators advocate a mental flexibility and independence , while teaching practice aims at transmission of knowledge and culture , traditions that are certified by authorities and not to be questioned … these factors result in a very great weakness of the exclusive reliance on text books and other such authoritative sources of information . |
10 | They like to be seen as the hard man or the macho man and not to be ridiculed , ’ he said last night . |
11 | If older people are not to be disadvantaged , and not to be treated as a separate class defined solely on the basis of age , it is vital that the debate about rationing care is a public one ; and that principles about equality and individual value are considered alongside economic imperatives . |
12 | I wanted Anna to be liked for Anna , and not to be treated as if she were different . |
13 | For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs . |
14 | and he 's busy and not to be disturbed |
15 | Finding myself mildly offended , and not to be denied contact , I shouted and waved from at least half a mile away . |
16 | If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it . |
17 | Payne is too wise to the lightning-like unpredictability of operatic disaster to be smug about these exciting prospects , but they certainly make Opera North look increasingly like a company entering its prime and not to be missed . |
18 | For voting as they do they have reasons sufficient in their eyes and not to be called in question . |
19 | Each contender in the Laser Quest wears a front and back target and carries a laser gun ; the object to hit and not to be hit . |
20 | You need time and not to be rushed . ’ |
21 | Thus we commend the Bible to be read by the Churches and by Christian families in their homes , as nourishment for their souls , and not to be separated from the sacrament in the liturgy ; we commend modern translations , into the various languages , as a help to understanding ; we commend the people who have the duty of seeking to interpret the Bible in terms of the modern scientific view of the world ; and remind the Churches that all knowledge is of God and therefore that scientific discovery is also part of His work ; and so the world will be brought to know God as its Maker , and the Cross as timeless . |
22 | The message is … cover up and not to be fooled into thinking our relatively mild English climate is a safeguard against the risk of skin cancer . |
23 | Yet Clark sees it as a perfectly natural phenomenon and not to be condemned nor interfered with ( 1977 : 166–7 ) . |
24 | Co-operative or not , Cotterell was obviously in charge and not to be messed about with while he set up a commission . |
25 | The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " . |
26 | The founder and his heirs are patrons , and not to be guided by the common known laws of the kingdom . |
27 | There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school . |
28 | They may construct artificial representations of a fixed reality at any one point of time as a means of handling the continuous flow of social change , but these are simply data for the social scientist and not to be taken at face value . |
29 | The next few miles are delectable and not to be hurried , and indeed are better appreciated by a traveller on foot than in a car . |
30 | Which , as I esteem it , is a cause not all unjust , and not to be distorted by ill-judged action . |